City of Bowling Green, Kentucky

Give Effectively

Change the way you give. Panhandling is not safe.

Like many others across the country, our community has experienced an uptick in panhandling, which can be problematic for public safety reasons but is also recognized by the Supreme Court as the exercise of free speech. We would like to encourage people to direct their generosity towards individuals whom they know personally and to organizations who are working strategically every day to address real issues in our community, including poverty.

Because many panhandlers represent themselves to be hungry and/or homeless, we would like to highlight these three local organizations who provide direct services to people experiencing homelessness:

For many other organizations addressing a wide variety of needs in our 10-county area, please access a much more comprehensive list here:

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