Sacramento Homeless blog

Thumbnail of photo of E. J. Borg as pictured in the Press-Tribune . A story in the Roseville Press-Tribune , ten days ago, " Granite Bay resident takes 'the plunge' ," tells the story of Jesuit High 11th grader E.J. Borg who spent his sixteenth birthday among the homeless in Sacramento. Borg's adventure was part of a class project, "devoted to Christian service," where he and four other select students pretended they were homeless. To do this, he and his fellow students spent a lot of time at Loaves & Fishes for an extended weekend. It began on a Friday afternoon. Borg and the others were given a tour of Quinn Cottages, a transitional-housing facility on A Street in Sacramento, and then spoke with some of the cottage residents. For the weekend, Borg and his colleagues bedded down in sleeping bags on the grass in locked Friendship Park, under the protection of security guards. At 5:00 in the morning the students were separated and moved out of the par...

Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, site of the Bay of Hope Youth Concert on January 18 at 2pm. This blog has hold of some useful, interesting, wonderful new information regarding Bay of Hope 2009 , the Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival to be held on January 18, at 2pm, in splendid Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. The concert will feature Sacramento Youth Symphony , conducted by musical director Michael Neumann, and will, in part, benefit Loaves & Fishes , a premier source of aid to the homeless in our fair metropolis. Bay of Hope 2009 is the first in a hoped-for series of annual youth concerts that will benefit charities. This year, "homeless youth" are the targetted beneficiaries of the concert, a grand effort made by young musicians and the great, good people and organizations who support, teach and admire them. Following, is the PROGRAM for the concert [with links to the wikipedia page for each composer and the website of each youth orchestra]: Antonín Dvořá...

Loaves & Fishes has released some updated information on a youth concert that will benefit Northern California homeless youth. L&F is among the organizations that will share in revenue from the charity event. The event, Bay of Hope 2009 -- or, Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival -- will be held at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on Sunday, January 18, at 2PM. Six northern California youth orchestras will perform, including Sacramento Youth Symphony . The other orchestras performing are: California Youth Symphony , Oakland Youth Orchestra , Peninsula Youth Orchestra , San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra , and Young People’s Symphony Orchestra . At the website of the Sacramento Youth Symphony and Acadamy of Music there is this about the symphony's dazzling recent history: The Youth Symphony has achieved international recognition. In the summer of 1984, the Youth Symphony attended the 13th International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria. Competing against o...

Photo from the story in the Sacramento Bee . WIND Youth Services is seeking cooking gear and other donations to help homeless Sacramento youth the organization aids. A story today in the Sacramento Bee, " Center for homeless teens needs cooking gear ," highlighted cooking classes WIND offers to homeless teens, and reported on the inadequate cookware and utensils the young people had to prepare meals. The north Sacramento drop-in center provides breakfast and lunch to youth it serves. "I do a lot of cooking in the kitchen," said one young woman, Elizabeth, who was aided by WIND as a teen, but now, at age 20, is a cook and janitor for the organization. "I couldn't find any tongs to turn the chicken patties today. I used a big spoon. You use what you have." In addition to cookware, dinnerware and utensils, the organization is in need of a durable refrigerator freezer. The organization’s Christmas Wish List includes many other types of items they coul...