Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Pay It Forward



This week we met Eric, a well-spoken, deep thinking 49 year old guy, who had a lot on his mind, and a lot to say. After speaking to Eric for some time a family of 6 people from Atlanta came up to us looking for some food. There was a mother, father, two kids under the age of 4 and a teenage daughter and son. They had no money, and no food, and unfortunately we had run out of food packages to give them.

That's when Eric stepped up. He handed out the food in the package we just gave him to the parents and the water bottles to the kids. "That's called Paying It Forward," Eric told us.

Last night was the first cold night in Detroit in many months. We were happy to be able to give out a few sleeping bags we had collected and some heavy sweaters and hooded sweat shirts. Being homeless during the hot summer months is a real challenge, as we learned when we were just getting started this summer. Cold weather, and winter is going to be a whole different thing, and we are going to have to start a collection of winter wear to give out with our weekly package deliveries. 

Friday, October 12, 2012

H2HD Needs Your Help

                          

Our lunch we distribute to each person
                                                                          

                                                       A $50 donation feeds 12

I've always been drawn to people in need. But nothing I had done, or felt, before starting Heart 2 Hart Detroit prepared me for what I would see and hear from the homeless and needy men and women who live on the streets and at shelters in the Detroit Metro area.

We've seen people sleeping on cement floors in Hart Plaza, under trees on Jefferson Avenue and even under overpasses off the I-75 expressway.  I've been asked by a young boy at a shelter "do you live in a house, do you like it?".

We started out providing food packages once a week to twelve people at Hart Plaza and surrounding area. Our work has spread us out over some miles, and gone beyond a food delivery program. We now include clothing and toiletries with our weekly food delivery. H2HD also goes to shelters and clothes closet outreach programs, to hand out donated clothes. We are doing a lot, but we want to do more.

Heart 2 Hart Detroit wants to start distributing food packages another few days a week. There is definately a need, and we have the volunteers to help distribute

But we need your help to buy the food.

Each meal costs about $4.25. That translates into $50 for each delivery of 12 meals.

We are happy to do the work that's involved, and take the time to not only give out packages, but sit down and have conversations with the recipients and treat them with the dignity they deserve.

Please consider sponsoring a group of 12 meals, in your name, or in honor of someone else, For more information please email Larry Oleinick at...... larryH2HD@gmail.com or call 248-884-4434.

Thanks,

Larry Oleinick
founder
Heart 2 Hart Detroit