Lower Dauphin's band program managed to collect 2,778 pairs of socks for the Bethesda Mission, a homeless shelter in Harrisburg, PA. This was done across all ages, with high schoolers and elementary schooler both contributing socks, and even got people outside of the band program to participate. YAY BAND!
In these tough times charities, like homeless shelters, are suffering dearly. Many shelters here in central PA only admit single people making it very tough on families struggling together. The Interfaith Shelter for Homeless Families is different however, it admits entire family units into the shelter, allowing them to live together. Just this Christmas 45 people had the blessing of spending Christmas day together with the rest of their families. This is incredibly tough burden on the shelter but is incredibly courageous seeing as it is one of the few shelters to do so in the mid state. Here is their contact information if you wish to contact them: Christopher Meehan, Catholic Charities, 4800 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg, PA, 17111-3710, 717-657-4804 ext. 285, cmeehan@hbgdiocese.org.
The troubles we experience when we lose something can not be compared to anything else. That's exactly what one family went through after losing nearly everything they owned to a house fire. They were absolutely devastated and were torn apart by the fact that their small child may not have received anything this Christmas. The community reached out and helped this family, inundating their rental home with an overabundance of both gifts and necessities for the holiday season and life. This family then went an extra mile and passed on the gifts that they didn't to other charitable causes in the community. An act that is truly inhumane under any circumstances, especially in times of dire need like this family.
That's it folk. How am I doing, I'd love to know. If you have any feedback or a story that you think is worth being shared on my blog, feel free to email me at leroy13437@yahoo.com, or contact me through any other means you feel reasonable.
Stay Strong and Generous,
Josh
finally something positive, sorry i didnt see this blog earlier, haha just posted on facebook the everything is negative in the general media. oh well, at least its uplifting to see that there actually is something positive going on in the world.
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