Tyler Bartlam: ‘It’s a good feeling when you’re helping others ...’

What type of volunteer work do you do?

I’ve helped at the LOEL Center, Salvation Army, St. Joachim Church and served on the Lodi Youth Commission this past year.

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Ron Werner posted at 10:45 pm on Thu, Jun 14, 2012.

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Robert Jacobs wrote "Why not every single family or individual who has a good home, bring in a homeless person or family for a week"
Here's a few reasons why.
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/526/homeless-facts.htmlPeople who are homeless frequently report health problems.
•38% report alcohol use problems
•26% report other drug use problems
•39% report some form of mental health problems (20-25% meet criteria for serious mental illness)
•66% report either substance use and/or mental health problems
•3% report having HIV/AIDS
•26% report acute health problems other than HIV/AIDS such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, or sexually transmitted diseases

Tyler, keep up the good work.
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Robert Jacobs posted at 10:52 am on Wed, Jun 13, 2012.

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Volunteering to serve in a kitchen is all well and good but it doesn't change homeless people's lives much.
Why not every single family or individual who has a good home, bring in a homeless person or family for a week. Then the next family could do this and pretty soon you may just give someone as we always say not a fortunate as ourselves...
Of course that's just a little close for our liking... That's just a little too close to home...
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