Showing posts with label San Francisco - California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco - California. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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."...
Saturday, June 23, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO PAIRS PUPPIES WITH PANHANDLERS - WOOF - WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OCCUPANTS AND FIDOS
Part of the article we're linking to.
"A new program in San Francisco will pair carefully selected dogs from shelters with panhandlers in an effort to steer the latter away from asking for money on the streets and keep the animals from being euthanized.
The temporary guardians (the words "pet" and "owner" are frowned upon in San Francisco) will receive weekly stipends of $50 to $75 and must agree to jettison their cardboard signs in the pilot project believed to be the first of its kind in the country.
The program, scheduled to start in August, is called WOOF, short for Wonderful Opportunities for Occupants and Fidos. The animals will eventually be placed in permanent homes."
"A new program in San Francisco will pair carefully selected dogs from shelters with panhandlers in an effort to steer the latter away from asking for money on the streets and keep the animals from being euthanized.
The temporary guardians (the words "pet" and "owner" are frowned upon in San Francisco) will receive weekly stipends of $50 to $75 and must agree to jettison their cardboard signs in the pilot project believed to be the first of its kind in the country.
The program, scheduled to start in August, is called WOOF, short for Wonderful Opportunities for Occupants and Fidos. The animals will eventually be placed in permanent homes."
Friday, November 26, 2010
ONCE HOMELESS NOW HEROINE KAREN TRILEVSKY
May 17 2010 PEOPLE magazine had a one page article on Karen Trilevsky, a once homeless but now heroine, woman, who is responsible for putting 67 people through college.
We're linking to her business here that has a copy of the article by Kristen Harmel.
It says that at 17 Karen fled her dysfunctional home to Denver, and in her 30's was working in restaurants in San Francisco. With $5000 she decided to start a cookie and scones baking company which - well - bloomed. But the $5000 ran out and Karen slept for a year on flour sacks in the storage room of a restaurant. Persistence paid off and now FullBloom employees 340 people with $47 in annual sales... With 2 million Karen began her scholarships.
This is very inspirational for us.
We're linking to her business here that has a copy of the article by Kristen Harmel.
It says that at 17 Karen fled her dysfunctional home to Denver, and in her 30's was working in restaurants in San Francisco. With $5000 she decided to start a cookie and scones baking company which - well - bloomed. But the $5000 ran out and Karen slept for a year on flour sacks in the storage room of a restaurant. Persistence paid off and now FullBloom employees 340 people with $47 in annual sales... With 2 million Karen began her scholarships.
This is very inspirational for us.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
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