07-27-2011, 10:17 PM
When I went to mail some letters at the Post Office the other day, there was a very normal looking mother with a small child in a stroller who was holding a sign that said "Please help, I need to feed my family". I gave her twenty bucks. She started crying.
On my way home I drove by the hotel turned "residence of last resort" for families that have lost their homes. The one featured on 60 Minutes last year, because the school bus now stops at the hotel to pick kids up for school (because there are so many living there). There are 1700 homeless children in my school district, which is the highest rated and one of the wealthier school districts in Central Florida.
There are still 900,000 unemployed in Florida. I don't know what is going on in the rest of the nation, but I think it is safe to say, that there are a lot of people out there of all ages that are just trying to make it to next week.
Just saying....
On my way home I drove by the hotel turned "residence of last resort" for families that have lost their homes. The one featured on 60 Minutes last year, because the school bus now stops at the hotel to pick kids up for school (because there are so many living there). There are 1700 homeless children in my school district, which is the highest rated and one of the wealthier school districts in Central Florida.
There are still 900,000 unemployed in Florida. I don't know what is going on in the rest of the nation, but I think it is safe to say, that there are a lot of people out there of all ages that are just trying to make it to next week.
Just saying....
Excelsior - BS Business 2008
Son #1 TESC BSBA Computer Information Systems completed June 2010
Son #2 TESC BA Computer Science completed November 2010 Currently in Florida State (FSU) Masters CS program and loving it
Son #1 TESC BSBA Computer Information Systems completed June 2010
Son #2 TESC BA Computer Science completed November 2010 Currently in Florida State (FSU) Masters CS program and loving it