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Happiness Is Only Real When Shared — Dec. Featured Urban Angels

By: Dawn Siddons It twas the season to be jolly and this feature story is a tad bit late but why not extend the holiday cheer? And why should we endorse happiness to but a season? It should be an endeavored goal to the seconds. December’s feature volunteer, Michelle Madarang, explained her understanding of things that […]

Ain’t Nothin’ In This World For Free—Nov. Featured Urban Angels

By: Dawn Siddons “I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, there ain’t nothin’ in this world for free.” —Cage The Elephant. Nothng is free. Not your favorite pair of TOMS, your holiday flavored latte from Starbucks, your friends or even your happiness. Everything has a wager and cost within our monetized lifestyles, interpersonal connections, […]

Worlds Come Together In Differences—Oct. Featured Urban Angels

By: Dawn Siddons “In the real world you can pick and choose your friends,” said Katie Ellefson, Urban Angels volunteer of the month. “In the military—worlds come together in differences and learn to understand each other.” Serving the naval branch of the United States Armed Force Ellefson’s military values influence from her retired naval serviceman father […]

Grateful For Everything— Sept. Featured Urban Angels

By: Dawn Siddons “I lost everything I could have wanted in life and I now can finally live,” said Angel Stuart, a gift of humanity faith (aka an Urban Angels volunteer). A foster care child emancipated at 16, Stuart said it took one person to show her compassion to change her life and create her happiness. Homeless […]

Time On Their Hands—Urban Angels Featured Volunteers

By: Dawn Siddons Time is the only value that cannot be earned back. It will always move forward and will never be replaced. It’s something people will spend a lifetime appropriating. Try to understand its complex concept but don’t spend too much contemplation, because, well—no one needs to waste time. “People need to know it’s a […]

Urban Angels Takes 150 Connections Residents & Staff to Padres Baseball

Check out the press release! Homerun for downtown’s homeless population! 150 residents of Connections Housing invited to attend Thursday’s Padres game. What: Thanks to a generous donation of tickets, 150 homeless individuals staying at Connections Housing Downtown San Diego are invited to attend the San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game. When: Thursday, […]

An Urban Angel Purpose

By: Dawn Siddons At some point everyone will be brought to his or her knees – metaphorically speaking. While mothers achieve a beautiful thing releasing us out into the world, there are no provided manuals to life because no one can really prepare anyone for an arbitrary existence. We will spend our entire lives trying […]

Urban Angels Needs Your Help!

Connections Housing, San Diego’s brand new homeless community located at 1250 6th Ave., is set to open on January 21st. Connections is an integrated service & residential community whose primary goal is helping homeless people off neighborhood streets and into permanent housing. Virtually every resource a person needs to break the cycle of homelessness will […]

Urban Angels to be a Food Provider for Connections Housing

  Urban Angels is one of the primary food providers for San Diego’s new homeless shelter, opening January 2013. Urban Angels will be serving food every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.