Homeless Show Good Citizenship

The Coalition for the Homeless maintains housing for the homeless (Harmony House and Vanity Fair)adjacent to the Coalition's Day Center in the 600 block of 4th Avenue. Every Wednesday morning, several homeless, and formerly homeless, citizens volunteer to work with me to keep cigarette butts and other street litter picked up along that block.

This photo is of some of the folks who demonstrated their good citizenship by being volunteer "Litter-Gitters" this morning.

John Mendez, the Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, asked our litter-abatement volunteer group, Adopt YOUR Block - Be a Litter-Gitter, to allow the folks who spend time at the Coalitions's day center to become involved in cleaning up Huntington. So, the homeless and formerly homeless are pitching in to eliminate litter in "their" block.

My hat is off to them. A job well-done! Many times, homeless people take a bad-rap. These folks are testimony to the fact that every person, regardless of their plight in life, has value. Remember, "... there, but by the grace of God, go I."

If you want to "adopt your block", call me at 523-7902, and I will deliver you a litter-stick (no charge). All you have to do to be an official "Litter-Gitter" is agree to keep the block on which you live free of cigarette butts and other street litter. Together ... we can get Huntington cleaned up!