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Project Dignity

serving the homeless with dignity, humility & love

What about the Pets?

What about the pets, you ask?  What do the homeless do with them when they become homeless?  We can’t answer for everyone, but we can tell you what we’ve observed in our years in the motels.

Shelters are overflowing with pets whose owners can no longer afford to take care of them.  Some have been responsibly surrendered.  Many have been abandoned, their secure little worlds ripped apart by owners too self-centered to do the right thing by their loyal companions.

Interestingly enough, we’ve observed that the motels abound with pets.  Why would anyone want to hold onto a pet they can’t feed or take care of, you ask?  Because their owners can’t imagine abandoning them or giving them up to a shelter for certain death.  Just as they would never give up their children, most motel residents do not abandon their pets.  They do the best they can to take care of them.

We think that’s pretty commendable.  How can you help?  It’s pretty simple.  You don’t have to start a rescue program or anything complicated.  Just take a bag of dog or cat food to your local motel and ask the owner to distribute it.  Or, find out what nonprofits in your area provide food for pets, as well as people.  They’ll be glad to accept your donation.

We certainly would.

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February 24, 2014 /// Filed Under: Matters of the Heart, Practical Matters /// Tagged With: heart, homeless, pets, practical

What We Do

While we don’t feel anyone can ever fully understand the motel situation, we believe we understand it better than most. To our knowledge we are the only local organization who is focusing their services solely on the homeless population living in residential motels and we’ve been doing it since 1996.

It’s a long haul from homelessness to home, so our programs “wraparound” the challenges. Our first objective is to ease the burdens of daily living for our clients by assisting with necessities most of us take for granted–food, clothing and hygiene items.

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A tribute to our Founder

In 1986 doctors told Linda Dunlap she had 6 months to live and she told them the Lord knew more about that than they did. She said He had a lot more work for her to do. She proved herself and God right by living another 22 ministry-packed years.

Linda went into the motels singlehandedly with nothing more than her backpack and a few medical supplies. She won the confidence of people who had never had anyone care about them or help them before. Her belief and vision that one person can make a difference grew into 10,000 people being helped annually by Project Dignity.

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Project Dignity

12913 Harbor Blvd., Ste. Q3, #253
Garden Grove, CA 92840

More tips like this one

  • When is it Really an Emergency?
  • Serving More, or Serving Well—Where Do You Stand?
  • Taking Time Off
  • What Makes a Great Volunteer?
  • Don’t try to solve everyone’s problems

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