Reception’s collection for SOUPER Bowl
Who knew a bunch of girls would dominate the competition. apparently Jessika has a surprise donation for Friday . . . hmmm. Mxxxxxx rocks!
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aarrggh – what it’s really like to be a Social Worker
Don’t pick this job. Do something easy, like rocket science. You know, where there are absolutes and the figures always add up. Do something where if you mess it up, only seven people die at a time. Being homeless is hell. People die of starvation and exposure every day. It is a big gaping pit […]
Read More aarrggh – what it’s really like to be a Social WorkerTips on Leaving Voicemail for a “worker”
Five simple tips to leaving a message to your worker.
Read More Tips on Leaving Voicemail for a “worker”I stalk missing children with BING
I am a stalker. I could not find my “Adopt a Family” family to deliver their gifts to them. I called the numbers I had and whoa, no one knew where they were and weirder yet – no one would tell me their names. That’s okay, I have the internet and therefore I can find […]
Read More I stalk missing children with BINGFood on Foot
Feed a person for a day for less than $5. FOOD on Foot: Distributes food every Sunday and has a clean up program. (copied from their site)Our Menu It only costs us $4.76 to feed a person. $3.50 – Two-piece chicken meal with corn, rice, and tortillas (El Pollo Loco) $0.23 – Granola Bar $0.20 […]
Read More Food on FootTWITTER: High Tech helps Low Income
How I use High Tech Applications like Twitter to connect me to the causes I care about.
Read More TWITTER: High Tech helps Low IncomeTipper Gore on her homeless friends
I follow http://www.change.org on Twitter ad a few days ago, they posted this wonderful article by Tipper Gore. You remember her, wife of the former VP now Nobel Prize Winner Al . . . Tipper wrote on the http://www.takepart.com blog about her memories of working with residents of the street. Personally, I loved it. Here […]
Read More Tipper Gore on her homeless friendsIHSS, filled with fraud or underfunded
interresting article here It is less costly for someone to stay in their home than for Medi-cal to pay $3,000 or $4,000 a month for the cloent to go into long term care, however, there is a bunch of fraud. Calm down, I have seen the fraud myself, when working with an Area Agency on […]
Read More IHSS, filled with fraud or underfundedFollow up on LAMP
A Homeless man wasn’t murdered on Easter, a HOUSED ADULT MALE was chased out of a room, across a hall, through a window and shot where he hid from a drug dealer.
Read More Follow up on LAMPWelfare Worker quote for 4/14/09
Quote of the day
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