Commentary

Commentary

How Can We Help? Donate!

Homelessness is a serious issue that I think deep down is a societal issue. Although I have never been homeless and will never be able to understand the different issues that go along with it I still feel a strong pull to try and make the world a better place, for everyone. I think there are many downfalls in the way our country looks at and treats people who are experiencing homelessness. Obviously there are going to be people who fit the stereotypes of drug addicts and people who might have made some bad decisions but I truly believe that the majority of the homeless population are people who have been dealt a bad hand in life and are good people deep down. We can help in many ways by donating! Whether you have the funds to donate money or time to donate at a local shelter or not, there are ways to help those who are in need.

- Donate our kindness to those who are struggling.

- Donate our time by feeding or other service projects.

- Donate to charities and other organizations for homeless

The best way we can help is Donate… It may be scary and out of our comfort zone but we can help make a small difference in people’s lives. Here are a few resources and places that we can donate our time and other resources:

Volunteers of America: Teen Services

https://www.voaut.org/homeless-teen-services

Catholic Community Services

https://www.ccsutah.org/

National Alliance to End Homelessness

https://endhomelessness.org/help-end-homelessness/support-our-work/

In conclusion, there are many ways we can donate our time and efforts. Before this project I thought it was this scary and painful thing but I have learned that volunteering is a great way to try and make a difference. Homelessness will not be solved by one person, it will take the whole country to look at this issue and try to help. It may not be solved completely but it feels so good to help in the small ways that we can.

Peter Do -Commentary

Reduce Food Waste!

Everyday there are hundreds and thousands of foods going to waste when there are homeless people and families out there starving. There are plenty of food donors and food rescues out there and you can simply check by checking out this website foodrescue.us who is a nonprofit organization. I feel like this a great opportunity to help people who are starving.

How it works is anybody in the food industry can donate edible food that would otherwise be wasted, a volunteer food rescuer will claim the food deliver it. Also you do this by going on to to app. How Food Rescue works is food distributor or companies that has edible food that they are throwing away like bruise/damage, over produce, and catering food they can't reuse. The food is not bad or spoiled, simply they have no one to buy so they have to get rid of it. If you ask how you can help but don’t have a restaurant or food like that to give out. You can sign up on the app to become a food “rescue.” Basically you would pick up the food from a donor and deliver it to the destination needed. Lastly you do this on your own terms and can do it whenever you want too. I think this ia a great way to get and help those in need.

In conclusion, there is so much food on daily bases getting thrown out when there are families and people who are starving in the streets. I feel like this is a great opportunity to help feed people in need. But also help rude food waste around the world. I think that this is basically two birds and one stone. We get to feed people in need and not waste food!