Coming Soon!

Hi everyone,

I'll be resuming my blog posts shortly and thank you all for your patience.

Look for posts shortly and please reply with your comments.

See you all soon.

Ron Gauthier

Advocate for the poor, oppressed and homeless in America

I NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE!!!

Homelessness in this country continues to grow at an alarming rate with more and more Americans now living in cars, sleeping in the beds of pickup trucks, finding shelter in condemned and abandoned buildings, yet our government continues to look the other way.

I am asking for your help in supporting homeless shelters across America and particularly, help for the Homeless Voice Shelter in Hollywood, FL. This shelter is a non-profit organization operated by the Cosac Foundation. The organization receives no government funding on any level whatsoever and relies solely upon the generosity of the donating public.

I have been with this organization for nearly five and a half years and continue to work toward this wonderful cause and continue to be an advocate for the poor, the oppressed and the homeless in America.

I humbly ask all of you who read my blog and believe in this cause that you simply donate just ONE DOLLAR to the Homeless Voice Shelter. Your dollar will go a long way in providing continued shelter for those who are now on our streets, it will help purchase food for those now living at the shelter and will help us continue to provide medical help to those homeless in need of it.

Please view this link to the Homeless Voice Shelter and learn what the organization is all about.

http://www.homelessvoice.org/

I honestly believe that ALL OF YOU will truly make a difference and know in my heart that once you have viewed this website, you will all realize that Americans cannot allow Americans to go homeless.

Thank you all and my apologies for not posting anything to my blog in the past several weeks, I've been extremely occupied with the shelter and I promise you all that I will resume posting to my blog on a regular basis.

God Bless you all and once again, my sincerest thanks to all of you who have encouraged me to continue spreading the word regarding homelessness, your support will always be appreciated.

Take care for now and keep reading my blog......I NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE!!!

Ron Gauthier
Advocate for the poor, oppressed and homeless in America.

UPDATE

My thanks to those of you who expressed concern that I had not posted to my blog in recent weeks. 

The fact of the matter is that I've been extremely busy with the homeless shelter and our organization's efforts in providing relief to Haiti.

I will resume posting more regularly and ask again that you PLEASE post your comments and give me your input.

Once again, to all of you, my sincere and heartfelt gratitude for your interest and concerns, look for new posts shortly.

As always, God bless you all and thanks again.

Ron Gauthier

JUST A THOUGHT!!!

Just think for a minute. How would life be if all of you became homeless? With the tragic situation our country faces these days with unemployment rising to record highs, mortgages being foreclosed upon, gasoline and food prices going up, is there any hope for a so-called economic recovery that our government wants us to believe is nearby?

The television networks seem to be totally focused these days regarding the comments made by the Senate Majority Leader regarding President Obama. Who cares I say....is that the number one priority that is the news these days....Focus people, focus on what is at hand in this country. I tell you now that more of us will become homeless because Washington just doesn't get it.

The voting public needs to revolt with the vote the next time around. Vote these idiots out of office and demand from our government that PAC and other special interest groups be totally eliminated from the voting process.

I will post a new comment in the next few days and simply ask that all of you who read this and truly care, write your comments so that I can have the ammuniton I need to send a message to Washington.

Thank you all as always, and may God bless you all.

Ron

Happy New Year To All!!!

May all of you enjoy a very Happy New Year.

Each and every new year offers hope for a better tomorrow, yet many will still be without family, without jobs and without a home. I pray that those who are without all of this be given new hope for a better tomorrow.

From myself and all of those in my life, please accept my sincere wish for a better and more peaceful new year.

Ron

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!

We are on the verge of ending yet another year. We approach a new year with hope, promise and hopefully dreams to be fulfilled. On this very special day, Christmas, the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ, let us all reflect upon the sacrifices that Jesus made in order to save mankind and let us further reflect upon the sacrifices that those who were able to help the less fortunate made in order to provide a safe haven to them.

I write specifically about individuals who unselfishly sacrificed their personal lives and finances in order to benefit those who had nothing. I write about one individual, my friend, Sean Anthony Cononie. Sean has parted with his own finances in order to create and maintain the Homeless Voice Shelter in Hollywood, FL so that those less fortunate than he, could have a home once again.

We look upon Christmas as a day of giving, a day of thanks to God for allowing His son, Jesus Christ to save our souls through the ultimate sacrifice He had to pay.

All of us who have become homeless have toiled with the very thought that we were alone, unloved, unwanted and perceived as nothing less than dirt, yet, Sean saw things differently and took the ball and ran with it.

I have known Sean for over five years now and througout my tenure with the shelter I have seen not only the shelter grow for the better but Sean also growing with pride and satisfaction regarding helping so many people.

On behalf of all of us you have helped Sean, I thank you, for you truly are the example of what humanity should be. You constantly find ways to make those who need you feel wanted, your love for all is what keeps the shelter running so once again, thank you my dear friend.

I have a wish for all of you who are with the shelter, it is simple, it is straightforward and from my HEART.

I wish for all of you that God may grant you the PEACE you are looking for, the LOVE you all deserve and the HOPE for a better tomorrow.

I am so proud to be a part of you and so blessed that God loves me enough to allow me to do what I do each and every day, hopefully making your daily lives just a bit better.

On behalf of Lily and Ron, please accept our best wishes for a wonderful Christmas, remember, WE ARE ALL FAMILY and may God keep watching over all of you and know that you are no longer alone....you and I and Sean are FAMILY.

Merry Christmas everyone and may God bless you all my brothers and sisters.

Ron Gauthier

Christmas, the day Jesus Christ was born.

As we approach another Christmas day, I wonder how many out there realize the true meaning of this special Holiday.

For most it will be a day of exchanging presents, celebrating with wonderful food and libations, partying and so on.

For others, it will be another day of loneliness, tears and sadness. I write about the homeless, who once again will see this day come and go as yet another reminder of all they have lost.

I have a word of encouragement and support for these individuals, you are not alone my brothers and sisters. You are in my heart and in my prayers, remember that Jesus Christ was also born....HOMELESS.

This special day of celebration is about the birth of Christ, it is the very motivator that you and all of us must adopt into our lives each and every day. Do not despair, you are not alone, because, with each day comes the new promise and new hope that this day will be better than the last day as long as you put God and Christ in your hearts and into your lives.

I will post a special Christmas Day message to all of you, but in the meantime, please pray for the poor, the oppressed and the homeless in America, pray that they somehow find comfort and PEACE this Christmas and pray that their lives become a little more tolerable and a little less anxious this upcoming New Year.

Thanks again to all of you and may God bless you all.

Ron Gauthier

Hi Everyone!!!

I haven't left my blog, just bogged down lately and just wanted all of you to know that I'm fine and still fighting every day  for the poor, the oppressed and the homeless in America.

I do hope that all of you share your comments with me and remember to tell everyone you know to post comments as well. The more everyone is aware of what I'm trying to do, the sooner I can plead my case to Washington.

Thanks again to all of you and God bless you all.

Ron

We Have Much To Be Thankful For.

On this Thanksgiving day, we all have much to be thankful for. Those of you who are blessed with good fortune, a home and job security, a family who is there for you through thick and thin and good health are blessed by the graces of God for your well being.

Then come the homeless citizens in America. They too, believe it or not are also blessed. They may not have all the amenities that life has to offer, however, when it comes to homeless shelters and I single out the Homeless Voice Shelter in Hollywood, FL, these fine HUMAN BEINGS can no longer consider themselves homeless.

They all have a job in one way or another, true, they may not have a single family residence, they may not have enough money to place into a savings account, they may not have an automobile, BUT what they do have is a newfound family of brothers and sisters who have blended into a unique and loving group of individuals and have self-proclaimed themselves as FAMILY.

December 14, 2009 will mark my fifth anniversary with the Homeless Voice Shelter. I have been blessed with the trust of the director, my dear friend, Mr. Sean Anthony Cononie. I have been blessed with the friendship of the residents that occupy the shelter. Although I do not live at the facility, I am part of this organization every day of my life. I look forward to the new challenges that the shelter presents me with and I am so honored and so blessed to have been given this special gift from God....the gift of trying to help those less fortunate than me.

I ask you all on this day of Thanksgiving, to slow down your lives a bit, pause for a moment and think about what all of you have and then thank God and your families for being in your lives and then thank God for allowing formerly homeless people a chance to once again have a home.

This year, as I reflect upon my life as I do each and every Thanksgiving, I thank God for Sean Cononie, my friend and my brother, I thank God for Lily DeCoste, my fiancee, the ONE I have been blessed with for over four and a half years, I thank God for my sister Diane, a Carmelite nun who unselfishly has devoted her life to God and to mankind, my sister Denyse who with her husband Michael has raised such a wonderful family, my brother Gerry who has literally adopted his grandson who is afflicted with autism and has become his number one priority in life other than his wonderful wife Lynne, I thank God that He gives me the opportunity to wake up every morning to try as hard as I can to help the homeless.

My wish to all of you who read my blog is that all of you take the time necessary to be thankful for whatever comes into your lives, no matter how great, no matter how small, be thankful that you have what you have and please be kind and gentle toward the homeless, they are all like you and me, they are human beings, created in God's image and please remember that when God created us ALL, there was no price tag attached to what we became, because when our final judgement day arrives, our riches will only be tallied by what our hearts allowed to store regarding love for mankind.

On behalf of myself, my fiancee, my family and The Homeless Voice Shelter in Hollywood, FL, please allow me to wish to all of you and your families a blessed Thanksgiving and continued blessings throughout this Holiday season.

Thanks to all of you and may God Bless You All!!!

Ron Gauthier
Advocate for the poor, oppressed and homeless in America.

http://www.helpinghomelessinamerica.blogspot.com/