Anyone driving south on I-25 between exit 140 and 138 can see a proud American flag rising out of a hobbled together tent. The tent, primarily made of a large blue tarp, is just the tip of the ice-berg. What can not be seen are the nearly 250 other homeless people living in tents that line monument creek off of the highway 24 east exit. The myriad of colored tents mark the home of the displaced, the poor, and the mentally ill. People who live outside in temperatures that have dropped to almost -20 F this winter.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14256366
Not only is this a social justice issue it is also a health issue. All the human waste from these people is entering the water supply. Anyone who drives through the city will certainly be turned off by the shanty town that continues to grow in it.
Here are some interesting facts:
Colorado Springs has over 350 churches listed in its yellow pages.
http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Churches/S-CO/T-Colorado+Springs/
The City of Colorado Springs just invested almost 10$ million in the Olympic Training Center
http://www.springsgov.com/News.aspx?NewsID=248
You would think that either the churches or the city could solve this problem. They have not. The homeless community in Colorado Springs continues to grow as more and more people are being forced to leave their homes and everything that they own.
My thoughts. If each church worked to adopt or take care of just 1 homeless person that is currently living along the creek the problem could be solved.
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kind of a "rent the homeless campaign" or "adopt a flop", it might work and they may get the message
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