Helping the homeless is a cause near and dear to the hearts of many socially conscious Democrats, but those of us in Livingston County may not realize that a well-off county like our own has a problem.
In fact, Livingston County does have people who lack a place to stay. And here's our chance to do something about it.
The Livingston County Homeless Continuum of Care is sponsoring its First Annual Community Connect event on January 26 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Brighton. The event is designed to help homeless people and others find services and resources that they need -- everything from information about housing opportunities to diapers to food to mentoring. The event will also include a lunch and music.
Volunteers are needed to greet guests the day of the event and help them find their way around the services, as well as to help serve the meal.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., but volunteers are asked to work from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. People who cannot commit to the full day are asked to work either from 8:30 a.m. to noon or from noon to 4:30 p.m.
People interested in volunteering for the event may contact Delphine Palkowski, the chair of the Livingston County Democrats' Blue Tigers Committee, at:
delpal68@bcglobal.net. Delphine is helping organize Democrats to volunteer for the event, which is being coordinated by a variety of Livingston County social services organiations.
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Correction to Delphine's e-mail address. It's delpal68@sbcglobal.net.
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