Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of 'I Love Lucy' stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, wants to do something about the homeless crisis in her home state.
The fellow performer has recently teamed up with Doors of Change, a nonprofit that aims to transform the lives of homeless youth. Since its launch in 2001, it has raised over $4.7 million and placed over 2,000 homeless youth in safe housing.
"I’ve been thinking about this very big problem – homelessness in America," Arnaz told Fox News Digital. "I’ve been wanting to do something for a long time. I even had an idea of something that I could do, and I was going to ask my son to help me, but I just didn’t feel like I was equipped to begin from scratch, you know, reinvent the wheel. So I procrastinated thinking about it. But my father used to say, ‘There must be a way,’ and you put that out there in the universe.
"It’s just one way to give back," she continued. "There’s just so much to fix on our planet right now. I’m overwhelmed by it. I’m sure other people are too. I like to think globally but act locally. It makes me feel like I made it. If I can do something for someone locally and get other people involved… then I feel as though I made it somehow. It’s important for me to use my voice, to help people make an attempt to do something.
Supporters of the ban said homeless camps are a health and safety threat to schoolchildren, especially because of the disruptive presence of people with drug addictions and mental illness. Opponents said the measure would further criminalize homelessness."Without getting into the weeds about this – we have five kids between my husband and me," she said. "He had two sons when we were married and then we had three more children, two boys and a girl.
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