Visual Diary 4 Post 2: IHS Meal Service

Post 2: For my second visual diary post, the example that came to mind is one of my local homeless shelters. The shelter, called the Institute for Human Services (IHS), offers a meal service/distribution to its residents and to other homeless individuals in the surrounding community. The unique thing about the meal service is that IHS allows its residents to volunteer as servers. While distributing free meals to a homeless community would often fall into the helping category, in this situation, I think there is more of an equal relationship, which makes it a service instead. The homeless individuals are given the equal opportunity to give back to their community, just as their community (through IHS) is helping them. It makes them less of a "helpless" party, and in inviting the homeless residents to serve food alongside the IHS staff, IHS is treating them as equals. I am inspired by the way that IHS conducts its meal distribution to be inclusive of their residents, and I think it would be great if other homeless shelters used a similar approach. (Image retrieved from IHS website). 

Who would, and especially facing current events, hold unquestionable the genesis superstition of Western Civilization.

Dear me, I saw as clearly as you are seeing me, the Three Men admired most in a homeless shelter.

~#Kwasibility~

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I wanted to donate 100 packs of sanitary pads (20 packs, 5 sizes) to the Houston Area Women's Shelter before Christmas.

I set up a Paypal fundraiser to raise funds towards that end. If you could check it out, I would be very grateful.

Houston has 4,000 homeless and rising, and while the shelters provide some comforts, the donations they do get often miss this particular item.

As a dad to an amazing daughter, I know the value of pads to the health and wellbeing of women. I appreciate you for reading and I would greatly appreciate you spreading the word!

Anyone want a cookie? #grateful for a bedtime snack provided by #homelessshelter I can plainly see the cookie definitely is not for me. However, oranges are great for people with allergies. How do you reuse your orange peels? #hypothyroidismdiet #onesizedoesnotfitall #homelessshelterproblems #ihatethrowingfoodout #foodwaste #specialdietneeded #hypothyroidismsucks #howcanireusethis #dadsoatmealcookies #unhealthyfoodagain #tryingtogethealthy https://www.instagram.com/p/CehhptErhFz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Who is Shaquan Butler ( Boy , 3 , found dead at NYC homeless shelter ) Wiki, Bio, Age, Crime, Arrest, Incident details, Investigations and More Facts

Shaquan Butler Biography                                    Shaquan Butler Wiki

Boy , 3, died after being discovered at a Queens homeless shelter with bruises all over his body and suffering from a collapsed lung - and his father was taken into custody on Wednesday as part of the case, police said.

Little Shaquan Butler was found unconscious at around 7:40 p.m. at the animal shelter at 79-00 Queens Boulevard. Sunday, according to the police. He was taken to NYC Health & Hospital/Elmhurst by paramedics, where he was pronounced dead. Police are searching for the person who killed a 3-year-old child in Elmhurst, Queens. Officers responding to a 911 call found little Shaquan Butler unconscious with bruises all over his body inside a city-run shelter on Sunday. https://t.co/urnpXMIALP — CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) November 16, 2022 The boy's 21-year-old mother told police he fell and hit his head on the kitchen floor after choking on a chicken nugget. But the coroner determined that Shaquan had suffered blunt force trauma to the chest and his death was ruled a manslaughter. Doctors concluded that the bruises on the boy's body were in various stages of healing and would indicate abuse, ABC 7 New York reported. He also had a collapsed lung at the time of his death. Investigators questioned Shaquan's mother and 26-year-old father. The father was arrested on Wednesday, the police said. Neither was charged. Two other children were taken away from their parents by the Child Protection Agency. The shelter where the boy lived with his family is located in the former Pan Am Hotel and is managed by the non-profit organization Samaritan Daytop Village. Read the full article

"I'm Just Tired"

Silent Voices on YouTube

Aid Worker: ....I'm worried about you, man. I'll put your stuff up so they can't steal it while you are in there? (the shelter)

Elderly Homeless Man: Noooo. I'd rather be out here with Jesus than in there. I'll survive.

god sometimes i think i have ptsd from living in a womens refuge for 9 months

the constant crying from babies or if it wasnt the staff knocking on your door every 2 hours to make sure you haven't o'd

or if it wasn't the constant no privacy

condescending chat from the girls from my age

or the constant them trying to therapise me

i am grateful as fuck now because i got my flat so it was worth it

but fuck i don't know how i did that

lifea beenhard since always

#domestic abuse #womensshelter #uk

#homelessshelter #drugaddict #alcoholism

New York Post : UK teen declared dead begins to breathe hours before organs were to be donated

New York Post : UK teen declared dead begins to breathe hours before organs were to be donated

The mutilated body of St. Josaphat (d. 1623) remains marvelously incorrupt in the Church of St. Sophia in his native Poland.  When a costly reliquary was crafted of precious metals and engraved with mother of pearl pictures depicting scenes of his martyrdom, the body was exhumed for the 3rd time.  While the incorrupt body of the marytyr was being prepared for its enshrinement, the mortal wound on…

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It’s official! I started a nonprofit organization and we’re a fully tax-exempt 501(c)(3). We are celebrating by running a Mother’s Day toiletries drive that will benefit a women’s domestic violence shelter in NE Bronx and the SBH Health Systems WIC population. These 90 women will receive a gift tote with pads, tampons, diapers, baby wipes, baby shampoo, and various other toiletries. SBH Health Systems Auxiliary’s department was kind enough to gift us with a one-time contribution of baby wipes, baby shampoo, and pads/tampons. Please check our registry if you would like to chip in some toiletries. Shelters are not able to provide tampons, pads, diapers, and other such toiletries to their residents. Every little bit helps. Thank you!

Registry below:

tgt.gifts/dameablaze

Or search target registries, orginization DameAblaze.

Also, check us out on Instagram at

instagram.com/dameablaze where we are currently running a giveaway for our followers! Check out how to enter on our giveaway post.

( W 01.07.2020): I'm RePosting this today because it includes a reference to another Canada Day, coincidentally also a Wednesday. This Canada Day is DIFFERENT. There are NO FESTIVITIES at the Legislature. Thank you COVID-19.

A difficult week in a Homeless Shelter transitioned to a stay in a Rooming House, in Old Strathcona. That period, Homeless Shelter and Rooming House, saw my personality and mind change, they grew and matured. The Intellectual me (What am I supposed to do? Who am I supposed to be?) was gone, replaced by something "LESS THINKY", but "more" AUTHENTIC. I don't know where it came from. It just showed up in its' bare feet. Oh the Trouble I could have gotten into had it shown up EARLIER. I am what you'd call a LATE BLOOMER, despite getting into PLENTY OF TROUBLE, AUTHENTIC OR NOT! The real change is that I'm No Longer Going Through the Motions. An added bonus: Thinky Me was gone and I was still alive to enjoy it. 😄💋🙏💜

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from @tomhardyvariations - 👋🏻 “Lovely to see #TomHardy at The Cotton Street Project today .. Thank you Tom for popping in and spending time with the guys and buying a piece of artwork from our homeless artist R ...” 😊Via Simon Whitter FB. . #TheCottonStreetProject is a unique #homeless shelter with a long-term initiative to eradicate homelessness. Read more👉🏻 and support the #charity if you can ~ https://thecottonstreetproject.co.uk/ also on Facebook! #homelessshelter #artist #ruch - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbKKQ6gcFM/?igshid=vdvvnoxxalbc

Hey there #chef3rdeyezoe #veteran #entrepreneur #ganjapreneur #usarmy . . Until I get my #kitchen to code I need a place to #train and #prep We have an assignment every week in #culinaryschool that requires #cooking until I get my #kitchen right I need space ... Services can be #bartered #paid or #donated . . Definitely willing to cook #free of #charge to any #nonprofit #church #homelessshelter my operations are 24/7 so time is not an issue. Whomever allows me this opportunity will truly be #blessed please share with any groups that may be interested. #dm #seriousinquires only . . . #shuttlebusconversion #cannabiscommunity #blackgirlmagic #vegasstrip #vegasstrong #vegas #lasvegas #armyvets #womenvets #vanlife #blackvanlife #vanlifepride. (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3r0Rjjherk/?igshid=45pm8in36d94

#grateful For supper provided by #homelessshelter https://www.instagram.com/p/CehOLQlOUco/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=