The Hungry and the Homeless

After having a conversation about Thanksgiving in STAC I haven't been able to stop thinking about a way to help or raise awareness for all the homeless people in NYC that don't have a turkey to eat for a night, let alone the leftovers that can last some families for weeks. I love the idea of helping out at a soup kitchen, but how does that help the other 1,500 kids at Herricks understand the battle of homelessness. Having STAC dress up as homeless people themselves may work, but I can already see the kids that would see the whole thing as a dumb joke. I liked Jillians idea of having the pictures starving people hung up around school. What I think would make more of an effect then that would be having a picture of something that most kids do today, going to the mall, being at a party, hanging out with there friends, and having all the people in the pictures seem happy. Then you should be able to lift this picture up to see some one suffering at the same time, a picture of some one begging outside the mall, a group of homeless people sitting in the city together huddling for warmth, or maybe just a group of homeless people begging together. I hope to make an impact so people actually give thanks on Thanksgiving for things other then having off from school for an extra two days.