Comments on: Public Assistance

By: boxcarkids

boxcarkids — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:21:14 +0000

That’s my position as well. Last night when coming home we passed a family (dad, mom and two little boys) by the entrance into Kohls parking lot – they were holding a sign and I recognized them as a family we’d seen (and stopped and spoken to) before. I remembered the dad was a painter so when we got home I looked for painting jobs on craigslist, printed them out and then my youngest and I went back with a box of food (we’ve been cleaning out our pantry as we have excess canned goods and only a month to go). The little boys dug right into the apples we had added to the box and dad said he’d check out the jobs. They weren’t there today so I hope that means one of the jobs worked out!

By: Jynet

Jynet — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:47:30 +0000

Your comments on how making – even small – donations to individual people instead of big charities is exactly how I feel about it.

People who didn’t know me helped me when I needed it, and I will do the same. Pay it forward, right?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:47 +0000

For what it’s worth, I doubt kids on free lunch at school get “shunned” any more. Santa Barbara High has 29% of the students on free lunch and San Marcos High has 31%.
I am betting the percentages in your area are even higher.

By: Gloria-Victoria

Gloria-Victoria — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:07:29 +0000

When you have picked out what you want from a rental company, then chat with the other companies to see if you can get a better deal with them. It saved us about 500.00 on a moving van for our trip.