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Lunch Bucket Times>
It's good business to end homelessness!
June 29, 2007
Lunch Bucket Times
Newsletter of Labor Dawgs
Providing employment opportunity and direct services to
Homeless people ( from http://www.labordawgs.com )
There are literally hundreds of homeless people that
attempt to resolve their individual situation by acquiring
and maintaining some type of employment.
The present social policy does not recognize this effort
and fails miserably to provide any type of support to those
who are currently employed and just trying to get to that
first check or those that are seeking work. This proposal
addresses this situation in a cost effective manner. Many
shelters are not equipped to handle, for instance, those
working second or third shift. One in particular charges
$5.00 to sleep in a bunk bed for the day.
While getting a job is one thing, getting to it and
keeping it is another. The best that the City can do is
maybe hand out a day bus pass and only if you are lucky.
Additionally there is an inherent conflict between working
and being able to get food. Many of the soup lines are
closed by the time one returns from work. None of the
present service providers make allowances for this except
if you have Food Stamps which you can give them.
It's good business to end homelessness!
For 25 cents a day
You Can Put A Homeless Person To Work
At the end of the day you wind up with loose change. More
times than not you just set it aside and use it later if at
all. Consider donating this change to Labor Dawgs and
help put a homeless person to work today. Even something as
small as 25 or 50 cents a day will make quite a difference.
Example of what your spare change can do:
$75.00 provides for one person
Bus pass -month Lunch - two weeks Housing one week
$75.00 provides
5 Birth Certificates @ $15.00 each Provides 30 sack
lunches Allows one person to gain self-employment
Provides 30 people transportation to jobsite for one day
For more information on where to send your donation and
other ways you can help please call Gail Sacco at (702)
355-2764 or e-mail her at: mom_in_las_vegas@yahoo.com .
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