We are taught to avoid certain areas of the city from a very young age; ignoring the poverty found just blocks from many of our corporate conglomerate shopping areas.  As our elected official choose to subsidize large private industry projects, such as the Power and Light district, neighborhood after neighborhood struggles to provide a safe, positive and educational environment for children to be to raised.  And day after day we witness those with no homes, suffering on the street.  For years we have walked through life with virtual blinders; but today, as we watch our federal, state and local governments swindle our money away through frivolous legislation and focus their energy on issues irrelevant or harmful to most Americans, our eyes are beginning to open.

Our expectation of the state to provide for those in need is obviously flawed.  Unbeknownst to most Kansas City citizens, there are a series of heroes working daily to provide to those in our community who need it the most.  Volunteers from the Liberty Restoration Project worked with one of these heroic groups on Christmas Day.  The Holy House, located on 31st and Troost is providing an amazing service to our community.  Daily they provide nourishment for over 200 hungry folks and work to meet the immediate needs of anyone who walks in their door.

I feel in love with this organization when I read the first page of their most recent newsletter,

• Our country’s greed and arrogance-driven stance of domination actualizes the global violence of endless war, terrorizing and devastating those countries recipient of our wrath, thereby diverting and depleting the resources which could otherwise promote meaningful employment, just wages, decent and affordable housing,  comprehensive health care, stimulating education and creative leisure.

While I don’t necessarily agree that our government should be promoting/funding all of the above listed things, I agree that the money currently spent devastating other countries would do a LOT of good in the pockets of American citizens.  Also, inside their newsletter, the Holy House included an article on Conscientious Objection which includes a link to Iraq Veterans Against the War!

At our grassroots discussion after the END the FED rally, local patriots indicated they wanted to volunteer in our community as a group.  The delivery of the meals on Christmas Day was our first attempt and I would like to call on any of you who happen to be interested in volunteering with the homeless to look into participating with this organization.  They would like volunteers to join the breadline at the Holy House for dinner at 4pm everyday other than Friday to let the hungry know they are cared about.

I plan to put a volunteer day for Holy House about once a month on the Project Participation Calendar.  Please join us if you are interested in rolling up your sleeves and making a difference in our hometown!

Please check out their website and learn more about their mission: http://www.holyfamilycwhouse.org/

On another note: With all the negativity happening across the globe, I thought maybe you’d like some beautiful music and lyrics to reflect on… Click Here:  Something Good to Show You

Stay tuned for an announcement about BIG things happening in 2009 for the Liberty Restoration Project!!!

Peace and lots of love,
Catherine Bleish
Executive Director
Liberty Restoration Project
816-868-8806
Catherine@libertyrestorationproject.org
www.libertyrestorationproject.org

Freedom reaches across party lines.

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