Please share the details about your homeless service project. Please include: where you served, when and for **how long (specific times please for your community service hours), how you served (what did you do), and an overall reflection of your experience, such as -would you serve again? What we're the homeless people like (the same or different than you expected)?  What did you learn from this service project? What impacted you the most from your service experience?

(**This step is essential in gaining your community service hours, so please make sure you list the specific hours you served to get your service credit). 
 
Research the "McKinney Vento Act" and "Charlie's Bill" and respond to the questions below:
       - What is this Act?
       - What does "Charlie's Bill" have to do with it?
       - What rights does it provide?
       - Why is it important?

*For privacy purposes, please only use your first name when posting.
 
Reflect on your experiences of living 24 hours without a "WANT" item and your experience of living 24 hours without a "NEED" item. How did you feel? What was the hardest part of this experience? How would your life be different if you were homeless and could no longer use these items?

*For privacy purposes, please only use your first name when posting.
 
After reading one of the books listed, please state the title of the book you read and a breif summary of the story. After which, please post your response to the characters thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and situation as a comment below.

*For privacy purposes, please only use your first name when posting.

    Our Journal

    This is a live journal for all participants to respond to questions in several of the homelessness lessons. 

    Please add your thoughts, comments to each question in the form of a "comment" to the journal prompt. 

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