Chronic Homelessness In America

Dorothy Day once said, “What we would like to do is change the world-make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do”; as people living in the United States where homeless can be seen on nearly every street corner, we should take a stand against this issue and do something. Just think if, in 100 years, all American citizens have a desire to help aid in some way the issue of homelessness in America. A man tells his family-compiled of a wife, 2 boys, and 1 younger girl- on an early Saturday morning they will be taking a day trip to the beach. His children are ecstatic and he and his wife hurry to get the kids ready to go. Around an hour later his family piles in the car for the short trip to the beach. His kids laugh and joke in the
I have seen the issue of homelessness over and over whenever I travel to busy cities, but never gave anything a second thought. I have researched the extent of the issue and discovered many Americans live in a condition called “chronic homelessness.” Reading many articles about this saddened me and has driven me to think about what plan of action I am going to take in the future to prevent homelessness from being such an issue. I am hoping to hold a canned food drive at my school and wish to donate the collected items to at least two shelters in the state of Arizona. In addition, I would love to gather a large group of people to help volunteer at a soup kitchen or any other homeless shelter and prepare their meals; I also hope to spread awareness of the severe issue of homelessness in order to bring it to people’s immediate attention. I believe if I make but one small ripple, I can start a wave which will influence others to join in the revolution against homelessness in