RESTORING DIGNITY TO THE HOMELESS

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL WAS COMING FROM?

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU HAD NO PLACE TO CALL HOME, NO PLACE TO SLEEP OR EVEN CLEAN YOURSELF?

IF YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN HOMELESS.

THE OLIVER-BENOIT FOUNDATION CO. WAS CREATED TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS PREDICAMENT. WHILE I WISH WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO END HUNGER FOR ALL, WE FIGURED WE WOULD HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW; BY PROVIDING THEM WITH CLEAN SOCKS AND TOILETRY ITEMS TO STAY CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO WORKS EXCLUSIVELY WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS OFTEN COMPLAINED ABOUT NOT HAVING CLEAN SOCKS AND UNDERGARMENTS.

AND THEN LAST YEAR, ONE SUNDAY THE PASTOR WAS PREACHING ABOUT PRAYING FOR OTHERS, AND NOT JUST SELFISH NEEDS. THAT SERMON RESONATED WITH US AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER TO ACTUALLY "DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE". AND HENCE, THE IDEA FOR THE OLIVER-BENOIT FOUNDATION CO. WAS BORN.

WE BELIEVE WE CAN HELP RESTORE SOME SENSE OF DIGNITY TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH CLEAN SOCKS AND TOILETRY KITS THAT CONTAIN ITEMS LIKE TOOTHPASTE, TOOTHBRUSHES, COMBS, DEODORANT AND WASH CLOTHES. IT IS HARD ENOUGH TO BE WITHOUT A HOME, BUT IT IS AN EXTRA BURDEN WHEN THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO YOU.

WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THESE SOCKS AND TOILETRY KITS TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THROUGH LOCAL SHELTER PARTNERS IN THE GREATER HARTFORD, CT AND GREATER SPRINGFIELD, MA REGIONS. WE HOPE TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS AS TIME GOES BY.

YOUR GENEROUS DONATION CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. EVEN JUST $15 PAYS FOR TWO KITS. PLEASE HELP US IN ACHIEVING A VERY WORTHY GOAL. ANY DONATION IS APPRECIATED.

YOU CAN DONATE ON THIS GO FUND ME PAGE OR GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR THE OLIVER-BENOIT FOUNDATION CO. AT WWW.OLIVER-BENOITFOUNDATIONCO.COM AND HIT THE DONATE BUTTON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS.