There are many organizations I would like to belong to and or work for them and a few of them are as follows:
- Audubon Area Community Services, http://www.aacshs.org/
- Tri-State Food Bank, http://www.tristatefoodbank.org/index.php/agency-roster/kentucky-roster/livingston-county
- Paducah Homeless Shelters & Services for the Needy http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=Paducah&state=KY
The Audubon Area Community Services, offers a variety of services to lower income families, they must meet a certain criteria. The Audubon Area Community Services offers a variety of help ranging from helping families find work to counseling services.
The Tri-State Food Bank distributes food to local food pantries to feed the hungry of all ages. The Tri-State Food Bank feeds the hungry by distributing marketable surplus food to serve the needy in a 33-county area.
Paducah Homeless Shelters & Services for the Needy is a local organization provides homeless shelters and resources such as a clinic a treatment center, alcohol and drug rehabilitation and much more.
All three of these services are always looking for volunteers and have limited paying positions. If you are able to get an opening at the Tri-State Food Bank al that is required is a high school diploma. To work for Paducah Homeless Shelters & Services many of their positions require a college education in various fields from social worker to drug and rehabilitation counseling. The Audubon Area Community Services also has positions open from time to time, anywhere from a preschool teacher to a cook to work in the kitchen. Some of these positions require a candidate to possess a college degree or a CDA (Child Development Associates).
I would like to work or even volunteer for some organizations because I want to help the cause and not just pretend poverty does not exist. I do understand and empathize with the citizens living in poverty because there are certain citations beyond human control that can render anyone of us to become jobless and or homeless. The most important thing now is to help educate the public and create an awareness of the people in our community living in poverty and let them know they do matter.
Tammy:
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about the organizations in your community related to poverty and homelessness. This is an issues near and dear to my heart. I agree that it is important to not ignore this issue but to bring light and help in anyway we can.
Tammy
ReplyDeleteI love how you stated you want to help instead of pretending the problem doesn't exist. I think in this area, there could be food drives at other times throughout the year instead of just Thanksgiving or Christmas. A lot of times you only hear of food collection during holidays, but I wonder about the rest of the year? It makes me stop and think, worry and wonder. You have definitely found an issue of need for our country.