Homeless not hopeless

Here are scripts for the 60-second and 30-second radio public service announcement that I wrote and recorded this morning. I would love to have some feedback. Are these good, terrible, mediocre? What do you think?

Homelessness is not a condition I especially want to address. It is not that I don't care about people having no roof over their head, although this is not the worst part of homelessness, or so it seems to me.

It would seem to me the most agonizing part of homelessness would not be not having shelter but not being part of a family or other primary group offering love and support. Love is the secret of happiness. People who love and who are loved in return are simply much happier than others.

It would be heart rending to feel that you are alone on this earth, that no one cares about you. So I am not devoid of pity for the homeless.

It's just the magnitude of the problem. If you just think of the veterans, there are around 200,000 of them without their own bed to sleep in each night. I believe that most of them have significant mental problems or are addicted to alcohol or other drugs.

60 second

Here's a thought for when you go to bed tonight. Tonight,
nearly 200,000 veterans have nowhere to lay their head. On
any given night, 200,000 men and women who fought for
their country are homeless. And twice that number are
homeless sometime during the year.

That's approaching a half-million guys who stepped forward
when their country called, now sleeping on the street. This
is unacceptable in a great nation. Right now, there are more
homeless Vietnam veterans on the street than died during
that war. And we are already seeing veterans returning from
the fight against Islamic terror in the homeless population.

Maybe OurFinest.Org cannot end homelessness for those
already on the street. But we CAN prevent others from
becoming homeless, especially our injured troops. To learn
more, go to OurFinest.Org.
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30-second

Tonight, nearly 200,000 veterans have nowhere to lay their
head. This is doctor mark for our finest dot org. Twice that
many vets are homeless sometime during the year. Nearly
half-a million guys who served their country called, now
sleeping on the street. There are more homeless Vietnam
veterans than died during that war. And now veterans who
fought Islamic terror are joining the homeless population.
But not if OurFinest.Org can prevent it. To learn more, go
to our finest dot org.

http://www.ourfinest.org