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Awesome!
Forgive me for asking, but did you really use "Food for Trash" as a slogan?
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Awesome!
Forgive me for asking, but did you really use "Food for Trash" as a slogan?
You are quite amazing. I love that you are enthusiastic and keep going when you know you have an idea that will work. So many ideas wow! I know this could be the start of something much bigger and that your "Food for Trash" idea is just one of many..smile. Keep going Tex, you are making a difference
and thats the way things change, one person at a time. I am really excited for you, and your accomplishments...so far..Midnight♥♥♥
I predict that once health care reform is underway, we will be seeing fewer and fewer homeless.
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Mayor Quan is more interested in the graffiti idea. It's a major problem in Oakland and really hurts the business district. We are hoping to get some hotel rooms with the idea as well as food.
Project is pretty exciting. I am supposed to be on day 6 of a 10 day trip to Kauai. I cancelled due to being too busy. I toured Berkeley today....I was surprised to see the on campus homelessness there.
Are you speaking of homeless people 'living' on campus or of students who are homeless themselves? I have heard of people so desperate for a college education that they literally chose to live out of their car and live very meagerly until they finish their degrees. I know of one lady that spent 3 of her 4 undergrad years living out of her truck on the the U of A - Fayetteville campus. In the winter she would sleep under 6-7 blankets at night to keep from freezing to death. She would wash herself in the library bathroom, and she would do her laundry at a laundromat near campus using money she would pick up off the ground. As for food, I think she relied on student loans for that. She would take out enough for books/tuition and then a bit more for gas and food. That was an interesting lady. Sadly we've lost touch over the years.
Planning to bus a group of 8 homeless to Joplin to do work. If the plan works they will each own a home there free and clear in a year.
Interesting idea. Will they also have a job at the end, in order, to maintain their new house?
Ideally they will have their own business. Hopefully they will learn the skills they need while there. I am hiring my BFF and former 2nd in command to go run the jobs. He and his wife are related to half of Joplin and had been wanting to move there for years. Perfect fit.
Umm... give them applications to get a job at McDonalds?
I know it sounds rude, but just because they're homeless doesn't mean it's the end of the world.
There are cleaners that will clean your outfit for free for the purpose of interviews. There are even places that will loan you suits for your interview.
While it's true they can get a job at Mcdonalds, anybody can work at Mcdonad's. It don't take much skill to work there. He is however trying to give them a good skill they can depend on to find and hold on to a good job while making decent money.
While it's true they can get a job at Mcdonalds, anybody can work at Mcdonad's. It don't take much skill to work there. He is however trying to give them a good skill they can depend on to find and hold on to a good job while making decent money.
But, shouldn't they already have the skills before they start erecting homes for people to live in?
I am sure the average Joplin denizen can teach them a few tricks.
Perhaps. But about business ownership?
I know the Joplin people. Trust me, it won't be that easy earning their trust. They got burnt by scammers the last time they got hit by tornadoes in 72.
I sure wish TxGolfer the best of luck, though.
But, shouldn't they already have the skills before they start erecting homes for people to live in? And starting one's own business requires not just skills, but capital. Just because someone can go into a devasted area and begin clean up does not mean that they, as a result, gain the skills necessary to run their own business.
It is a real redneck town, no offense. You will see small family-owned businesses, but the town has suffered a decline in business revenue along with the rest of the country the past couple years. It takes balls to open a business there, you know.
My family lives there, I was born there. I wonder how you know them compare to how I know them.
Gotta start somewhere, I got my skills cause a friend of mine hired me and taught me how to repair copiers. Training took almost a year.
Just like them, it'll take time and gotta learn on the job as I did. That is why he is planning to have his friend/right hand man go there and teach me and help them till they are able to stand on their own two feet. At least he is willing to give them a chance to learn a skill. I've gone to work on a house and I've never built a house before and I did just fine. Who's to say they won't do fine as long as they got supervision?
Once again, I wonder how long it's been since you were there or did you even live there? Joplin is just like any other towns in midwest. I think you are being unfair to them by the blanket comment.
It is a real redneck town, no offense. You will see small family-owned businesses, but the town has suffered a decline in business revenue along with the rest of the country the past couple years. It takes balls to open a business there, you know.