Oklahoma City Homeless Community Aid (HCA) :: Care2 Groups (Human / Civil Rights)

Brainstorming and solutions for aiding the Homeless. Discuss and share the unique problems in aiding the Homeless in OKC & surrounding areas. Contact & links for the Homeless & those hitting hard times. Photo by Leroy A. Skalstad

Famous People Who Were Once Homeless

Halle Berry

Halle Berry . . . Oscar-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress (shelter in New York City) (sources: Reader's Digest, April 2007, cover story: "Halle Berry: From homeless shelter to Hollywood fame." Page: 89: RD: "Is it true that when you moved to New York to begin your acting career, you lived in a shelter?" Berry: "Very briefly. ...I wasn't working for a while. RD: "How old were you then?" Berry: "I probably was about 21. But a girl had to do what a girl had to do. You can do that when you're 21 and ambitious, and your eyes are this big and you don't want to go home." / US magazine, April 22, 2007: "Halle Berry was homeless. Berry slept at a shelter in NYC after her mom refused to send her money.")

Jacqueline Danforth. . . daughter of television journalist Barbara Walters and theatrical producer Lee Guber; founder-executive director of Daughters, Inc. / New Horizons Wilderness Program for young women (ran away from home in 1984 at age 15 and hitchhiked approximately 800 miles across the southwest United States for a month) (source: Dateline NBC TV newsmagazine, October 18, 2002, Jackie Danforth and Barbara Walters oncamera interview conducted by host Jane Pauley. Jackie: "I ended up hitchhiking with some guy that I, you know, met on the street. And he [eventually] went through my wallet and found a phone number." Barbara: "And he called me. And then I knew where she was, thank God.")

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by Harmony K.

Oklahoma City Freecycle group (yahoo)

3 years ago (4 replies) | Blue Label

Last reply by Stephanie : 2 chickens one is black and brown and other is yellow and she has a broken bottom jaw but still eats and drinks and then a roaster all three are young if u can give them a real farm home let me know duncan oklahoma AND... more»

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by Carol P.

Brad Henry a real accomplishment!

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Carol says: I was so impressed with the facts & statistics of Gov. Henry's term as Governor.� I had forgotten just how bad of shape the state of Oklahoma was in.� <font f... more»

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by The Real Donna F.

Discuss: Affordable Housing For Everyone

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Last reply by Harmony : IMO, there's no question but that there needs to be affordable housing for everyone who needs it. I have seen this time and time again, both from my own experience of overly high rents in California, and from seeing article after... more»

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by Carol P.

My apologies

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anonymous

Hi Everyone!

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by Carol P.

Welcome Harmony!

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Homeless in Ada

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everybody needs to see this

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Governor Henry's Weekly Column Families and Childr...

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Kim Henry helps build $90,000 Habitat for Humanity...

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I am looking for hubby. We got separated due to some unforeseen circumstances. His mom lives around Oklahoma City and I know he wont go there but his profile on his email said he was from Oklahoma. He may be in Chickasha at a homeless shelter called ...

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