Imagine, its December twenty third, it's almost Christmas. Your walking down the sidewalk, the snow is crunching under your shoes. You look down, you see your toe sticking out of a hole in the old sneakers you found in a dumpster. You hear the cars driving past as you walk, not going anywhere in particular, but you keep moving because if you stop you might never get moving again. You see the sign out of the corner of your eye; Don't support panhandling, keep your change! You know that sign all too well. You see trucks with christmas trees strapped in the back. You see families, you see snowball fights. But you know that you will never be lucky enough to experience that. Because you won't even be lucky enough to have a home...

Imagine, its december twenty third, it's almost christmas. Your walking down the sidewalk, the snow is crunching under your shoes. You look down, you see your toe sticking out of a hole in the old sneakers you found in a dumpster. You hear the cars driving past as you walk, not going anywhere in particular, but you keep moving because if you stop you might never get moving again. You see the sign out of the corner of your eye; Don't support panhandling, keep your change! You know that sign all too well. You see trucks with christmas trees strapped in the back. You see families, you see snowball fights. But you know that you will never be lucky enough to experience that. Because you won't even be lucky enough to have a home...

From altering children's futures and impacting local education, homelessness is a big issue in our society. Every night there are people without homes freezing, there are people sleeping outside with no blankets or pillows. According to www.socialsolutions.com, around 564,708 people were homeless. That's over halve a million people that don't have homes, food or clean clothes.

Joe