Homeless Voice; Will Write for Food 2012

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OCTOBER 2012

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VOICE Help someone less fortunate than yourself today

BLOOD: Keeping it clean PG. 11 VENDORS: Selling on the streets PG. 14

OUTREACH: Playing hard to get PG. 17

He’s all but given up his health for the sake of the homeless shelter he runs. What happens when his health gives up? PG. 15

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MIKE RICE

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Don’t Let the Doors Close on These Children

We lost the ability to sell this beautiful paper you buy on the streets helping to support the only true emergency shelter in South Florida. Cities like Pembroke Pines, Miramar, North Miami, Cooper City and others have restricted the sale of our paper. We can only sell our paper on very small corners where we will not be able to distribute a large amount. We will sue those cities. In the mean time we may have to downsize or close our doors. This is the time we need your help the most. This is your shelter so please help us keep your shelter open. I say yours because you have paid for all the help we give out. We are the only shelter that does not pick and choose who comes here. We take the most complex clients that the county will not let in. Records do not lie, facts do not lie. We are it. Now we need you most. We need at least 25,000 donors to please send in a monthly pledge of $5. Check your couches, ask your friends to check their couch. Ask your friends to send in their check. Bring your friends

Ask the people on your block to give us their pennies. Do whatever it takes to keep us open to take that mom that comes to us with an 8 month old baby in diapers when the county said, “NO WAY!� To the churches, our number one referral source, if only 1000 of you gave us $250 per month we can not only stay in business but expand and focus on services not fundraising. To our loyal supporters, you have my word we

belong to the people not the city commissioners. You have already bought our paper, now we need you to please pledge $5 to us monthly.

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Chronic illness not an issue for recent COSAC resident By Eleanor Roy Stetson University

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While Pirkle’s story is unusual most COSAC residents are considered chronically homeless, and will likely live out the rest of their lives in homeless shelters. Below are three residents that consider this shelter to be their home. Photos by Joshua Santos

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Sean Cononie, founder of the COSAC homesless shelter, gazes at the plot of land that will eventually house a memorial for the shelter’s late residents. Photo by Joshua Santos

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The memorial for late shelter residents will be similiar to a mausoleum but will feature urns instead of caskets. Photo by Joshua Santos.

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Vantage points A look at the perceptions associated with being homeless

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Blending in Student journalist spends night on the streets of downtown Fort Lauderdale. PG. 11

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