Homeless for the Homeless

Many of us take for granted the houses that we grew up in, the food that we had, and the clothes that we wore. Yet, everyday many of us walk down the street in any given city and see homeless people who don’t have these luxuries and we just ignore them. 

Our Kappa Kappa chapter in Canada was decided to make a difference. For the last 11 years the brothers of Kappa Kappa have had a philanthropy event called, “Homeless for the Homeless.” The brothers construct a shack made of tarps and wood with space enough for about 12 people at one time. For three days and three nights different brothers take turns spending time in the shack, including overnight in the wonderfully cold November Windsor weather. 

While doing all of this the brothers collect money, food, blankets, and any other things that could benefit the homeless. The shack is set up right in the middle of their campus so that no one misses it. At the end of the three days when everything is said and done the brothers take all the donations to the “Downtown Mission,” a local homeless shelter.

During this year’s event the brothers had to endure some rain throughout the night, but they stuck it through and stayed in the shack. This year the brothers collected over $1,000 in coin donations alone during the three day period. In addition they also collected a, “mountain of canned goods, and hundreds of articles of clothing and blankets.” 

During a time of the year when everyone talks about the “Spirit of giving” our brothers in Windsor are actually living it.