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Originally Posted by nsanendmembrain  I want to leave but I feel stuck. Maybe the homeless shelter will have more appeal after the holidays. I just want to give the kids a nice Christmas first. |
Just my experience, back about 22 years ago, I was living pretty close to downtown, out of work, just recently divorced, and as circumstances turned out, living directly across the street from a Salvation Army family shelter.
I went across the street, asked if they needed volunteers, and they did, liked me so much they offered me a job after a period, had to refuse the job due to the unemployment compensation I was collecting, but I continued to volunteer there.
It was a
very rewarding experience, one that I'll never forget, and I'm sure you and your children would find it a great place to stay temporarily, and maybe just as rewarding as my experience. The corp has shelters all over the country, and even though it's actually a religious denomination, they don't push it on anyone.