FREESTYLE VOLUNTEER STORIES

Meet one hour a week for coffee with one person

who is socially isolated by homelessness or mental illness.

Judy Lightfoot

judylightfoot@earthlink.net

WHY FREESTYLE VOLUNTEER?	STORIES ABOUT MY HEROES	GETTING STARTED
A little about me: How about we talk? Why freestyle volunteer Commit to a stranger? We're already connected. “Aren’t you afraid?” Mental illness: Not scary, just human! Schizophrenia and homelessness Catch-22: Meds and schizophrenia Unemployed? From a reader: Knowing homeless people Why isn’t “volunteering” on their A-list?	Hiro: PTSD Benjamin: A homeless person is a person Alfred gets to tell his story Two brothers Alfred reaches out Mina: “Can you help me grow up?" Nancy: Staying on her meds Gerald keeps his job George: Tent city success story Chris: Dignity and pity in a tent city Get to know the real people in tents Tent city folks: A warm cold morning Tent city wedding Homeless hard workers Freestyle Volunteer in Rome Success stories	Finding your coffee companion Fostering a connection Setting limits Don't just do something. Sit there. Experience “the Other” Companionship trainings End tent cities: Housing First Resources for volunteers

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