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There's no better way to support your community than supporting your neighbors in need, especially during the holiday season.

The Weekly Volcano has partnered with the United Way of Pierce County on a 12-month campaign focused on the issue of homelessness and affordable housing. The weekly rag will be highlighting community efforts around the issue and helping raise funds to go directly toward affordable housing.

Today on its blog, Spew, the Volcano highlights Salvation Army Tacoma's efforts to keep homeless families together. The Salvation Army's family housing program in Tacoma has been providing emergency housing, improvement of life skills and assisting families and single women with securing permanent housing since 1983. Read the feature story here, and then give the karmic wheel a spin.

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