There is a lack of education about the homeless community all across the United States. The issue is very apparent but it seems that people are afraid of the problem and overlook it because of the lack of education of both the circumstance and also the solution.

What started out as the thought of gathering blankets for the homeless during the holiday season quickly turned into a much more powerful force. A group of young individuals started Blanket-A-Human merely to create an awareness of the reality of homelessness and to bring a new generation of individuals together to spark a change and attract people to want to contribute to the solution.

An example of how Blanket-A-Human interacts with the homeless community is through our annual Blanket Drives. We feel that gathering and passing out blankets during the cold holiday season helps to teach our community about the growing crisis. We strive to bring humility to the volunteers involved in the pass-out, as well as give hope to those that are in need. Through these experiences, many of our volunteers’ eyes have been opened to finding humility in themselves, as well as in the faces of those they’ve helped.

The structure of our unique non-profit organization allows us to positively impact homelessness in more ways than just our Blanket Drives. Members contribute by:

• reaching out through events and/or promotions
• participating in community outreach benefits
• collaborating/creating programs to aid the homeless
• donating to other non-profit organizations
• volunteering at benefits/charity events
• educating the community about homelessness

Blanket-A-Human was established to help contribute to other organizations, as well as to cultivate our own, through charitable events for raising funds and bringing awareness to our generation.

In October 2006, a group of young individuals started Blanket-A-Human to create an awareness of the reality of homelessness in the surrounding community. It was also the goal of these young individuals to bring their generation together to spark a change, attract others - through influence and examples of selflessness - in order to create that change.

Blanket-A-Human’s vision is to create a resourceful network and outlet for people to get involved in their community - to build the fibers of those individuals into strong threads to eventually weave a blanket around the world to aid the homeless.