SAN DIEGO NON PROFIT RUNS RECYCLING CENTER HIRES HOMELESS

HUFFINGTON POST - MARK HORVATH - SAN DIEGO NONPROFIT RECYCLING CENTER HIRES HOMELESS

"What started as just an idea turned into going around in a old pic up truck picking up recyclables from businesses and nightclubs. Today, Aware Recycling has a center in downtown San Diego along with a work program that hires homeless people along with a big-brother-type mentor program for youth.

One of the people I met while I was visiting still lived homeless, but thanks to the help of Aware Recycling, he just enrolled in college with dreams of going to law school! How cool is that!!!"

HARDLY NORMAL - MARK HORVATH BLOGS ON HOMELESS SAN FRANCISCO and POLITICS

..." San Francisco is an interesting community. On one side it’s very progressive in social services and on the other San Francisco does some really dumb things that almost contradicts the good that the city does. Now add politics and you’ll get lots of varying opinions. I’ve heard all kinds of stories about Gavin Newsom, but to me, any mayor that leads a community by washing the feet of our homeless friends is a hero. I have traveled all over North America for the homeless cause and I can tell you two things: 1) fighting homelessness does not get votes 2) the communities that are really having impact fighting homelessness are the ones where the mayor is taking an active role. It’s almost political suicide for any politician to fight homelessness, which is very sad since fighting homelessness saves lives and taxpayer dollars."...