This episode of Difference Makers is brought to you by the Savannah Brunch Festival.

Growing up in Savannah, Katrina Bostick was unaware of the lives of people on the other side of the tracks. Coming home after college, she began to understand the struggle of children she was watching along with her mother at her child care facility and this attention to helping those less fortune has carried over to her position at Family Promise of Greater Savannah. The organization specializes in helping the homeless community and the families affected, and on this episode of Difference Makers, Bostick sits down and talks about the misconceptions of the homeless population, ways in which Family Promise helps their families and what the community can do to help.

(2:19): Growing up in Savannah

(5:29): Seeing the difference in lifestyles between the kids coming through child care

(7:35): Her journey to Family Promise of Greater Savannah

(12:05): How Family Promise of Greater Savannah works and why it is not a homeless shelter

'It really changes their world': Family Promise brings stability to Savannah's homeless (SMN, Dec. 9, 2017)

(16:06): The process of families coming to Family Promise and what the volunteer experience is like

Volunteers feed homeless at 2018 Summer Feast (SMN, Aug. 4, 2018)

(20:47): Challenges and barriers for families coming to Family Promise

(26:16): What homelessness does not look like compared to preconceptions

Savannah's homeless talk challenges of getting out of poverty (SMN, Aug. 4, 2018)

(32:26): What can be done to address homelessness more efficiently

(36:40): How the community can help

Letters to the editor: Homeless population needs attention, solutions (SMN, July 7, 2018)

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