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Youth group distributes clothes to the homeless
With a quest to feed and clothe the needy, youths from the volunteer group, the Dream for Today Foundation, yesterday distributed garments to shelters and to several homeless inhabitants in Georgetown.
Dream For Today Foundation distributing clothing to homeless.
The volunteers noted that they received much of the used clothing from group members and a few outsiders. Participants included Mario Glasglow, Stephen Bailey, Kiara Trotman, Teriq Mohammed, Seweon McGarrel and Tatiana Woodroffe.
According to the group’s President, Mario Glasglow, Dream for Today Foundation also conducts regular feeding programmes to the homeless. In fact, this was how the organization began; with the intention of feeding the vast number of destitutes who inhabit the city.
However, their platform grew and changed as the organization progressed.
“We were honestly, just a little more than strangers when we first came together to discuss our goals,” explained Glasglow. “Some of us didn’t have a lot of volunteering experience, but what unified us was this dream to feed the hungry.”
This dream, one of the group’s members explained, was partly responsible for the name of the foundation. “People are usually confused by our name and motto, we even receive criticism for them,” elaborated group member Mc Garrel, “but you see we’re trying to show people that we can only make our dreams a reality when we work together”.
Coming from a background of volunteerism, Mc Garrel commented that from his experiences, a lot of organizations fall apart because volunteers are unwilling to work together.
He hopes that through the persistent efforts of youths, like the members of the Dream for Today Foundation, those common objectives, which serve to help others, or at least alleviate some of the difficulties from the less fortunate can be achieved.
Explaining her reason for joining the organization, group member Woodroffe, said “I never got the chance to be part of a volunteer group, due to studies and work. I was attracted to this group because I saw that the work they did directly made an impact in the society we live.”
Despite apprehensions that volunteerism would be tedious, she discovered that she very much enjoys the activities and company of the people she has met.
According to the group, they decided to do the clothing drive as a way to diversify their efforts for the less fortunate.
When asked why a clothes drive, Glasgow responded “we know that it isn’t anything revolutionary, and indeed very simple, but we believe that simple acts of kindness can go a long way.
“While we focus on feeding and clothing the less fortunate we also want to branch out to other areas of volunteerism.”
Other areas include education, the environment and activism. In fact, the group acknowledges that as they grow in membership, new volunteers will have their own selfless endeavours to incorporate into the future activities of their organization.
The group also stated that they wish to cooperate with other volunteer groups to the best of their capacity as they understand that “the bigger we dream, the more we will get done to make a positive impact in our world.”
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