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PO Box 14461
Tumwater, WA 98511
(360) 357-6990

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How YOU Can Help

The issue of homelessness is so huge, it can seem overwhelming. Probably the most important thing we can do to help end homelessness, is to educate people and change public opinion about homelessness. The more people know about homelessness, the more likely they are to help eliminate the causes.

This page lists some of the many, simple ways YOU can help end homelessness. We hope you will find something that interests you. Maybe this list will inspire to think of your own ways to help end homelessness...

  • Find out what your local shelter needs and donate items. (Go to our "If You're Homeless" page, or "Local Coalitions" page.)

  • Tutor a homeless child.

  • Donate money to a local shelter, housing or homelessness prevention program.

  • Ask your state legislators to support funding for homelessness and affordable housing programs.

  • Find out what your local government is doing about affordable housing and homelessness.

  • Volunteer in a service agency.

  • De-objectify homeless people. They are not "the homeless" but people who do not have a stable place to live.

  • Meet and get to know someone who is without a home.

  • Buy products made or sold by people without housing.

  • Act politically: write a politician, cast an informed ballot.

  • Educate yourself about what causes the loss of housing, especially in this community.

  • Reflect on your own situation, "Do I have resources to cover my rent or mortgage in the event of illness, an accident, or the loss of a loved one?"

  • Give a donation to a homeless housing program in your community.

 

54 Ways You Can Help the Homeless

Former President Jimmy Carter said of Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff's book,  54 Ways You Can Help the Homeless, "This book will inspire us to help eliminate homelessness."

Following are a couple of highlights from Rabbi Kroloff's wonderful list:

  • Volunteer your professional talents.

  • Carry fast food certificates.

  • Publish shelter information.

  • Employ the homeless

Rabbi Kroloff fills in details behind every simple statement of how we can help. This book is sold at www.amazon.com