Homeless Meters in Orlando Benefit Ten2End

We chose Homeless Meters as one of our "bring to Orlando" features on August 17, 2010. Instead of handing change directly to the homeless, generous pedestrians can deposit it into recycled parking meters. The meters take up very little space and yet are able to serve as a reminder of the problem of homelessness in our city.

While of course we don't take a shred of credit for it, we are excited to see that this project has been brought to Orlando and you can now see them all over downtown. Below are photos of one located in Thornton Park.

The meters benefit a program called Ten2End, a ten year plan to end homelessness in Central Florida in the next decade. The plan outlines steps not to just manage but to permanently end the problem in the next 10 years. The Central Florida Commission on Homelessness (“CFCH”) is a partnership of public / private community leaders working to enact the strategies of Ten2End.

Now how about homeless newspapers?