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Best thread of 2011![]()
It is indeed an excellent thread... and a great reminder that 'there but for the Grace of (insert Deity of choice here) go any of us'.
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Best thread of 2011![]()
best thread of 2011![]()
the irony of all the foreclosures ...houses sitting empty and yet there are homeless families needing shelter...sometimes all people need is hope and a bit of a hand towards a new start
i think it is hard for most people to realize....sometimes its just the price of a haircut that stands between you and a job.....imagine your future depending on a cheap haircut...
I already do - all year, not just at Christmas. However, I will be waitressing at their Christmas Lunch next week... on 20th.
Interestingly.... about a year ago, I was working with this homeless guy.... teaching computer skills, improving his communication skills, role playing interviews and shit... So, last January, he got a job. Last week, he came into the center - with a box of chocolates for me... to say 'thanks' for helping him. He's been employed for almost a year, got an apartment, stayed off drink and drugs, has a girlfriend and is generally doing really well.
There is no better gift for me than to see him doing so well.
What do you think we should do "to help the homeless" art15? You started the thread. Should we get a pocket full of $20's and pass them out to every rag bag we see on the street? The liquor stores will get a windfall. Do we contribute to agencies that the filter the money through their administrations? Take one home for the holidays and hope you don't get stabbed in your sleep? Unless you are living under a rock you have to know that there are people who should be institutionalized but are living on the street and there are substance abusers of all kinds and runaway kids. The greatest Country in the world offers shelter and food to these people but some refuse or are unable abide by the rules. What's your suggestion?
What do you think we should do "to help the homeless" art15? You started the thread. Should we get a pocket full of $20's and pass them out to every rag bag we see on the street? The liquor stores will get a windfall. Do we contribute to agencies that the filter the money through their administrations? Take one home for the holidays and hope you don't get stabbed in your sleep? Unless you are living under a rock you have to know that there are people who should be institutionalized but are living on the street and there are substance abusers of all kinds and runaway kids. The greatest Country in the world offers shelter and food to these people but some refuse or are unable abide by the rules. What's your suggestion?
There have been plenty of suggestions in this thread but you knew that.
Negged.