Hi friends!
It’s been awhile since my last post regarding some idiotic event happening in our crumbling society, however, this post brings some hope for the less fortunate.
Five Days for the Homeless is a charity campaign founded in 2005 by students from the School of Business at the University of Alberta. It is a 5 day campaign in which university students live “homeless” on their campus and make personal sacrifices to raise money and awareness for a local charity (http://www.5days.ca/).
So I have this friend, his name is Matt Paulino. He’s a 3rd year Sociology student at Brock University, and he’s taken it upon himself to start his own 5 day campaign. He’s raising money for Community Care (in St.Kitt’s). You can read the full story from the Brock University Press by clicking the link.
Now I’d like to introduce you to Matt’s beard. He’s been growing this masterpiece since July. I’ve seen it in person, it’s actually pretty sweet! Here, let me show you…
At the end of his campaign, provided he raises all his funds, Matt will be saying goodbye to this beaut.
Friends, that’s where you can lend a hand.
I’ve created this post to ask all of you for your help. In reality, homelessness can happen to anyone at any time, regardless of the money you make or the house you own. All it takes is a series of unfortunate events to turn a single life upside down. Just put yourself in the shoes of someone who doesn’t have a fancy smartphone, a fridge full of food or a warm bed to come home to at the end of the day.
And as you are all well aware, we can not simply rely on the government to help it’s own people -it’s not accustomed to do so. I know post-Christmas is one of the toughest times of the year, but if you needed help wouldn’t you want to have somebody there to answer your prayers?
If you’d like to help Matt’s cause by making a donation be sure to get in contact with myself, and I’ll be sure his donation box gets fed.
Like Gandhi said, you must be the change you want to see in the world.
**And yes, I totally used the picture from the article, thanks Brock Press.
