Today is Blog Action Day, where bloggers around the country focus on a single cause. This year, bloggers around the country are writing about poverty in an effort to raise global awareness about this very important issue.
Poverty is a huge issue in the bay area with huge disparities between the affluent and the poor. Did you know that there nearly 600 homeless teenagers in Marin County alone? That number is staggering and heart wrenching.
Under the direction of MarinLink, the first ever Project Homeless Connect was held in San Rafael last year and repeated in April. The program is modeled after San Francisco’s tremendously successful Project Homeless Connect where volunteers come together to help those in need get the services that are critical to their health and well-being with resources such as medical and dental care, mental and substance abuse counseling, shelter and public assistance information.
If you are thinking about getting involved to help fight poverty there are many Marin organizations that I know would love your money and/or time! Here are just a few to get you thinking: