"Christmas Angels Handout" This Wednesday December 22nd at 6pm-Downtown San Diego

Did you know that more than 2,000 people live on the streets of downtown San Diego? To add to that number there are 8,500 in San Diego County alone. Where will these homeless people go during the winter when it's too cold to sleep outside? Displaced, homeless, and seeking shelter; there are literally thousands and the number continues to grow...


Are you okay knowing this and not doing anything to help better our world..our country..our city? You may feel that this issue doesn't concern you. You work hard for you money..and you shouldn't have to give it away..You're "too busy."
A lot of people sadly feel this way and without going too deep I think this a fundamental issue with our country and the way we treat one another. Some view helping the homeless as "enabeling them" and allowing them to remain on the street. The bottom line is...a big majority of these people are physically or mentally ill, unable to work or without any family.  We should view helping these individuals as "loving our neighbor" not as pitying a stranger on the street. Who are we to judge what brought these individuals to the place they're in now? Everyone has a story. Not all of homelessness results from drug and alcohol abuse like many tend to think. A great deal of these individuals are veterans, disabled or just hit a rough patch. A lot of the women are women that were being physically abused and escaped their situation with no where or no one to turn to. Whatever the reason for why each and every one of the 2,000 people that are on the street in San Diego..they are PEOPLE. People with a mom and dad somewhere, people that feel pain, people that get hungry and people that get cold. They are people that cry and people that pray to God.
If it was your sister, brother, uncle..or you on the street wouldn't you be eternally grateful for a stranger's selfless generosity. They say most American's are just ONE paycheck away from being in debt or going "broke"..loosing their home, car, etc. That is a reality too close to home for many of us. With the job shortage not improving and the price of rent, gas, groceries.. it's close to impossible to survive for some.


Turn a new leaf...give what you can to those that truly need it. If you are able to actually pass out the items and food this Wednesday December 22nd at 7pm in downtown San Diego. I promise you your life will never be the same...

xoxo, Candace Pollock-The Giving Tree