Will you help me raise money for a homeless shelter's caseworker reference library?
Hi DU! I'm a long-time member here and a short-time member of another DU community - the University of Denver - where I'm working on my Masters of Library Science degree. I'm also the president-elect of the University's student chapter of the American Library Association. As such, I'm spear-heading our group's service learning project this year: to build a clinical reference library for caseworkers at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.
Will you help us support caseworkers working with Denver's burgeoning homeless population?
Here are the details: The University of Denver's American Library Association Student Chapter (ALASC), in partnership with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), has created this GoFundMe campaign to raise money for caseworker clinical reference libraries at two CCH facilities, Housing First and the Stout St. Clinic.
The on-site clinical reference libraries will include ready reference titles for caseworkers to consult while working with homeless clients. CCH caseworkers have given ALASC a list of books that include resources for escaping homelessness, building resiliency, overcoming addictions, and countering abuse. The caseworkers have no such ready-reference materials at present.
Denver has always had a high homeless population due to our central location and relatively mild weather. However, homelessness has been growing significantly in the last year as our housing market is tight, rents are skyrocketing, wages are stagnant, and more transient people have arrived since the legalization of marijuana. Our current homeless population includes veterans and families with children. ALASC wants to support the social workers working with these vulnerable populations.
Our goal is modest, $800. Anything raised between $800 - $1200 will go toward books. Anything raised over that will go into a general fund at COH. All donations are tax deductible. To help us support CCH as they work to help others, please go to http://www.gofundme.com/redu77y and share this link as you see fit.
Thank you!
Jinnie Trabulsi/intheflow
Student Member and President-Elect
University of Denver American Library Association Student Chapter
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Long time, no see - on DU! 
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K&R
Posted it about 8 hours ago and it sank like a stone. 
It might pop up if you'd be so kind as to scroll down that page tomorrow morning and like it. I was really hoping it would generate some interest over there. It's a great project, but not as intuitive as, say, a book drive for homeless clients.
