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t was a normal day at the COSAC shelter for the homeless. Valerie was cleaning the walkway, Christine was making sure the special needs clients were getting their showers, and the nurse came by to give out medication and
to test our diabetics’ sugar level. Lois was busy at her desk after waking from her bed and drinking her coffee that she had made an hour earlier when she went to sleep at 7:30am. The time was now 8:30am and Hallandale Beach Vice Mayor William Julian called me and said he was on his way to pick up the items. Sean called Mr. Sawyer and told him to bring the stuff. Sean then got on the PA and made this announcement to the clients, “Please make sure that there is no smoking in the building and that everybody has a smile on their face. We are having a visi(Continued on page 6)
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n St. George, Haiti, a two year old friend of mine is suffering from malnutrition. His hair loss, extended belly and weight of that of a 1 year old are clear signs of this. His malnutrition state is not from the lack of food, but from the parasitic man. What has the world come worms that lie within his belly. to? He and most of the “We can place a man on the You really may not believe that it children that live moon and build bombs that exists, but it does in impoverish conditions suffer from can take out entire countries, as you can see by these parasites that so why are children still the pictures (p.7) can grow to eating dirt to deal with the of the surgeon reover 19 feet long pain in their stomachs?” moving a 19 foot worm from this inside the belly. This is not a typo, I said 19 feet patient. Whatever little bit of long inside a human, a baby hu- nutrition the children receive the worm takes most of it, causing malnutrition. 2 billion people are infected with worms around the world making it the third biggest disease out there. Bad water, meat and bad living conditions are why most people are infected. My little friend nibbles on dirt sometimes because it helps him deal with the Call (954) pain in his stomach. We can place a man on the moon and build bombs that can take
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COSAC and the City of Hallandale come together to pack up supplies to send to our troops.
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o you think the United States would be so cruel to allow it to happen again? Don’t you think they would have learned from the Vietnam War? How can it be happening again? When the Vietnam vets returned home many of
them could not function because of the post traumatic stress disorder. Many of them became addicted to drugs and alcohol and the government turned their heads. Even though some of us may not agree with the Iraq war (Continued on page 8)
Most Americans are “Two Paychecks” away from being homeless. Help the shelter stay alive. We are trying to pay the mortgage off! To help, please send a check or money order to: COSAC Foundation Burn That Mortgage Campaign P.O. Box 292-577 Davie, Fl 33329