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Life, Lent, and Indifference
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April 18, 2017 by poverty2professional

Every day we have countless opportunities to help others. But do we take them?

Category: Understanding Homelessness | Tags: advice, assistance, donation, Easter, giving up, health, homelessness, indifference, Lent, mental health, poverty, poverty to professional, shelters, volunteering
The Secret of Outstanding Volunteers: How to Really Help Out at a Homeless Shelter
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July 18, 2016 by poverty2professional

One thing sets some volunteers at homeless shelters apart from others.

Category: Understanding Homelessness | Tags: advice, domestic violence, donation, family shelter, guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness, volunteering, volunteers
Teen Counseling: Mental Health and Homeless Youth
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February 9, 2016 by poverty2professional

What could be worse than having one social stigma wrapped up with another? I’m talking about mental health and homelessness.

Category: shelters, Understanding Homelessness | Tags: counseling, homeless blog, homeless teenager, homelessness, mental health, shelters, teen homelessness, volunteering
Home for the Holidays
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December 22, 2015 by poverty2professional

I double-clutched posting this so close to Christmas given the general weightiness of the blog. Then one of my friends observed, “It’s not like you stopped being homeless for Christmas.”

Category: Experiencing Homelessness | Tags: christmas, donation, holiday, homelessness, shelters, volunteering, volunteers