Homeless shelter provides chance to care for needy

TO THE EDITOR:

While Wednesday’s article (“Parents fear shelter move,” Oct. 28) did much to bring about an awareness of a very touchy subject, the two supporting pictures used and their close proximity to one another was a real bloody-shirt technique that I feel was most inappropriate!

Implicating the identified man, Corey Whittmore, as a loiterer and potential offender of innocent, unidentified children — who, incidentally, were not photographed at Homestead Park — is an absolute and inexcusable outrage!

The children in the photograph are actually closer to the proposed site of Community House than New Parkside residents. They are part of an after- school program whose owners, staff and parents are thrilled about the possibilities of serving the needs of those less fortunate within our community and do not uphold the negative and irrational views expressed.

What greater a tool could we ask for than to give our children firsthand experience in justice and compassion in our own backyard?

 Yes, this is indeed a wake-up call for all residents of Chapel Hill to seriously consider the age-old question, “Who is my neighbor that I am asked to love as myself?”



Cely and William Chicurel

Class of ’76

Owners and directors, Cely’s House Creative Workshops and After School Program