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Thursday, February 51
N.C. Homeless
Problem needs to be acknowledged
During the recent inclement weather, many of us took for granted
the warm, protected shelter that we had to shield us from the elemmts.
There was an ample amount of food around to keep us fed while we
lounged in fix)nt of the television. We only had to brave the cold if
we wanted to, periiaps to participate in a neighborhood snowball fight
or two. But, we always knew that we could get warm and dry at any
time. This was not the case, however, for many of N.C.’s homeless.
What can be done to improve the living conditions for these unfor
tunate people?
“Over the years I have learned more about the problems of the
homeless. Cold is not their only enemy. Fear is always present, sum
mer and winter, when you sleep on the streets,” said Ann Hensel,
tlirector of the Samaritan Soup Kitchen in Winston Salem, in a re
cent article in the North Carolina Forum.
Hensel said that most chronically homeless persons suffer from
either an emotional, intellectual or psychiatric problem. Some end
up on the streets after an emotional trauma. Others are the mentally
ill whom the state feels no longer need hospitalization.
Many of the homeless are undereducated, placing them in the un
skilled labor workforce. However, this market is quickly being replac
ed by machines and jobs are becoming more and more scarce.
What we need to realize is that the homeless are people, not just
cold statistics. We must find people who can be kind and patient in
working with them.
Hensel suggests that more permanent shelters are needed. “There
simply are not enough empty beds for the hundreds of homeless peo
ple in North Carolina, ” she said. For example, there are approximate
ly 150-300 people on the streets in Winston Salem. The Salvation
Army provides 40 beds to augment the 65 that the churches shelter
during the winter. Also, other “special purpose” shelters help.
Many people seem to be concerned with the problem of helping
N.C.’s homeless. Now we must convert this concern into action. It
is easy to “forget” this problem in the warmth of our own homes,
but we as human beings must acknowledge those around us who are
less fortunate.
By Michele Lashley
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