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Helping the homeless to help themselves.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
Several months ago, Virginia Snyder of Lodi, California, began thinking of a way to help her city's homeless people. She began speaking to outreach groups, including many homeless people, to gather insight on how to help those who had taken a wrong turn in life get back on the road to stability and productivity. Snyder was not interested in merely giving handouts to the homeless; she wanted to find a way to get them get off the streets permanently. She initially called her program: "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out."
Back in January, the Lodi News-Sentinel ran a story about Snyder that prompted many local residents to call her and offer to help. As more people got involved, a board was formed and a permanent organization, with the name "A Hand Up--Homeless Outreach," was formed.
The group was not set up to accept monetary donations, but did accept donations of people's time and their services. One volunteer, Gary Kellam, a deacon at Grace Presbyterian Church, started collecting leftover food every Friday at a local restaurant and at a ...
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