Recession Forces Women's Shelter To Turn People Away

From July 2008 to December 2008, the Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh turned away 360 women and children -- 125 percent increase -- while clients increased 19 percent.

The shelter's executive director cites the recession for having to turn people away.

"About 70 percent of the women are saying that in the past year their financial situation has changed at home. There's a lot more stress and a lot less hope," said Shirl Regan.

It seems to me we can wait to see what government does for people like this or we can roll up our sleeves and start helping out at the grassroots level.