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Howdy folks, check this out! Clothing Match Grant Fundraising.... We have raised $1,500 of the needed $2,500, in order to get a grant of an additional $2,500 (making $5,000 total once we reach our portion of it) from Latrobe Fund.)
This money will be spent EXCLUSIVELY on NEW clothes, from head to toe....shoes, socks, underwear, bras, shirts, pants....(economically as possible)....so that when we start giving showers to clients, EACH client will step into a NEW and complete set of clothing after their shower!
Your support and donations are greatly appreciated, and with your loving help we just know WE will reach our goal!
Pete Brown updated the drive total: "We have now raised $1,750 and are just $750 short of our $2,500 goal now! Once we reach that amount, Latrobe Fund will DOUBLE our money! :) "
In August Pete Brown wrote:
"What difference do new clothes, and clean clothes make? Of course people respond to you differently on first impression....and also, you PROJECT differently from the inside out! Opportunities (as a result of both perspectives) begin to present themselves...
The LATROBE FUND will match our goal, with another $2,500 so that we will have at least $5,000 on hand, which we will use exclusively and 100% to purchase NEW clothing (shoes, socks, underwear, pants / panties, bras, shirts) for our homeless clients. Our specific plan is to have these sets of all new clothing, ready to provide one complete set to EACH client who receives a SHOWER from our upcoming (dual) shower projects!
Just as we have learned that our laundered clean clothes really NEED to go into CLEAN bags.....we will also understand immediately, how CLEAN BODIES need to go into clean clothes!!
Steven Kennedy wrote, "I’m beginning to see positive changes in some of the homeless I interact with. Very pleased for them all..."
"Pete, Steve, the volunteers and the supporters of TLC are changing faceless,homelessness into a hopeful human interaction that does not only provide showers and clean clothes, even more importantly it brings individual value and dignity and a path out of homelessness and back to the lives they dream of..." - Betty Liz Athayde Drummond
Elected officials from El Dorado County, the City of South Lake Tahoe and the City of Placerville are scheduled to hold a public meeting Friday, September 6thregarding the issue of homelessness. It is the first time the three jurisdictions have held a joint meeting on any issue.
"This is a pervasive and increasingly challenge in all areas of our County and if we, as government bodies, are to make meaningful progress, we must take a holistic, collective approach to addressing this issue," said El Dorado County Chief Administrative Officer, Don Ashton.
The purpose of the Sept 6th meeting will be to introduce the upcoming five-year homeless strategic planning process in El Dorado County.
The meeting will include review of local data on homelessness to ensure the City Councils and Board of Supervisors have a common understanding of County-wide data on local homelessness, a review of upcoming funding streams through the State of California, and an overview of what to expect over the coming weeks and months as the strategic planning process kicks off and is implemented.
Presentations will be made by representatives from HomeBase, a nationally recognized non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to providing technical assistance to county-regions in their efforts to impact homelessness and which currently provides such assistance to El Dorado County Opportunity Knocks Continuum of Care; the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency about implementing the upcoming Homeless Housing Assistance Program; and Daniel Del Monte, El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency deputy director regarding the overall state of homelessness in the County.
"The meeting will conclude with a brief presentation from Catholic Charities of Sonoma County, providing a sort of "show and tell" on an evidence based program that is highly successful in Santa Rosa, CA," said El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency director, Don Semon. "Their program has impacted homelessness, reduced local costs to jurisdictions, hospitals, and businesses, and will be informative for all stakeholders and the public."
The meeting will be held at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Organ Room at 1:00 p.m. and is open to the public.
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