Project Change – Event One
Warm the Homeless
Benefiting: Homeless Services Coalition

Change comes from the inside out. 
We agreed that we both needed to assess and challenge any preexisting assumptions we have about the homeless. To do this reflected upon what we believed we knew about the average homeless person. Then we research our answer in books and on the internet. What we found out was that what we were assuming wasn’t bad...IT WAS JUST INCORRECT. In our enlightenment, we brainstormed good ways to share what we had learned with other people. One way was to create an online journal or blog. In the blog we post good websites, articles, and summaries of our experiences. We made a flyer and held a clothing drive in our neighborhood. Our neighbors graciously gave over 30 bags of clothing. We communicated with several shelters to find out what they needed most. Then we sorted through the donated items giving shelters only what they would use. One of the shelters, Mother's Refuge's system encourages responsibility in the teen and gives them play money that they can use to buy donated items. We were able to add our clothes to the closets they select from. With the information we learned about the local shelters we made a pocket map. The map was designed to be about the size of a post card and combine information such as what services are available at each location and the times that correlate with those services. The Homeless Services Coalition is planning to put the map to good use.

See our PDF Submission for more information!