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any people say that they are thankful for having a new car or a new pair of shoes. But it’s very seldom when someone says that they are thankful for someone else. “Thankful,” it means, grateful, appreciative, pleased, or gratified. I am thankful for someone else – For Lily, she is the beautiful granddaughter of Mr. Sean Cononie. She has big blue eyes and a beautiful smile. It’s hard to think of yourself as being thankful for someone else but think of it as if someone else (Continued on page 3)
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Sandy has worked in restaurants all his life and was assigned to the kitchen at the shelter, where Victoria also worked.
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s the holiday season sneaks up on us, many people at the shelter are reminded of the families they came from and relationships that have been severed over the years. Thanksgiving may bring depressing feelings to some, but for a very special couple this Thanksgiving brings hope, a second chance, and in the future a new family. Recently I had the pleasure of talking to Victoria Eisler and
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Sanford “Sandy” Mills about the upcoming holiday. Originally from New York Victoria found herself at the shelter after being abandoned by her boyfriend of eleven years. Sandy, who had grown up in Massachusetts took the hard road and also ended up at the shelter. Sandy has worked in restaurants all his life and was assigned to the kitchen at the shelter, where Victoria also worked. A friendship formed and
had the privilege of reading through our vendors' "Five things to be thankful for," so many were thankful for the shelter and staff, especially to Sean. As in any walk of life, there are always those who say or write what they think someone else wants to hear, whether they really mean it or not. But then there are those who mean it from their heart. Some of the thoughts really touched me; they were true inner feelings. There was one thought that was hardly touched on. FREEDOM. Freedom comes with a high price tag. It cost many lives, much heartache and tears and a lot of money. We have just celebrated Veterans Day… a day that seems to go more unnoticed than it should. If it weren't for the guys and gals who gave their lives to encourage and protect life and liberty in this country, we wouldn't have the freedoms that we have, then there are the ones who came home less than whole in mind and
Sandy and Victoria, we wish you the best. soon after they became a couple. For only being together for two months, Sandy
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We wave flags and sing songs but do we honor these heroes? body, to me this is the biggest tragedy because day after day they and their loved ones are reminded of their sacrifice. How much is the vet revered? Yes, revered, to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. We wave flags and sing songs but do we honor these heroes? We have a lot of these heroes here at COSAC. They are young and old, black and white, some have had or still have some addiction problems stemming from their experiences in wartime. Gary told his story in the homeless voice about how he "had to" smoke crack to get rid of the demons in his head. He called them.... some are recovering and struggle to be normal. Society (some, not all) has labeled them "baby killers" and all these years later still remember (Continued on page 7)
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was being thankful for you. But be careful what you are thankful for, don’t forget your family and/or friends. I am also thankful for my family and friends because they are people who I spend most of my time with. These people here who live at the shelter, are just thankful for having a place to live, and getting a chance to be alive. You should be too.
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Lonnie Hatfield My five things: I’m thankful for God’s mercy. I’m thankful for Sean, Lois, and Ginny’s patience. I’m thankful for this program. I’m thankful for my health. I’m thankful for the ability to recognize all of the above.
Bunyon Young I’m thankful for being alive, and that God has blessed me with a second chance to get my life back. Also to be doing what I do each day for myself and others. And my health and strength to do what I do!
CONNIE: THANKFUL TO HAVE EDDIE AS A FRIEND. PLACE FOR FOoD AND SHELTER WHICH WILL ALLOW me TO RETURN TO COLLEGE FOR my LAW DEGREE AND EVENTUALLY TAKE THE BAR EXAM.
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EDDIE: THANKFULL TO GOD TO STILL BE ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH, REGARDLESS OF BEING BANGED UP A BIT AND THE LOSS OF SIGHT IN MY RIGHT EYE. MOREOVER, FOR BEING SUROUNDED BY A LOVING AND CARING FAMILY.
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Randy Elliot 1) The sun in the morning 2) The moon up above 3) God
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Art & Deborah Goncalves We are thankful for: My job, For life, To help other people, The work is interesting to me, For also being clean from drugs for almost 2years.
Michael McDonald I’m thankful for kindness. I’m thankful for wisdom. I’m thankful for grace. I’m thankful for adversity. I’m thankful for knowledge.
Michael F. Davis 1) I’m alive 2) I survived lymphoma of the stomach and carcenoma of the right kidney 3) I survived MALT Lymphoma 4) I survived a fractured skull, concussion, coma, and subdural hygroma 5) I survived gunshot wounds.
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Pauline Falco I am very thankful for being here and doing good again and staying clean. I am very thankful for having Gregg in my life. I am thankful for having a wonderful son that I love with all my heart, and he loves me even though I put him through some rough times. For the friends I have made here in the last 2 years. I am thankful for you Sean, you have helped me when my family turned me away. I work and feel healthy and have a good tan and better attitude cause talking to you made me realize a lot of things. You’ve helped me more than once and I want you to know I love you with all my heart. I swear you remind me of my eldest brother. He doesn’t even really talk to me. Just hi and bye. I miss him, but I have you. I have all of you Ginny, Lois, Kathy.
Cassie Lauer I’m thankful for being well; healthy. Having a job, friends, food, and having a roof over my head.
Roger Lutar I’m thankful for Thanksgiving because all the family gets together. I’m also thankful because we pray at each meal. Friends also get together. I’m thankful because we have the day off. The holiday is a blessing for all of us.
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Stan Bonelli I am thankful for the deviousness of our founder of Cosac. If it weren’t for his method of keeping me sober for the first two weeks of my return, I would probably still be drunk more often than sober. A belated but much felt thank you from me to you.
Ivan James Thankful for: My life, also not hurting inside. Having a place to live and a chance to rehabilitate myself. Freedom of choice and expression of my feelings.
B. Aronson 1) Being clean and sober 2) Having a roof over my head 3) Being mentally sharp 4) Having no heart problems 5) Being tolerant of people
Victor Jonaitis Laundry machines, coffee, pizza, time to go to Rebel’s Behavioral Health Center, doctor’s visit during the day, and television.
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Stefaan Thanks for a better life. Thanks for the opportunity to help others. Thanks for being in the U.S. Thanks for the opportunity to improve my life. Thanks to be able to be apart of a new family.
Charlie Crossland 1) I am thankful for the chance to focus my life again. 2) I am thankful for a more peaceful existence. 3) I am thankful for new friendships and more peaceful days. 4) I am most thankful for the chance to communicate with people who care. 5) I am thankful for the chance to reflect on past mistakes and try to improve my attitude.
Paul Weimorts 5 things to be thankful for: Freedom. The love and health of my family. The right to worship and love God as I choose. My children were born healthy. Good parents who tried to teach me right from wrong.
John Daniels (J.D.) What I am Thankful for: 1) To the doctor and nurse for calling Cosac. 2) For Cosac welcoming me with open arms. 3) For getting a chance to live a life again. 4) A chance to not just be in the program but the chance to be apart of it. 5) To Sean and his
Michael White I’m thankful for life and the past. I’m thankful for love and the ability to love. I’m thankful that I can make mistakes and go back and change it. I’m thankful for the power of forgiveness, and that I can forgive people who hurt me. I’m thankful that I have a God that cares for me even though my wrongs out weigh my goods.
Athina Rivera 5 things to be thankful for: 1) I have roof over my head. 2) I’m thankful I don’t do drugs. 3) Glad I do not drink alcohol. 4) Thankful that I’m alive. 5) Thankful for new beginnings.
Kevin Lessard What I’m Thankful For: 1) I can walk 2) I can see 3) My family is in fair health 4) A roof over my head 5) Food to eat
Andrew McLeod Thanksgiving or Gratitude List: I’m thankful for being alive and healthy. I’m thankful that there are people in my life who believe in me and are giving me a chance to self improve. I’m thankful for my friends and family that have stuck by me. I’m thankful to have a job and a place to live. I’m thankful that I love and take care of myself today.
Renae Lettiere What I am Grateful for: There are many things I am grateful for but to list only 5 I must say are... 1) Being alive and to come to know Jesus. 2) Being clean and off drugs another day. 3) Coming to Cosac and being able to meet some nice people. 4) I am also grateful for having the strength and wisdom to leave a 5 yr relationship in Texas that was based on drugs. 5) Having my family here with me in Florida.
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James Sawyer What I am thankful for: I am thankful for the grace, love, and salvation that God gives me through Jesus Christ, and the blessings he gives me each and every day of my life.
D.A. Williams 5 Things I’m most Thankful for: 1) I thank the living spirit of God. 2) I’m thankful for being able to be responsible. 3) I’m thankful for my kids knowing who their father is. 4) I’m thankful for having my girl stand by my side through thick and thin. 5) I’m thankful for Sean allowing me to stay here. God bless you.
Robert Lyman I like being in this program. I like my new place and my new van. Having you Lois and Sean in my life. Making money and not having to steal.
Don Ezell I’m thankful at this time of year for: 1) My family 2) People still willing to help someone-even the homeless 3) A chance to get my life together again 4) Friends new and old 5) The hope to go on
Mark Powers 5 things to be thankful for: 1) To be back with my children. 2) To be sober again. 3) For my shelter. 4) For my health. 5) For my new teeth.
Pete & John, We are thankful for you
Gregg Militello 1) God gave me life! 2) Cosac/ Sean and Lois 2nd and more chances. 3) Sober and being clean just for today! 4) Pauline. 5) Goals that I have been accomplishing 1 day at a time.
Phyllis Delbalzo I’m thankful for my daughter, friends I have made, being alive, living in a home, and God’s patience with me.
John Lowe I’m thankful for Sean giving me a place to stay when nobody else would take me. I’m thankful that I don’t have or had a drinking problem or drug problem. I’m thankful for the food I receive here. I am most thankful that I’m alive.
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many couples that have been together for years. Part of that respect comes from the struggles and inner demons that they have faced in the past. There is mutual sympathy and empathy that they feel for each other. Without materialistic issues or promises of security, they have formed their relationship on the basis of love, which is what every relationship should begin with. Besides having Sandy, Victoria feels thankful this year that she’s alive. She has been through a lot and hurts for the people who still find themselves in a bad situation. Victoria considers herself to be blessed with a bed, food, and a roof over her head. Everyday gets better for her as she focus’s on herself and takes one step at a time. Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday, largely because of the smorgasbord of food but also because of the family atmosphere. Sandy also puts Victoria at the top of his list for things to be thankful for. He is also very grateful to Sean and this facility for the second chance he got. Sandy loves to cook so his job is very important to him. He is thankful for his health and being clean and sober. He doesn’t take advantage of what he has,
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which is a new start. This Thanksgiving Victoria and Sandy will be in the kitchen cooking up a turkey feast. They are looking forward to a future with each other. Both hope to start a family down the road and look for work outside the shelter. Sandy is thankful for what he has, but remembers when he was without. His advice to people who haven’t started their journey up from the bottom is to, “keep your head up and hang in there, it only gets better.” Victoria feels similar and adds, “Life is what you make it.” For Victoria and Sandy this Thanksgiving they have made a commitment that they can be truly thankful for. -Sara Cunningham scunningham@homelessvoice.org
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the war that should never have been. These service people could have avoided going into action, but they chose to follow what their country asked them to do. Everyone in this world has someone higher to answer to. Every business has policies and protocol. My own catholic religion has rules that some consider insane, but whether it is business, religion, school or just crossing the street, we are obliged to follow what is set before us. I commented to Sean, just two days ago, that the United States is the only country in the world where you stop at a red-light at 2am in the far outskirts of town, where
ver the last two years or should I say three years we have developed all kinds of fund raising plans to get our mortgage paid off and for the most part we have done real good because of you the readers and the homeless who helped create such a beautiful place. We also thank the people of the “Friends Column.” Do you know if we had only 6000 people send us in their $15.00 a month we would make our monthly budget and we could also pay double mortgage payments? We don't have 6000 people but we have a lot and we are always looking for more. We thank all you givers out there. Even the ones who can only give a nickel, those nickels do add up. To give you an idea we had over $4000.00 in donated nickels and my friends that is a lot of nickels. We had over $3000.00 in pennies for a month and I can't tell you how long it takes to bag $3000.00 in pennies. Well, yes I can, it takes about 17 straight hours. And for the others who can’t afford to give at all I know you are praying for us because we could not do what we do now and in the past. This month has become a pretty difficult month for us. We as always are trying to stay open, keep the current budget going, paying off the current mortgage balance and of course dealing with the cities who are still in the process of removing us from the streets. This month we were all sitting down actually on the floor in the office thinking about what could be done to get us in the best possible financial position so we can still improve what we do. Even if I never pay off the mortgage in my life time I know one day it will be paid off completely. Comment after comment, we could not come up with anything that was going to be concrete. However I said we will get our Christmas present one year and when we get it, we will then be able to give a lot more presents HELP PAY OFF OUR MORTGAGE in the future to others who need the We need just help. Finally we came up with a plan. 41,988 people to send in a check for $20.00, We said, "what are the “get rich plots” or Or in our case pay off our mortgage easy 16,795 people to send in a check for $50.00, that we all have seen on TV?” We Or asked, “ What are the pyramids that 8,397 people to send in a check for $100.00, work in every line of business.” The Or pyramids work in sales positions, it 839 people to send in a check for $1,000, Or works in networking marketing, and it Just one wonderful person or worked in Amway the biggest of them of business to send a check for the entire $839,750.00 all. Basically we said we were going to Remember the donation is tax change the name from AMWAY to deductible!! AWAY to get this mortgage paid off and Please send your checks to: to top it off we were going to use their The COSAC Building Fund same principle. Now, how are we going ...continued on page 8
there is not a moving vehicle for miles and miles. Why? Because "it's the law." If we would really stop and think about it, if everyone conscientiously objected to everything or everyone they didn't like or agree with, this world would be in utter chaos. No law and order, no peaceful coexistence, I truly think no hope. NO HOPE! Wouldn't that be a tragedy? November 11th was originally called Armistice Day, but it changed to Veteran's Day in 1953. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson said these words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory..." So the next time you go
to the church of your choice, say a prayer for those who died, for survivors and the families and loved ones of both. And the next time you pick up a newspaper or tune into the news channel of your choice and complain about all the violence it seems to portray, be thankful that you have the newspapers and TV channels and radio stations to choose from. When you go to the store and have decisions to make on brand and price, be thankful for that. Also, the chance to send your kids to a special school; school alone is a privilege. From the time you open your eyes at the start of a new day until you close them in sleep again, you have freedoms and liberties abounding. True, we may think that a lot is wrong...and it is...and it needs changing...that is another
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freedom you have...to vote, to change, to express your opinion...to change the world if you wanted to really get involved and make a difference. So, I Lois Cross, and on behalf of all those who revere our veterans, I say thank you from the bottom of my heart. May the souls of our departed rest in peace? May those who suffer find peace? God bless us all Lois Cross lcross@homelessvoice.org
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to use the same principle as Amway or should I say AWAY? We will let you know very shortly… I asked Lois to get the calculator, she did not move quickly enough so I said to her, “Lois move those hips;” and with a smile she got the calculator and handed it to me. Lois knowing me good enough went right to the fridge and got me some ice tea and opened up a pack of cigarettes and lit one for me. When my brain is going, it needs ciggs and ice tea and she knew this was real important. I said to Lois I think we did something like this before but we never went all the way with it and we need to follow up this time. There is so much more we need to do, and getting this place built for a lifetime and having the funds to keep it going long after we are dead is very important to us. We built this place to help people until the end of time. When I say we built it, I mean we built the concept to always be there for the people who need it the most. The first thing we are going to do is to continue our old campaign, why stop something that got us this building to begin with? So my friends that campaign still exists. The new campaign is two phases. The first phase is that we need to prove to the public that what we do is important. You need to find everybody who hates the Homeless Voice Vendor and bring them to the Hotel for the poor. Some of you may not have any idea what the vendors have to go through and us as an agency. Some civic groups who don’t like that vendors on the street take it to their meetings and send nasty letters to their city council asking them to make it illegal for the Homeless Voice to vend. Could you imagine that? They want to affect an agency that keeps their community free and clear of the homeless living in the parks and at bus benches. You would think that they would want their community to be free of the homeless. Yet they complain so the vendors are off the street. Then of course we have the police officers who come by the intersection and harass the vendors. Then an hour later that same department sends a homeless person to the Hotel for the poor. Let me say it a different way. The police go way out of their way to harass the vendors yet that same police department uses our services for free. Could you imagine that? But there are some police who support our agency by giving monthly support. The police get their orders from the city commission who makes these rules to get these vendors off the street. And the city commission is the one that is to help the city stay free of scores of homeless people living on the streets. It seems so stupid to hurt the only agency that takes their homeless like we do. So it is very important that you have people come by this place and let them see with their own eyes what we do. IT SHOCKS ME, how would a person be so mean as to want to take away money from the poor and the agency that gives these families and individuals a place to live? Maybe if they saw an infant living on a park
bench with the mom and dad, would their hearts not be so hard? So again having people come by here and see what we do, and where the money goes, then just maybe some people would change their mind. Phase two, part A is simple and this is your mission. The plan is to network and network. How are we going to network? We are going to ask you all to do the networking for us. The first phase is a simple phase. If you belong to a group, church, school or business we are going to ask your agency to get involved. Let me give you an example, so far this year we had three major penny drives between some churches and high schools. The average agency brought us over $2100.00 in pennies. If all the churches just in Broward County did a penny drive for us we would pay off our mortgage in a heartbeat. In the chapter of Matthew, we are commanded to take care of the poor, but it is a national trend of churches to issue trespassing warnings to the homeless when they catch them sleeping in the back ally of a church. Yes, it is sad to say. But there are many churches that make it their business to open up shelters for the poor. I was watching TBN the other day and the pastor’s name was Joyce Meyer of “Life in the word” ministry. She said it right, the churches now leave it up to government to take care of the poor. She definitely said it correctly. To you churches, let’s remind each other that “We all worship a homeless man on Sundays, yet ignore another homeless man on Monday” and it is time that you got your church involved in helping us. But before you ask for your church to be involved come by and check us out. There are still some people out there that think we make millions and come to work in a limo and wear $1000 suits to work. Once coming by here you will see we wear jeans and t-shirts and in some cases sad to say, we wear the same jeans for three days in a row and sometimes we don’t even get time to take a shower. Yes we try to teach our homeless to be clean but sometimes we get up off the floor from the nights four hour sleep and as soon as we wake we are taking care of emergencies. So sometimes getting a shower has to wait. Part B The plans’ second phase is simple it is the network marketing plan. Here it is. Find 10 people who will donate a dollar to you. We need each person reading this article to go out and get ten people to give a dollar to you. Send it in to us by check or money order. NO that’s not it, there is more. When they give you the dollar you will tell each and every one of them to go out and find another 10 people who will each give them $1.00 and tell them that they must go out and get 10 people to do the same thing and ask each one of those people to each give a $1.00. The first level will be $10.00 the second level will be $100.00, the third level will be $1,000.00, in the forth level will be
$10,000.00 and the fifth level will be $100,000.00. The sixth level will be a million dollars, enough to pay off our mortgage. Now if it went further that would be an extra ten million dollars that we don’t need unless we used it to expand or to escrow to run our program permanently. Then if the cities all took us off the street we would have a zero balance on our mortgage as well as ten million dollars getting interest monthly to run the operation. Or if we went one step further to open up a small little city with about 15 acres with a hospital where the homeless could live and have a police department, fire-rescue department, hospital, detox hospital and we would have to listen to our city commission who would be homeless consumer friendly. Nice dream, but it is really the only way to service people with problems. We need to create a system that we could rehab the people with the providers being so consumer friendly. By the way it is so hard for someone who wants to get off of drugs but has no insurance. Usually they have to go to a county detox program but the problem there is they never have beds available when the person says to themselves, “I want to get clean today.” They usually have to wait a few days and then by then they might have changed their minds. So we need to get some free indigent beds for detoxing. The big problem with homeless services is there is no continuum for them that is in one location most of us have to use services from many different providers. If we created a city, a district, or just a secure location that we gave all the services with great follow up and have little training facilities from places like McDonalds, Burger King or Days Inn, we could have the person trained and rehabbed and then after a few years when they have all their issues fixed send them out in the real world to work. Or supply them with structured housing in our little district, in case they fall we can pick them up before they completely fall apart and get them on the road to re-
covery Ok, I am dreaming a little but why not. By the way , I often say if I had 200 acres there would be no homeless in the USA except for those who wanted to live in the streets. I would make a city that would take all the homeless in the USA and there would be no need for thousands of shelters in the USA that take so much tax money from grants. I could run that city for all the homeless in the USA cheaper then it would take to run all the shelters in one state. For instance Broward County just got 3.4 million for 56 beds. We have over two hundred beds and we run on a third of the 3.4 million. I could develop a plan that would give housing out to those who could not afford to live on their retirement checks. By the way there are an estimated 4 million in the USA. Please help us to network this place and start the ball rolling. If this does take off we will be the very best we can be. Please help us get this mortgage paid off. If you can’t help us, please pray for us because that is help and the very best help there is. When you pray I ask that you pray for these requests below. Lord please help the Cosac Foundation pay off their mortgage. Lord please give the staff strength and help them stay cool because they work too many hours and sometime they loose it and are not always nice. Lord please give the staff of Cosac the chance to run their hotel for the poor the very best and to run it in a way that you want it to be run, give them guidance to run it the way you would run it. Please allow them to expand to help many more people. All campaigns still exist; if you send in a check please make the checks payable to: The COSAC Building Fund P.O. Box 292-577 Davie, Florida 33329
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