This is a holiday celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians in the entire world. according to research, about 95% of Americans celebrate Christmas.
Family and friends gather, exchange gifts and enjoy each others company and good food. its a time for forgiveness and peace...unity and love- Its a holiday that should be celebrated and enjoyed to the fullest by anyone who wishes to, and that's not the case.
We imagine a day like this being an emotionally testing time for a person without a home, more so than the other days. wouldn't it be for you?
wouldn't you be thinking of your life? of laughing or even arguing (who doesn't!) WITH family and friends? past Christmases where things may have been better?
or just sharing a meal and enjoying the company of another person..
In Florida the number of homeless people is roughly at 85 000...
• 40% of all homeless people are families
• 60% are single adults
• 8% are elderly persons over 62 years of age
• 23% are children age 18 or younger
There are many things that can lead to being homeless but what we know for sure is that no one chooses this. no one.
Christmas speaks of giving and sharing. So we ask you to give and share as a part of Project ABEL when we go out for a run to share with our brothers and sisters out there who need us. what is project abel? please check out this link http://projectabel.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-is-project-abel.html
as well as this link http://projectabel.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-mission-thanksgiving.html
24 Dec is the date, 12:00pm-1:30 pm THEN from 1:30pm until......(well.. till we all gotta go!) if you are free and are able to, Project Abel members will be heading to a restaurant for food and drinks ourselves so we can cool off afterwards, swap some stories and thoughts..a little reasoning (We like that word...'reasoning'.)
and this is an original Project Abel run so we wont be collaborating with an organisation for this run.
so that means we all cook and package the food at our own homes before meeting up.
you will receive an email the day before (23rd Dec) on where we will meet and what areas we will be at that day.
interested? we definitely need you:)
please send us an email with your phone number and info to projectabelofficial@gmail
