Charity + Humanity + Dignity
Welcome
Helping Those In Need Thrive
Join us in providing friendship, food, clothes, shelter, toys, athletic equipment, or a job to those in need.
About Taking It To The Streets
Our Mission
At Taking It To The Streets, we are dedicated to uplifting the poor, hungry, lonely and unseen individuals in our community. Our mission, and what sets us apart, is to provide genuine friendship first and then essential services next to those in need among us. It is our way of saying we see you, we hear you, and we want to come alongside you because we care.
Below are some of the people we have helped so far.
Tracy Fox, Founder
People We Have Befriended Along the way
Who We Help
Nestor - 60 He was living in a dumpster in Darien, CT. We reunited him with his daughter, provided a new apartment for 2 years and got him a job at Stop and Shop. Listen to his story on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QiNJ3pAu2q6sTw47JKzO
Giancarlo - 18 Found walking with no shoes and his only possession was a baseball bat. I washed his feet and gave him new sneakers.
Next step is to find him a place to call home. Giancarlo wants to play baseball like his namesake
Teresa - 40 Eating out of a garbage can next to a restaurant, we befriended her with a gift card to have a proper meal and a hotel stay.
Peter- 55 A veteran who was begging at an exit ramp. He had walked miles with his prosthetic leg to secure a location to ask for funds. The day we helped he had only collected $5 in his cup.
Blondson - 60 - A high school teacher who fell on hard times. We raised enough money to buy him a used car so he could work at Door Dash and have safe place to lay his head between shifts. He has written an amazing book called Haiti 2030 and Beyond.
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Join us in making a difference in the lives
of the individuals we serve every day. We are a 501C3.
So your donation is 100% tax deductible.
The Genesis of the Name of Our Outreach
Doobie Brothers Song
Takin' It To The Streets"
You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty's despair