Bus Passes for The Homeless

The Homeless need to be able to travel easily in order to find jobs and get to Dr's appointments. Because they are financially destitute, they cannot afford transportation costs. This is a fundraiser to help provide bus passes for the homeless.

All donations go toward buying bus passes for the Homeless in and around the Texarkana/Bowie County Area. The bus passes will be presented to Mission Texarkana for distribution.

For every Dollar you donate, you get a chance to win a $50 or $100 gift certificate from Avon through ISR Shonda Ponder.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE ON FACEBOOK

or Go to The Ponder website and use the PayPal Donation button

The Least of These

This is a great documentary about Homelessness in America. Check it out!

"Most people don't realize that without a job, in a couple of weeks, you will find yourself in the same situation I'm in..."

Tucson hotel repurposed as shelter focused on giving dignity to homeless

Source: AZ Central

A former Tucson hotel has been transformed into a one-stop center for people experiencing homelessness.

The H.S. Lopez Family Foundation Center of Opportunity opened June 3 in the location of what used to be a Radisson on 4550 S. Palo Verde Road. The center will offer 350 beds, 1,000 hot meals a day, workforce development, medical and dental services, a men's rehabilitation center and much more.

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The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center (Dallas)

Every T-shirt for help homeless you buy from this link will help The Ponder assist the needy and homeless in the Bowie County area.
Source: moderndallas.net
May 1, 2019
Completed in May 2008 and commonly known as “The Bridge,” the multi-purpose facility is dedicated to providing safe haven and social services for more than 6,000 homeless people in Dallas, empowering both the chronic and newly homeless to come off the streets and sustain permanent housing in order to live productively. Unlike traditional homeless assistance facilities that resemble dark warehouses and gymnasiums, The Bridge features translucent walls that allow natural light to flood into residential areas, glass art created by Gordon Huether was selected to design and fabricate a site-specific artwork for The Bridge. Huether created seven art glass windows that feature mouth-blown glass and etched, silk-screened text from writings bysome of the shelter’s clients. panels inscribed with poetry written by the homeless.

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Also Read:

Cowboys' Connor Williams Feeds Homeless in Dallas
Source: NBC DFW Channel 5
May 1, 2019
"Most of us are very fortunate, we don't even realize that we know where our next meal is coming from and most of these people don't," Williams said.

He's talking about the people at the Second Chance Cafe inside The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center. It's a place where breakfast, lunch and dinner are served 365 days a year thanks to the facility's partner agency -- The Stewpot.

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