Four years ago when we started the weekend backpack program we were feeding a nominal amount of homeless children in the city. Today we are feeding a total of 300 people in Baltimore City which is sad, but it hardly comes close to the amount of people who need this service.
Let me explain. Two and a half years ago at one school in west Baltimore we begun deliveries to a school that had a population of seven homeless children, the following year it increased to 11 children and now at that same school, we are faced with 70 homeless children in this one school, with the school advising us that the number is growing daily. This means that a total of 210 people may not eat over this weekend from this one school. Unbelievable isn't it. It is true and we need to figure out how we can do something, because we had funding sufficient to feed the 30 children reported this fall when school opened up, but now we have to figure out how we can increase that number by 40 more.
Many of you have been generous in the past and we would respectfully request another donation if it is possible to our 501 ( C ) 3 - Heart's Place Services, Inc., 2640 St. Paul Street - Baltimore, MD 21218-4331. As I have said none of us at HPS receive a salary and every dollar goes for this project because someone needs to do something.
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