Sunday, December 8, 2013

Habitat for Humanity

Homelessness.  Forget the stereotype in America.  A good many homeless people are families.  Some are veterans who put their lives on the line for us.  How do you keep your children safe on the streets?  How do you look for work if you can't bring your children with you to interviews?  What if you do have benefits, but they run out? 
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What if you rent?  My husband was unemployed for over a year and we found out the hard way you're out on the streets a lot faster when you rent instead of own your house.  Thankfully, we had family with an extra trailer on the ol' homestead.  A lot of families don't.
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Families become homeless for many reasons, most of them are not their fault.  In some places, the housing market is so expensive their children would be grown and gone before they could afford a warm, safe place of their own.  Learned that the hard way too.
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Enter:   Habitat for Humanity
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They're the good folks who come in when a family needs and is ready to move into their own home, but can't quite make it for a variety of reasons.  You can volunteer to help build or renovate a home for them, or donate, or buy donated building products from their stores.
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They help out after disasters, like Hurricane Katrina too.
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Children who grow up in warm, safe homes and see love and generosity turn out to be some pretty outstanding adults. 
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Check out Habitat for Humanity.

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