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Archive for May, 2009

  • is at the IRC (homeless day center), about to attend a board meeting. #
  • Dropped off stuff at Salvation Army for tonite’s NightWatch; Deb’s taking a new team out to do street outreach; I’m praying for them now :) #

Read more on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31…

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  • Formerly homeless friends need a free crib for their newborn. One from craigslist came w/o nuts & bolts. Have mattress. Please help. #

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image credit: Amanda Visell (click image for link to buy t-shirt)

On this year’s homeless count, Greensboro Police Sergeant C.T. Blaylock and volunteer counters visited a downtown Greensboro bridge whose residents included a homeless man and his three legged-cat.   Blaylock, who frequently assists homeless people, later called me to ask if I had any veterinary contacts who might provide a check-up and immunizations for the cat.  I called a friend who’s friends with a vet, but didn’t hear back, and after seeing the homeless friend at a Food Not Bombs dinner later, made a mental note to find someone else who knew a vet.

Read more on How a cop and social networking helped a homeless man and his three-legged cat…

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  • Need Greensboro-area vet to give free exam and shots to homeless man’s beloved three-legged cat; they live under bridge; please RT/blog/etc #
  • Furniture ministry will donate bed, crib & dressers to temp-housed homeless couple w/newborn baby, but I can’t find anyone to deliver it #

Read more on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17…

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gno-backOn Friday night, May 15th, hundreds of area youth are expected to sleep outside at Grace Community Church on Lee Street to raise awareness of homelessness, in an event sponsored by New Jerusalem Cathedral (see video). They will sleep in safety, protected by Greensboro police officers, on the same grounds that church leaders voted to post with “no trespassing” signs last year, in response to large numbers of homeless people sleeping on the property.  Irony.   (Grace also housed dozens of women inside this year, in a winter emergency shelter.)

Read more on Awareness-raising teens to sleep outside where homeless can’t…

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  • Happy and peaceful at the start of a new week, and contemplating repentance, righteousness and obedience. #
  • At the HIVE; getting ready 4 Food Not Bombs; on phone and email dealing w/multiple homeless crises; alcohol + mental illness + anger = uh oh #

Read more on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10…

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peaceThere is wisdom in the saying, “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it’s the presence of justice.” But a lot of days, I’d be satisfied just to go from sunup to sundown with no drama.  Rarely happens, though.

Read more on An acceptable peace? Stop and think……

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Tonight’s yummy dinner from Food Not Bombs:

Serving at 6:00 p.m. at the downtown public library.  Garden salad, fruit salad, macaroni and cheese, bread, and more.  Donated food, cooked by volunteers, served free!

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Non-Food Drive» go to News14.com story with video: “Drive aims to provide items to homeless

AmeriCorps members from the Partnership to End Homelessness are doing a Non-Food Drive to benefit homeless people in Greensboro, as part of  National AmeriCorps Week’s “AmeriCorps Drives for Service.”

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photo credit: Paul Morigi, Getty Images; inset photo: Reuters

Michelle Obama is catching flak for wearing a pair of $540 designer French sneakers to volunteer at a food bank. My reaction? Who cares? Isn’t it a little… judgey, maybe??… to cast aspersions on the First Lady for what she chooses to put on her feet while she serves others? I would never make a judgment on the homeless or poor people that I meet or minister to because of the shoes they’re wearing. Why should I care what a fellow servant wears on hers?

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