Today in Exposition Park about four thousand people gathered together to raise awareness about the 90,000 homeless people who live in Los Angeles County. The event has raised almost $800,000 thus far, thanks to those who sponsored me, and I also completed the 5k, my fat ass completed a 5k! I was honored to be among like-minded people who demonstrate such compassion for people most of our country ignores. The basic conversation among us was that homelessness is not an epidemic that is to be solved through free meals and emergency beds rather through housing, permanent affordable housing. It was an awesome day and gave me a much needed renewal of my goals and confirmation that there are others out there who are concerned about our homeless population as much as I.
My fellow co-workers and clients before the walk.
There are thousands of us; rest assured we will never give up!
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