“All that is required for evil to triumph is for good [people] to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
There are so many ways for every human to contribute to making the world a better place; most of those ways require very little effort. This is one of those low effort ways.
We are expecting fiercely cold temperatures in the next few days – a low of nine degrees is forecast for Friday. This weather constitutes a serious threat to the area’s homeless population. I’m not asking anyone to give out blankets, donate coats, or volunteer at soup kitchens – though all of those would be great things to do. What I ask each of you who stop by this slice of the interweb is to put the following number in your mobile phone: 800.535.7252.
That is the number for the DC Hypothermia Hotline. If you see a homeless person attempting to brave the elements as you travel through DC at night, please call that number. It is a free call and will connect you to a team of people who will go to the location you identify and try to coax people to come inside for the night.
These temperatures can kill; and you can save a life with a phone call. Please join me in this effort.
Great suggestion. I’ve added it to my cell contacts.
thank you for this.
sometimes doing nothing is worse than doing the wrong thing. i’ll stop complaining about our temps in the 20s & 30s.
Brilliant. If you don’t mind, I’d love to add this here: http://francobeans.com/one-hundred-ways/