Untitled from david curry on Vimeo.
Some years ago I ran a television commercial that showed a homeless child looking up at a parent and saying, “CARRY ME”. Great commercial created by the folks at Compass Media. It really highlighted the problem of homeless children.
Shortly after the commercial began to run I started to received calls from citizens suggesting that I was needlessly tugging at their hearts in order to raise money. ”There shouldn’t be any homeless kids in Pierce County”, one woman emphatically stated to me. True, there SHOULDN’T be any homeless children. Unfortunately there ARE many homeless children. In fact, the numbers are growing at an alarming rate.
I’m asking that the folks who care about making sure that no child is sleeping in a car or on the streets of Pierce County make a point to raise awareness about this issue. The Tacoma Rescue Mission has 80-85 children every night of the year and we know that there are at hundreds more that are homeless.
What can you do?
1. Tell everyone you know that this is a cause you really care about.
2. Regularly post updates on your facebook/twitter page that raise awareness.
3. Volunteer to help serve/mentor/teach homeless kids at the Mission and elsewhere
4. Financially support organizations that serve homeless children.
