Last Sunday 60 minutes showed the nation that homelessness is local to Central Florida. It is not just the man on the street with the scruffy beard. The man portrayed has a family to feed and needs a roof over his head.
If you did not see it http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7358670n.
It was estimated 25% of children are living in poverty. The middle class is shrinking. How do we make it stop? What can we do to fix it? How did this happen?
In 2008 we saw the beginning of the "great recession". At Christian HELP we were shouting from the rooftops as families moved into their cars as their houses and rental properties were foreclosed on. People lost everything when they lost their jobs. Some even took their own lives.
We have been working very hard to tackle the root cause of the problem- unemployment. We are teaching people how to be more competitive and how to network. Our classes go beyond the basics to teach the secrets of navigating online applications and how to interview. Our employment seminars are well attended and help to re-charge and re-energize the weary.
We are a small fish in a big pond. The need is tremendous and the resources are not. We continue to press on and do more. We inform, we advocate, and we do all we can to keep people from falling through the cracks.
We need people like you to invest in the long term solutions. In 19 years, Christian HELP has connected over 78,000 people with jobs and given away over 6.8 million pounds of food.
We have been recognized since 1999 as the most effective permanent placement agency in Central Florida. The White House and Manhattan Institute have recognized our efforts.
How can you help?
Send us your job leads
Do food drives
Re-tweet and re-post from our facebook and twitter pages
Become and ambassador and an advocate for the unemployed
Volunteer
With your finances- dollars are matched in March and April. Donate online at http://christianhelp.org/donate.htm
and most importantly with your prayers.
The media hype will eventually go away, but people will always need jobs.
Thank you for HELPing us HELP the community.
