Tag: homelessness

Tone Deaf in Hollywood

Filed in National by on January 14, 2011 6 Comments

Vicki Lawrence shows just how tone deaf “celebrities” can be. A recent parody video about Ted Williams made by comedienne Vicki Lawrence is no laughing matter to advocates for the homeless. The actress recently released a video in which, while dressed as the famous “Mama” character that she originated in the late 1960s on “The […]

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Homelessness is Hard

Filed in Delaware by on March 20, 2009 13 Comments

I have not given much of an update on the homeless man that I have been helping.  This is more of a reflection of my laziness than a lack of things happening. Thanks to the Friendship House, he was able to get his birth certificate from New York.  This took 2 months.  Since then, we […]

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A Roof Over His Head

Filed in Delaware by on December 18, 2008 7 Comments

I have been telling the story of how my friend and I have been trying to get a homeless man back on his feet.  There has been some progress in this story.  First, I can now reveal that my friend in the story is John Kowalko.  I have known for some time that John was […]

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Progress on Helping the Homeless

Filed in Delaware by on December 9, 2008 23 Comments

I have made some progress on helping the man that I wrote about on Sunday.  We believe that we have a place for him to live, although there are a few more small hoops to jump through. My friend has identified a vacant rental that can be availed to this man for a few weeks.  […]

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He Barely Exists

Filed in Delaware by on December 7, 2008 21 Comments

This morning I went on a mission.  I got a call from a friend on Saturday that there was a report of a homeless family living in a small wooded area nearby.  He told me that he was going out there today to investigate and see what could be done.  He joked that he would […]

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