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Homelessness

When you hear the word homelessness what image comes to mind?  You might be reminded of earlier this afternoon when despite your best efforts, you were stopped at a traffic light right by the man holding a cardboard sign.
 As your gaze was fixed on the streetlight, you couldn't depict the words on the sign that read:

Perhaps that's the problem with society.
By refusing to look, we cannot see the real picture.

It's easy to turn your cheek on societal issues such as homelessness.  Ignorance is bliss, right?

 There are a number of assumptions and stereotypes that only strengthen an individual's decision to ignore homelessness in their community:

"It's not my problem"

"The issue is to big to solve"

"They are just dirty old drug addicts"

"They've given up"

The truth:

Homelessness affects us all.

If we work together we can decrease the number of homeless individuals and families in our community.

Homelessness is not discriminatory- men, women, and children of all ages have no permanent residence to call home.

The majority of homeless individuals in our country are striving 
to better their living situation but the constructs of 
our society forbid the to do so.

Rescue Outreach Mission is a human resources agency in Seminole County that provides a safe, supportive and healing environment in which disadvantaged or homeless people receive the assistance they need to return to self sufficiency.

We believe that in order address the issue of homelessness in our community, we must empower these individuals and families so that they may better their lives.

If you feel concern for the homeless population in our community or if you are interested in learning more about our organization, keep an eye on our blog! 

New Blog!

Hmmm... where to begin?  Since this is our first post EVER I guess I'll take this time to introduce myself and the goals I hope to accomplish with this blog.

Yoo! My name is Lauren but everyone calls me Lo.  I am currently working on earning a Master's Degree in both Public Administration and Nonprofit Management at the University of Central Florida.  Through the Nonprofit Management program I scored an awesome little internship with The Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida!  With this internship I hope to establish partnerships between The Rescue Outreach Mission and various UCF organizations..one of them being my own pride and joy: Habitat for Humanity at UCF.  I'll most likely be referring to HabitatUCF quite frequently (mainly because I am obsessed with all things Habitat but also because I serve as the current President.) My other obsessions include:

• Dave Matthews Band
• Music Festivals
• Running
• Trying to save the world
• Trying to cook
• bonding/dancing/laughing hysterically
• Camping in my new tent

But enough about me!   This blog was created to spread awareness on the issue of homelessness in the Central Florida community.  I hope that it will be interesting enough to captivate a new audience unfamiliar with The Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida.  Together we can make positive change in  Central Florida and I hope that this blog will inspire you to join us in the fight against homelessness! Some of you may be familiar with my blog posts at The Mustard Seed of Central Florida but if not..

Future posts will include:

*Lo Lesson's!

*Poems!

*Awesome Videos!

* Musica!
*jokes and such
*sentimental quotes

*and soooo much more!

Peace!
Lo