Tag: homeless
group name: makeadifference
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December 29, 2005 03:49 PM EST --
It was warm, so I sat outside, to eat my lunch in the sun
I met a man who'd lost his way, and didn't know any one
He swallowed his pride, avoided my eyes,
and in a tiny voice, shared with me his . . . more
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January 23, 2008 09:51 PM EST --
If there was one thing that the three Democratic candidates agreed on in their recent South Carolina debate it was poverty. And like the pastor's position on sin, they were all "agin it." . . . more
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February 25, 2008 06:38 PM EST --
Life started off bad for me, but I've always believed that things could get worse. After spending most of my life depressed as a child, unwilling to accept my disability, I've gotten use . . . more
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February 24, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
When I was growing up I loved playing with my Barbie dolls. My friends and I had many clothes, accessories, her home and furniture so we could make up various scenarios with never ending possibilities. . . . more
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April 30, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
*I was going to wait until the holidays to share this with all of you, however, I was reading an article someone wrote about homelessnes on Gather (if anyone knows which one let me know - it was the one . . . more
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February 27, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
I had become pregnant without the sanctity of marriage at the age of 23 and being raised by my "old-school" grandparents I had kept the pregnancy hidden until my fourth month when I began to . . . more
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May 07, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
As I stood in the doorway, I was immobilized. I didn't know what to do next. Finally one of the mothers asked me if was coming into the shelter. I quietly and shyly said, "Yes." . . . more
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February 27, 2006 12:25 AM EST --
I saw him sleeping alone
Dried blood on his pants
The train that bumps along
Never wakes him
Don't sit next to him
Who knows were he's come from
Or where he is going
Do you know . . . more
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March 02, 2008 12:58 AM EST --
What are your dreams? I dream to have a better paying job and a house that isn't a fixer upper. And I know we all dream of winning the Lottery. Who doesn't? Then I stopped to think, I have alot . . . more
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November 20, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
VA Delivering to Homeless Veterans
News Release from the VA
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest federal provider of direct assistance to the homeless. . . . more
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June 07, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
Doolie and Mammie had returned to our encampment, they had spent the last two weeks honeymooning up in glorious Door County, that idyllic sliver of earth situated between the Lake Michigan and the Green . . . more
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August 23, 2006 11:42 PM EDT --
Homeless: "Trying to Survive, Please Help $ , thank you...!"
Santa Monica, California.
Some excerpts from Thom's new book Screwed
Screwed: The . . . more
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October 05, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Do you volunteer? If so where at? Have you ever thought about doing another type of volunteering? Just curious, as I dapple in several types of volunteering and wanted to see what the rest of ya'll . . . more
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May 19, 2006 08:08 PM EDT --
By Heather Moore
Senior Writer
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
If you share your life with a dog or cat, make a pact with your animal to spend some time each day giving him or her . . . more
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August 15, 2006 04:29 PM EDT --
By Heather Moore
Senior Writer
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
On August 21, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization, . . . more
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August 03, 2006 02:00 PM EDT --
By Heather Moore
Senior Writer
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Since its inception in 1980, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an international animal protection organization, . . . more
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February 24, 2007 05:59 AM EST --
"This world ain't good enough for the caring man," Cousin Jed said, his dishevelment a cause for concern. The last week or so, he's been out of sorts--bedraggled and doleful--his outlook . . . more
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October 23, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
One way to get through the hard times of being homeless is to laugh; and one of the men who could really make me laugh when I was at Father Bill's, a homeless shelter here in Massachusetts, was a man . . . more
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June 29, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
We at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Independence Day and remind readers to take steps to keep dogs and cats calm and safe during firework . . . more
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March 06, 2007 07:04 AM EST --
The pale old man of expedited frailty sat unadorned on the old, graffiti-laden park bench, near enough a withering elm to witness the antics of a few gray squirrels running up and down and then around . . . more
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