Yes, I did entirely forget to write up a post last week. I got too comfortable over the holidays, what with all that “not having to do stuff” I had going on.
Like many things about holidays, resolutions have been overhyped and a lot of pressure has been attached to them. Just look at the gym ads you see around this time of year! So while I do like to make goals or resolutions at the beginning of each year, I don’t attach a lot of my heart to them.
Happy New Year! Here’s my last Favorite Charity post of the year. I hope your new year is filled with all the adventure, love, and success you want.
Living in a city for the first time has made me more aware of how many people sleep rough every night. Every night I see dozens of people sleeping on the steps outside businesses, tucked into closed businesses, and in the parks in my area. There’s also been an increase in hostile architecture since we moved to Orlando, which only serves to ‘move along’ the homeless population, rather than solve the problems that cause homelessness in the first place.
Merry Christmas Eve!
The UN’s Refugee Agency helps people all over the globe who have been displaced by human or natural means. Not only are they some of the first responders, with food and water and shelter, they also help with long-term arrangements like transportation home and funds for people who make new lives elsewhere.
Bess Carnan 