Care-Corps
Currently, over half a million people are homeless in the U.S. right now. What most of us don't understand, is the grind that homeless people go through everyday for their daily needs. Lots of us take a bed, a soft blanket, a warm house for granted. This is something homeless people don't have, but a great program in Fremont, Nebraska has provided these services for them. Care-Corps provides: housing, life skills program, food, hygiene products, medicine, prevention program, counseling, and provides a plan for a client to get healthy, happy lifestyle.
Many people drive by everyday and don't realize that Care-Corps is there. The place looks like a mini 1 story apartment complex. The siding on the building is tan, which gives it that …show more content…
Many have been kicked out and fend for themselves on the streets. 80% of homeless youth do drugs or alcohol according to DoSomething.org. 90% of women who are homeless is due to the fact that they are victims of severe physical or sexual abuse according to Common Dreams. Now I could go on and on with facts all day long, but that's not how people are truly going to understand these people's …show more content…
We met a man named Josh who was 27 years old. Josh went to high school at Logan View, which is in the same conference as D.C. West. He went to the military to serve his country. Josh started as a scout and worked his way up to a sniper, where he trained in Arizona. He was deployed overseas and did not talk about what happened over there much. What Josh did say was that he got into a lot of bar fights and had trouble keeping his act together. Josh said, "my training caused me to break a man's arm in four places when I fought him after a dirt track race." Josh has clearly had trouble returning to everyday life after the military. Care-Corps has helped him though. Josh talks to a counselor every week and has a job at Syngenta in Waterloo, Nebraska. According to Common Dreams 57,000 veterans are homeless each night. 1 in 5 homeless people suffer from untreated mental illness.
Care-Corps is truly a great organization. 77% of their clients are from Fremont, Nebraska, but they will accept anybody from the surrounding states. Care-Corps needs our help and others though. They have plenty of food but they need products such as toilet paper, shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste. Care-Corps may someday have to expand if they plan on helping more people stay in their shelters. Any donation is helpful. If you decide to donate please do so by going to www.care-corps.org. You will not regret this
Currently, over half a million people are homeless in the U.S. right now. What most of us don't understand, is the grind that homeless people go through everyday for their daily needs. Lots of us take a bed, a soft blanket, a warm house for granted. This is something homeless people don't have, but a great program in Fremont, Nebraska has provided these services for them. Care-Corps provides: housing, life skills program, food, hygiene products, medicine, prevention program, counseling, and provides a plan for a client to get healthy, happy lifestyle.
Many people drive by everyday and don't realize that Care-Corps is there. The place looks like a mini 1 story apartment complex. The siding on the building is tan, which gives it that …show more content…
Many have been kicked out and fend for themselves on the streets. 80% of homeless youth do drugs or alcohol according to DoSomething.org. 90% of women who are homeless is due to the fact that they are victims of severe physical or sexual abuse according to Common Dreams. Now I could go on and on with facts all day long, but that's not how people are truly going to understand these people's …show more content…
We met a man named Josh who was 27 years old. Josh went to high school at Logan View, which is in the same conference as D.C. West. He went to the military to serve his country. Josh started as a scout and worked his way up to a sniper, where he trained in Arizona. He was deployed overseas and did not talk about what happened over there much. What Josh did say was that he got into a lot of bar fights and had trouble keeping his act together. Josh said, "my training caused me to break a man's arm in four places when I fought him after a dirt track race." Josh has clearly had trouble returning to everyday life after the military. Care-Corps has helped him though. Josh talks to a counselor every week and has a job at Syngenta in Waterloo, Nebraska. According to Common Dreams 57,000 veterans are homeless each night. 1 in 5 homeless people suffer from untreated mental illness.
Care-Corps is truly a great organization. 77% of their clients are from Fremont, Nebraska, but they will accept anybody from the surrounding states. Care-Corps needs our help and others though. They have plenty of food but they need products such as toilet paper, shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste. Care-Corps may someday have to expand if they plan on helping more people stay in their shelters. Any donation is helpful. If you decide to donate please do so by going to www.care-corps.org. You will not regret this