One of the great things about living in San Luis Obispo County is the high level of volunteerism in the community. Many of these folks are in the limelight, such as Chris Cohan, who contributed $2,000,000 (2 million dollars) towards the construction of the Cal Poly Performing Art Center. Indeed, Mr. Cohan has the main building named after him: The Cohan Center.
Other folks also contribute in time and money, but either intentionally or deliberately, fly under the radar. Such a man is Bob Christenson, who has volunteered extensively at the local CAPSLO Homeless Shelter Overflow. You can read about Bob in an article in the Tribune newspaper, entitled "Strangers have always depended on his kindness".
Many of you know that I have a passion for doing what I can to help those who live here locally who are not in housing and must live in shelters or find shelter out doors. What Mr. Christenson does, along with many others like him, is typical of what many in our SLO community does to help those in need.
The Tribune article above describes Bob and others like him as "unsung heroes". You too can get involved, help out and be an unsung hero as well. For more details, please contact me: TimWaag@GMail.com. For the month of December 2012, John C. of Carmel Lutheran Church in SLO is hosting the CAPSLO Homeless Shelter Overflow - if you want to help, call John at (805) 440-five-six-to-to.
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