What’s Love Got
"There’s a Hero Among Us!" Hollywood, Florida
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eddy Roosevelt, leader of the rough riders, American President, HERO. John F. Kennedy, Commander of PT109, American President, HERO. Martin Luther King, Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, HERO. John H. Glenn, U.S. Marine, Astronaut, HERO. John Beauchamp, homeless American, HERO. The last name on this list of heroes is not a misprint, it is the name of a homeless man who today became a HERO. That's right, John Beauchamp, a resident of The
Cathy’s
Homeless Voice Shelter in Hollywood, FL unselfishly risked his own safety and life by jumping into the canal at Pine Island Road and Interstate 595 to save the life of a woman on the verge of drowning in the canal. You will read the full story in upcoming news publications, you will see his interview first hand on local television, but what you will not see is the true story about a homeless person who in fact risked his own life in order to save that of another. In fact his rescue meant, he had to jump into a canal that has been known to have loads of alligators because of it being so close to the Florida Everglades. The homeless in this country are considered nothing more than vagrants, menaces to society and useless beings whereas in fact, most
To Do with It? homeless citizens are merely victims of one circumstance or another. What John Beauchamp did today should be held in the highest regard by all of us who read and hear about him in the news. What John Beauchamp demonstrated to all of us today is that just because he is homeless, it does not take away anything from the fact that he is a human being just like the rest of us and that his respect and love for human life took charge of his actions and resulted in saving and preserving the life of another unfortunate human being. Let us all think twice before we pass unfair judgment upon the homeless. They are people too, they may not be heads of state, they may not be astronauts or famous actors, (Continued on page 7)
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I love you. I love chocolate. She loves the mountains. He loves football. And beer. She’d love to go to Europe. Love is all there is. G-d is love. There is a new reality quiz show (critics rave) in which contestants are (Continued on page 6)
Homeless include children doing their homework in cars Not long ago Diane Gilbert, executive director of the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of Jacksonville, answered the phone - and got an earful about a situation that was shocking. Even for her. (Continued on page 11)
Student, 11, helping to get food to homeless
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ack Davis, 11, was told by a buffet manager to eat up one morning because any food that was left uneaten would have to be thrown out. That idea didn't sit well with Jack. As a fifth-grader, Jack Davis learned about how government works, even drafting pretend legislation in his social studies class. A year later, 11-year-old Jack is pressing for a real law -- one that could help feed Florida's homeless. The sixth-grader is being credited for inspiring a bill that will allow restaurants and hotels to donate leftover food to places like homeless shelters and not face legal liabilities. For years, many eateries and other places have simply thrown the food away, rather than face a lawsuit if someone got sick. “I kind of used my social studies teacher's advice,” said Jack, a sixth-grader at Ransom Everglades School. “She told us to make a difference.” Jack, with the help of his attorney dad, Jeff Davis, got in touch with a friend, Miami attorney Stephen Marino. Marino, a board member of the Florida Justice Association, a statewide association of consumer advocates, brought Jack's idea up a few days later during lunch with State Rep. Ari Porth, the bill's House sponsor. “I've never been contacted by someone so young about an idea for a bill,” Porth said. “I think it's highly unusual and very impressive.”
A Miami Shores sixth-grader is behind a bill that would help restaurants and hotels donate leftover food to the homeless.
It all started one summer morning after breakfast as Jack and his family finished eating at a buffet in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was one of the last at the buffet line -- a typical spread of biscuits, bacon and eggs -- and a manager told the family to eat as much as they could. Jack asked why? The manager told him the rest would be thrown away. “He explained to me if they gave the food to a homeless shelter they could be sued for sickness or food poisoning,” Jack said. The thought of throwing away food bothered Jack, who had taken trips to Peru, the home country of his mother, Yasmin Davis. Traveling through the country, he had
seen the poor begging for food. A school trip last year to a homeless shelter also made him think about those in need in Miami. “I thought: Is there anything we can do?” said Jack, who aspires to be a lawyer and who over the summer attended a leadership conference in Washington, D.C. “He said, ‘You'd have to change the law.’” He talked it over with his dad, an injury lawyer, who helped him understand what the manager said. “It actually affected him,” said Jeff Davis, of Miami Shores. “It was something he thought was just a crime to waste.” BROAD SUPPORT (Continued on page 9)