A Concord Neighbor Knows the Homeless

Attention, Patchers: I know some of you just want to read the Concord stories on this site, and that’s fine. There’s plenty for you.

I know others have ties to our adjacent communities so I try to include some good reading from there. (And not just adjacent communities — there’s a brand, spanking new Patch in Berkeley – check it out with the “Change Towns” pulldown at the upper right of the Patch page.)

. It’s a blogger who is a friend of the homeless. Douglas Stewart, through his nonprofit organization Pacheco/Martinez Homeless Outreach, is out there at night, asking homeless people if they need a hand.

He hands out clean socks and blankets to people in need. He knows the names of those living in their cars and those who have no cars in which to live.

Guaranteed to make you think.