We are taking a holistic approach to understanding why individuals end up homeless, looking at all sides of this issue will help us assess what we can do to truly help them. One way to understand homelessness and change it for the better is to become homeless ourselves; by understanding their environment we can make change, but we cannot do this alone. On May 26th our group is hosting BYOB in the
MU Quad. Here we are going to be sleeping out, and knocking out homelessness. Our goal is to provide students with a fun and safe environment that mimics that of being homeless for one night. All students that participate will be constructing their own shelter for the night out of cardboard. We will be offering a prize for the box that fits the most people inside and all of our profits will be donated to the Corvallis Day Time Drop in Center. This center is crucial to the Corvallis community as it allows a safe haven during inclement weather and allows opportunities for homeless individuals to change their lives if they are willing. We hope that you can come out to our event; we will be selling food, playing music, and providing information about what life is really like being homeless. We want this experience to be one that changes the lives of those who are already homeless, but even more importantly to change the misconceptions about homeless people while opening our own eyes to how blessed we truly are.
