Comments for haRdLy NOrMal http://hardlynormal.com/blog we weren't born to be normal Fri, 11 May 2012 06:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Help Stop The Community Care Facilities Ordinance in Los Angeles by Abercrombie UK Sale http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/E0skC18NCUY/ Abercrombie UK Sale Fri, 11 May 2012 06:46:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=2050#comment-11023 I think this write up was actually a great beginning to a potential series of write ups about this topic.  I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you A lot of people pretend to know what they are preaching about when it comes to this topic and most of the time, very few people actually get it. I think this write up was actually a great beginning to a potential series of write ups about this topic.  I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you
A lot of people pretend to know what they are preaching about when it comes to this topic and most of the time, very few people actually get it.

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/05/01/help-stop-the-community-care-facilities-ordinance-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-11023 Comment on Homeless to Housing Success Story: Meet Donny in His Apartment by window blinds http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/wuAZ9p2jTkA/ window blinds Wed, 02 May 2012 12:33:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=1704#comment-11001 Most of the time, people who live on the streets just need a small nudge in the right direction. Your right, it's very difficult to give up alcohol on the street because it's only when some homeless people drink they have any kind of self worth. As the expression goes, "give a little, it helps a lot" Most of the time, people who live on the streets just need a small nudge in the right direction. Your right, it’s very difficult to give up alcohol on the street because it’s only when some homeless people drink they have any kind of self worth. As the expression goes, “give a little, it helps a lot”

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2011/07/18/homeless-to-housing-success-story-meet-donny-in-his-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-11001 Comment on Why @Hope is Needed to Get Homeless Mom @CareyFuller a Job Interview by b2blog http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/rZbce5h_FiI/ b2blog Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=2030#comment-10996 I posted a link to this story on a politics form I belong to. This is what I wrote: " It's so easy to say 'get a job'. And this blog shows its almost as tough to try to help someone who needs a job. Easier just to wave your hand and say jobs will trickle down, but EACH job for the poor and homeless is an accomplishment of hard work on the other end, too." I posted a link to this story on a politics form I belong to. This is what I wrote: ”
It’s so easy to say ‘get a job’. And this blog shows its almost as tough to try to help someone who needs a job. Easier just to wave your hand and say jobs will trickle down, but EACH job for the poor and homeless is an accomplishment of hard work on the other end, too.”

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/04/25/why-hope-is-needed-to-get-homeless-mom-carey-fuller-a-job-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-10996 Comment on Why @Hope is Needed to Get Homeless Mom @CareyFuller a Job Interview by Michelle Gilstrap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/XBdMozKVKW8/ Michelle Gilstrap Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=2030#comment-10988 Having been there as a single Mom, I can attest, finding work and being able to pay for childcare is not easy. I was fortunate to have a degree and have a better choice, but not all moms do. It is still a struggle, this economy sucks. Rent, gas, utilities, and then clothing, food, it all adds up and children always need things.   We all need to pitch in and help when we can. Having been there as a single Mom, I can attest, finding work and being able to pay for childcare is not easy. I was fortunate to have a degree and have a better choice, but not all moms do. It is still a struggle, this economy sucks. Rent, gas, utilities, and then clothing, food, it all adds up and children always need things.  
We all need to pitch in and help when we can.

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/04/25/why-hope-is-needed-to-get-homeless-mom-carey-fuller-a-job-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-10988 Comment on Don’t Call Bevan Dufty San Francisco’s Homeless Czar by Marlene Muro http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/bLWqKWo23s4/ Marlene Muro Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:40:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=2015#comment-10952 What an uplifting story. Inspires me to jump in and fight for change. Change that will live on...forever. You're lucky Mark--you found your calling and I know all our homeless friends would agree. You're kind hearted and truely care for those that the rest of the world never sees. What an uplifting story. Inspires me to jump in and fight for change. Change that will live on…forever. You’re lucky Mark–you found your calling and I know all our homeless friends would agree. You’re kind hearted and truely care for those that the rest of the world never sees.

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/04/08/dont-call-bevan-dufty-san-francisco-homeless-czar/comment-page-1/#comment-10952 Comment on Panhandling or Hotspot Vendor: Which is better? by Anonymous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/ynNxDyjgwJk/ Anonymous Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=1964#comment-10928 What a breath of fresh air to read this! The whiny crybabies who criticized this have never been without money and probably never worked, or never worked at a minimum wage job in their lives. I agree. Social media is turning crybabies into media celebrities. I think it was a brilliant idea! Working for your money earns you far more positive feelings than getting it from a trust fund—which, come to think of it, is a lot like panhandling from your relatives. What a breath of fresh air to read this! The whiny crybabies who criticized this have never been without money and probably never worked, or never worked at a minimum wage job in their lives. I agree. Social media is turning crybabies into media celebrities. I think it was a brilliant idea! Working for your money earns you far more positive feelings than getting it from a trust fund—which, come to think of it, is a lot like panhandling from your relatives.

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/03/12/panhandling-or-hotspot-vendor-which-is-better-homeless-hotspot/comment-page-1/#comment-10928 Comment on Panhandling or Hotspot Vendor: Which is better? by Anonymous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/ML2CbAnvGFA/ Anonymous Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:57:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=1964#comment-10875 Offering a good or service for money is called a job. Some jobs are good, some jobs are less...but its still a job and positive things come from earning your own income. No one complaining has offered a solution...and I find their implication that the homeless should be offended and if they're not they're too stupid to know any better quite insulting. A side benefit of this is that you strike real conversations with these people and can humanize their situation. I find that much more beneficial than simply giving money and never having to actually connect with them.  Thanks for sharing. Offering a good or service for money is called a job. Some jobs are good, some jobs are less…but its still a job and positive things come from earning your own income.

No one complaining has offered a solution…and I find their implication that the homeless should be offended and if they’re not they’re too stupid to know any better quite insulting.

A side benefit of this is that you strike real conversations with these people and can humanize their situation. I find that much more beneficial than simply giving money and never having to actually connect with them.  Thanks for sharing.

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/03/12/panhandling-or-hotspot-vendor-which-is-better-homeless-hotspot/comment-page-1/#comment-10875 Comment on KPCC Radio with Mark Horvath, Sean Condon (Street Paper Association), Rabbi Marvin Gross (CEO, Union Station) by Anonymous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/0E-z5NYSyTY/ Anonymous Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=1976#comment-10860 THE SERVANT’S OF HOPE SOCIETY  The Servants of Hope Society is a faith based men’s recovery house located on the east side of Vancouver. Founded by Sean in 2004 with a vision of men helping men through servitude and the overcoming of addiction. As unconventional as it sounds there has been a very good success rate for the house.  After spending 30 years struggling with addiction, never finding the answers to recovery, living in depravation, hitting bottom after bottom, hopeless and never thinking my life would change, I found faith through the help that I received from strangers and the kind acts that they showed. After 2 years of sobriety I felt that the only way to continue in my sobriety was to give back to others in need. The house has now been open and active for the last 8 years. On April 4 th 2012 I will be clean and sober for ten years  Bringing the message of hope and recovery to the Downtown Eastside. The success of the last 6 years of outreach involved HUNDREDREDS of people getting together with minimal financial and material support. We were still able to feed and meet the needs of over ONE THOUSAND people THIS year. The majority of the people involved with helping this cause had a history of substance abuse and a high percentage of those people came from the Downtown East side The Servants of Hope is a non profit charity that has been helping the people of Vancouver's downtown east side for the past 6 years. Alongside hot meals and warm coats they serve up a sense of hope and a chance at a new life. Below is a video link from Christmas 2012 over one hundred people came together to feed the homeless and do outreach  we served over one thousand people that night  http://vimeo.com/38616528 THE SERVANT’S OF HOPE SOCIETY 

The Servants of Hope Society is a faith based men’s recovery house located on the east side of Vancouver. Founded by Sean in 2004 with a vision of men helping men through servitude and the overcoming of addiction. As unconventional as it sounds there has been a very good success rate for the house. 
After spending 30 years struggling with addiction, never finding the answers to recovery, living in depravation, hitting bottom after bottom, hopeless and never thinking my life would change, I found faith through the help that I received from strangers and the kind acts that they showed. After 2 years of sobriety I felt that the only way to continue in my sobriety was to give back to others in need. The house has now been open and active for the last 8 years. On April 4 th 2012 I will be clean and sober for ten years 
Bringing the message of hope and recovery to the Downtown Eastside. The success of the last 6 years of outreach involved HUNDREDREDS of people getting together with minimal financial and material support. We were still able to feed and meet the needs of over ONE THOUSAND people THIS year. The majority of the people involved with helping this cause had a history of substance abuse and a high percentage of those people came from the Downtown East side

The Servants of Hope is a non profit charity that has been helping the people of Vancouver’s downtown east side for the past 6 years. Alongside hot meals and warm coats they serve up a sense of hope and a chance at a new life. Below is a video link from Christmas 2012 over one hundred people came together to feed the homeless and do outreach  we served over one thousand people that night 

http://vimeo.com/38616528

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/03/13/kpcc-radio-homeless-hotspots-mark-horvath-sean-condon-rabbi-marvin-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-10860 Comment on KPCC Radio with Mark Horvath, Sean Condon (Street Paper Association), Rabbi Marvin Gross (CEO, Union Station) by Anonymous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/sGXEuLpXRBA/ Anonymous Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:49:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=1976#comment-10839 Seriously?? The talk show host and people are "worried about how the homeless will spend their money and spend it on drugs and alcohol," but don't seem perturbed that college students might spend it on drugs and alcohol!! hahahaa! SERIOUSLY? It's NOT okay for the homeless to buy a beer, but it's okay for college students to? Yeah. I don't get my panties all in a wad over whether the guy I buy my vegetables from uses the money for "the right thing," or if he spends it on beer and drugs. Why do you think it's somehow okay for you to decide how the homeless person spends the money THEY earn? If you don't want to GIVE it to them because you worry about how they'll spend it, that's one thing. But  if someone earns the money you give them, it's NOT YOUR right or responsibility to decide how they should spend it! Seriously?? The talk show host and people are “worried about how the homeless will spend their money and spend it on drugs and alcohol,” but don’t seem perturbed that college students might spend it on drugs and alcohol!! hahahaa! SERIOUSLY? It’s NOT okay for the homeless to buy a beer, but it’s okay for college students to? Yeah. I don’t get my panties all in a wad over whether the guy I buy my vegetables from uses the money for “the right thing,” or if he spends it on beer and drugs. Why do you think it’s somehow okay for you to decide how the homeless person spends the money THEY earn? If you don’t want to GIVE it to them because you worry about how they’ll spend it, that’s one thing. But  if someone earns the money you give them, it’s NOT YOUR right or responsibility to decide how they should spend it!

]]> http://hardlynormal.com/blog/2012/03/13/kpcc-radio-homeless-hotspots-mark-horvath-sean-condon-rabbi-marvin-gross/comment-page-1/#comment-10839 Comment on Panhandling or Hotspot Vendor: Which is better? by terram777 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardlynormalcomments/~3/Cfpuv_31clw/ terram777 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://hardlynormal.com/blog/?p=1964#comment-10830 I was just on another blog, listing all the possible problems with a venture like this. I received a good deal of criticism for my opinions, more than one dare to "prove it" and a word of caution to stop going on about my battles with homelessness, despite being sane, drug&alcohol free and college educated. I have some university education, but had to drop out due to homelessness. I'm not even in recovery. I've always been substance free. So here I am, Mr. Horvath. I'm still barely housed, and dreading the day I'll end up back out there. I'm willing to test this hypothesis, and let experience be my proof. When are you bringing your gadgets to Toronto? Let me be the judge, and I'll be damned honest with the folks in blogland. I'll tell them whether or not it beats waving a sign that says "Yes, I'll take a job." And please keep us posted about whether any of your hotspots get mugged at sxsw. That would be my biggest worry with a venture like this. I was just on another blog, listing all the possible problems with a venture like this. I received a good deal of criticism for my opinions, more than one dare to “prove it” and a word of caution to stop going on about my battles with homelessness, despite being sane, drug&alcohol free and college educated. I have some university education, but had to drop out due to homelessness. I’m not even in recovery. I’ve always been substance free. So here I am, Mr. Horvath. I’m still barely housed, and dreading the day I’ll end up back out there. I’m willing to test this hypothesis, and let experience be my proof. When are you bringing your gadgets to Toronto? Let me be the judge, and I’ll be damned honest with the folks in blogland. I’ll tell them whether or not it beats waving a sign that says “Yes, I’ll take a job.”

And please keep us posted about whether any of your hotspots get mugged at sxsw. That would be my biggest worry with a venture like this.

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