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Letter from Publisher
Home›Letter from Publisher›Publisher’s Letter

Publisher’s Letter

By Antigo Times
January 25, 2019
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Remembering

the invisible

Dear Readers,

Over the holidays my daughters

shared with me a song illuminating

the plight of the homeless. You

can hear the song by clicking on

this link or typing it into a browser:

https://youtu.be/VI76qSVUQoE

This touched my heart. Listening to

it galvanized my thoughts into researching

the extent of this problem in America and in

Wisconsin. The problem is enormous. It does not have

to be if we all face it together.

Just think for a moment. When did you last miss a

meal? When did you last sleep outside on a bench or in

a park? Hopefully your answers are “can’t remember”

and “never” respectively. But for some among us, the

answer is “recently” or “today.”

According to the Department of Housing and Urban

Development, over a half a million people are homeless

in our country; in Wisconsin the number is nearly 5,000.

Homelessness means not having a secure roof to sleep

under nor knowing where the next day’s meals are coming

from. These are people from all walks of life. Some

had strings of bad luck. Some are veterans who fought

for our freedom but couldn’t assimilate back into previous

lives. Some have lost out because of the dramatic

changes that have taken place in the workplace over the

past few decades.

It’s hard to believe that in this magnificent country

of ours so many people are invisible and left behind.

While it’s hard to change the world overnight, we can

at least try to change it in our own backyard by taking

some form of responsibility whether financial or otherwise.

Please consider donating your time and money to

the Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness and/or

to your local food pantry or homeless shelter. Let’s all

take responsibility and address the plight of the homeless

here in Wisconsin.

We can lead the way for other states to follow in eradicating

homelessness in America.

 

 

 

Patrick J. Wood

Publisher

 

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