Homelessness Chronicles

We have secured our first home in South Florida to begin chapter two of our mission to help end homelessness.  After growing our initial project to bring showers and wrap around services to our unhoused guests in different parts of South Florida, today we are celebrating a milestone.  We have secured a 5 bedroom and 3 bath house to begin offering housing and life skills training to 10 of our unhoused guests in South Florida.  Check...

Ishmael Martin, an unhoused resident of South Florida and weekly guest of Showering Love speaks with Jeanne about his experience while living on the streets. They discuss the issues that block so many unhoused people from finding affordable housing and how he is currently making ends meet.  Ishmael has been chosen to be one of the candidates to participate in our upcoming Community Enhancement Program where he will be one of our ho...

Kenneth Brown, an unhoused resident of South Florida and weekly guest of Showering Love speaks with Jeanne about his experience while living on the streets. They discuss the issues that block so many unhoused people from finding affordable housing and how he is currently making ends meet.  Kenneth has been chosen to be one of the candidates to participate in our upcoming Community Enhancement Program where he will be one of our hou...

Jeanne chats with Buddy Walck, executive director of #morningdaycommunitysolutions about their amazing mission providing South Florida charities with new and like-new household goods, hygiene products, mattresses, furniture, and more for a fraction of the retail price. Showering Love has done business with them for many years and has seen how they make a dramatic impact in reducing waste and enable charities to spend more money on ...

Jeanne and Heather Palacios share a very personal conversation about suicide.  Both of them share part of their personal struggles with suicide in their pasts and what it took for them to succeed.  Now they both have found their passion and mission in life. Heather is the founder and CEO of Wondherful, inc a non-profit organization that raises awareness and helps people considering suicide by distributing life boxes all over the wo...

Dr. Richard Quadracci PhD President and CEO of Quadracci Family a philanthropic organization that seeks to support non-profit organizations and social service agencies including women's centers, hospices, libraries, arts centers, playgrounds, parks, food pantries and more has a candid conversation with Jeanne about the state of homelessness in our state. He discuses his offer to fund a pilot program to provide temporary housin...

Jeanne Albaugh, founder and president of Showering Love has a candid conversation with Zeina Zein-Wolland, founder and president of Mobile School Pantry who provides nutritious grocery items to children and families at low-income schools in South Florida.  They both discuss the state of homelessness and hunger in South Florida especially among children and their future plans to collaborate via a grant from the First Lady of Florida...

Stepping onto a city bus might not seem like a life-changing event,  but for the team behind Showering Love, it's the first step towards something truly magical, something with the potential to help countless people reclaim their own lives.
In our first podcast episode, we’re joined by Carlos Jofre Jr, Vice President of the Board of Directors for Showering Love. Carlos takes us through the organization's evolution, fr...