Indy Week Announces Farmer FoodShare Holiday Fresh Food Drive

The Carrboro Farmer's Market is accepting donations for a holiday food drive. Part of these donations will go to the Inter-Faith council. This initiative is announced in an Indy Week article, "The Season of Feasting and Giving." Margaret Gifford, who runs the program, is quoted in the article, saying, "This program is small in the scheme of things, but it is demonstrating by example that if we are to have a healthy and sustainable local food economy in the Triangle, we must include everyone, even the low-income."

What would it take to become homeless? [Dec. 09 Op-Ed/Chapel Hill News]

For 10 years, discussions between the Inter-Faith Council, the Town of Chapel Hill, and UNC have been under way to relocate the men's shelter and community kitchen. Many factors were considered, and with great generosity a site along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was donated by the university and a press conference was held on the site. But with the selection of an ideal site a new obstacle emerged: FEAR.

A Sign of the Times???

On the front page of the IFC website is a picture (like the one below) showing a very visible increase in community needs. More proof is found in this recent USA Today article --- Record Demand at Food Banks and Reuters article -- Hunger, Family Homelessness on the Rise

A myth about the homeless : Homeless people don't work and get most of their money from public assistance programs.

Meet Diane Eubanks. Diane lives in Orlando and is homeless. To pay for her bed at the Women's Salvation Army, she is a Bell Ringer for the Salvation Army. Below is a clip about her story (courtesy of CNN.com).

CLICK THIS LINK TO READ OTHER FACTS & MYTHS ABOUT THE HOMELESS!

Time to see the homeless as people!!!

Below is a link to a beautiful commentary from today's San Diego Union-Tribune: 

TIME TO SEE THE HOMELESS AS PEOPLE

Mark Horvath: Putting a face on the homeless (via CNN)

Please meet Mark Horvath, a former executive who became homeless. Clearly, Mark knows what it is like to become one of the invisible people. The link to his CNN-featured story is to the right of this caption (courtesy of invisiblepeople.tv).

FROM EXECUTIVE TO HOMELESS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE "INVISIBLE PEOPLE"