Here’s a small taste of what your support enables me to do for others
Here’s a small taste of what your support enables me to do for others
I need your help as the cold weather looms!
LaMonda was a regular of mine for a relatively short time. I had been helping her for about six months. For context, there are women whom I’ve known and assisted for more than six years.
Anyway, LaMonda is a very pleasant African-American homeless woman — perhaps in her mid-30s. I’d stop by to see her two or three times a week. She’d give me updates as she diligently worked her way through the Sisyphean red tape to get housing.
Well, she just finally got a room of her own in Brooklyn!
We’ve already said our sentimental goodbyes and I ask you to send prayers and good wishes to LaMonda as she begins a bold new chapter of her life.
In other news, I hadn’t seen Anna for a while. The last time that happened, I learned that she had fallen and had to spend time in the hospital. So, I was getting concerned. Well, last week, I found her in her regular spot and approached with sincere excitement.
Before I could speak a word, Anna said to me: “I’m so glad to see you. I was getting worried about you!”
She. Was. Worried. About. Me.
Folks, this is yet another reason why I urge you all the time to choose a life of service. It offers favor the likes of which you can’t imagine until it arrives.
I want to say thank you to everyone who makes it possible for me to be there to help and befriend vulnerable souls like LaMonda and Anna. Please keep the support coming!
My project, “Helping Homeless Woman (& Others) - NYC” marks its seventh anniversary on October 16.
If you want to help me help others, here are the best ways to keep things going and growing:
Make a direct donation right here.
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Commit to a monthly pledge at Patreon here.
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No matter what, please spread the word by sharing the above links far and wide! Thank you, as always, for your kind and generous support. And if you cross paths with a homeless woman or any vulnerable soul, remember to be friendly and compassionate.
I love these updates, Mickey. Happy to send support! ❤️
Hi Mickey, Thanks for all you do at the Grass Roots level and you do it with such a light and getting heart. I'm grateful to help out and some small ways. I donate all my good second hand stuff to a very small thrift store down the street that helps support keeping people in their homes so they don't go homeless. I also helped my brother as long as I could. I even bought him a used SUV although it was before he admitted he was homeless or I would have made the point of getting him a small truck. After that he rather flamed out on me and didn't want to hear from me again. He found all new places to hang out so I wouldn't find him which was fine because that's what he wants I want to respect it. I should add that this came after our homeless sister committed suicide from a drug overdose because she couldn't take her life anymore. I didn't realize how close they were until he and I got close. I think he just has to deal with things in his own way to try to hold it together. But he has been homeless for decades and is in his '60s now and it would be nice to know he's ok. I know homelessness touches everyone's family or friends these days so it's nice to know there's a good Samaritan out there maybe helping my brother too.