Because I was raised with two skis practically attached to my feet,
winter is my absolute favorite time of year. Any opportunity that I
have to play in the snow, I take it! One unfortunate side-effect of me
being around snow is that the cheesy grin you see below is pretty well
perma-glued on my face the whole time. There are worse things, I
suppose.
Sadly for me, Portland’s winters are generally pretty chilly and
wet, but not the kind of wet that I like; the kind that comes down in
raindrops. We don’t get a ton of snow (except for that one year when we
did) but the air at night is absolutely bone chilling. While not ideal
for a skier, the lack of snow is actually a really great thing.
Portland, Oregon is home to approximately 20,000 homeless men, women and
children; approximately 13,000 of which do not have any place to go for
shelter at night. Obviously, homelessness is not just a concern in
Oregon. A study done in 2009 reported that one in every 66 people
living in major US cities used a residential homeless program in the
subject year.
Before she retired two years ago…
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