Giving Back - Part I

November 19, 2009

Giving Back, Part I

Well, well, well! I am excited indeed that in this era of Aquarius the world is becoming somewhat more caring to reach out and do something, as in the 60s. Back to thinking about others beyond our boundaries and care for our own.

A large number of the current homeless population are returning vets. What I am excited about is the amount of talk of the mentally ill and the homeless. The message is getting disseminate into our homes. That is step one to "giving back!"

Below you will see what CNN Political Ticker had to say on November 10, 2009.

"The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 131,000 veterans are homeless on any given night, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey noted at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the subject.

"Veterans' homelessness is a national disgrace," he said. American heroes (are) huddled over a heating grate in the shadow of the Washington Monument, or curled up on a bench by the war memorials on the Mall in Washington, or trying to find shelter in cities across America.

The VA has concluded that 260,000 veterans are homeless over the course of a typical year, he added. An estimated one in four homeless men or women served in the military.The increasing number of servicemen and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, combined with the economic downturn, Menendez noted, has contributed to a recent spike in the number of homeless families with veterans."

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Our heroes are coming home! Are we here to receive them in a way that would show some kind of love for this nation? In my next post I will have some information on Giving back…

to be continued…