Bob Dalton: Homelessness: Social Entrepreneurship and Local Solutions

Episode 28 October 25, 2022 01:00:10
Bob Dalton: Homelessness: Social Entrepreneurship and Local Solutions
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Bob Dalton: Homelessness: Social Entrepreneurship and Local Solutions

Oct 25 2022 | 01:00:10

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Show Notes

In this in-depth conversation, Bob Dalton, founder and CEO of Sackcloth & Ashes, tells the origin story of the organization he founded after his own mother experienced homelessness. And he talks about “Blanket the United States,” a campaign to donate 1 million blankets to homeless shelters and programs by 2024, which to date has garnered national partnerships from like-minded companies like Subaru, Churchill Mortgage, and KB Home. 

You’ll also hear about loveyourcity.org, a website he constructed to connect local people with local charities. “The only way to move the needle on society's largest problems,” he says, “is they have to be addressed on a local level.” The project has grown a robust database of more than 4,000 vetted organizations, and just launched a national podcast. 

Finally, Dalton discusses Everyone Is Someone, his 2020 children’s book collaboration with Scotland artist Ritchie Collins, which aims to teach children that we are all more similar than we are different. 

Bob Dalton is the founder and CEO of Sackcloth & Ashes, a mission-driven company that gives a blanket to a local homeless shelter for each one purchased. Today he travels the United States campaigning to bring awareness and resources to address homelessness, speaking at events on the topics of entrepreneurship and societal solutions. 

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