Yes, at Straight Ahead Outreach (Taking Back Your Life) Inc. we are seeing our World Increase. What i mean by that is our reach is expanding through the use of Twitter and Facebook. Our Friends In need are surfacing more and more and we know we have the capabilities mentally and phsically to help them, it is the funds we do not have which makes it frustrating and difficult in our efforts to Increase our World and the assistance we so want to expand into and provide.
With this in mind, we are needing to fund at the very least, the following trips to help our Friends In Need.
1) PRIORITY -Greensboro, NC from Tampa Bay Florida - $800.00 to escort a Friend In Need to Greensboro, NC to allow him to be interviewed for possible acceptance into another orgs program (Delancey Street Foundation) which could be both life altering and life saving for this chronically homeless individual. This individuals homelessness and being a Friend In Need has spanned from PA to TN to MD and finally to FL. It is time to help us help him end his struggle.
2) Knoxville, TN - St. Petersburg, Florida and back - Multiple Ongoing trips: Each Trip approx $1250.00 each: These funds account for fuel, food, motels, and possible repairs needed. As often as is possible we make one week trips between Knoxville Tn and St. Petersburg Florida in our efforts to improve our "Friends In Need" lives. This trip is done by driving our mobile Crisis Van back and forth. Sometimes it involves air fare.
3) San Francisco: $3220.00 for 3 Staff: 4 day Trip to San Francisco in September of 2010 to the Delancey Street Foundation Headquarters to take classes in order to better our staff's knowledge and efficiency. This amount covers $300 each for the two day classes, $300 for Hotel, $420 for food for 3 staff for the four days of travel and classes, $1400.00 airfare for 3 and $200 for emergency incidentals.
4) This situation has been rectified-- this trip no longer needed at this time. Indianapolis - $1500-$2000: To help a family "Prevent" a difficult family member from becoming homeless. Will be there most likely at least one week. These funds will be for round trip Air fare, Motel like (Super 8, Laquinta etc), car/truck rental, food, fuel and other unexpected incedentals as needed.
Please DONATE TODAY to help fund one of these trips. Currently trip #1 is main Priority.
Thank you!
Lance Greene / HomeLessCrisis
Monday, March 29, 2010
Don't YOU Wonder?
Don't you ever wonder what it takes to help our "Friends In Need?" Friends In Need can be homeless or anyone that is down and out. In order to do the work we do it takes a great deal of money. I hate having to even talk about the money part. It is the part of my job a like the least. When we are helping our Friends In Need in the streets or where ever they may be we have to:
1) Have gas in the Mobile Crisis Van
2) Have oil in the Van.
3) Make sure van is operating safely and in proper repair.
4) Insurance on the Mobile Crisis Van.
5) Cells phones in good operation.
6) Internet access and printing capabilities.
7) Food or cash on hand in case we need to provide a meal on the street or at someones home.
8) Cash on hand to take a Friend In need for a Shower at one of the Pilot Travel Centers in Knoxville or to a truck stop near where ever we may be 24 hours a day 7 days per week.
9) Cash on hand to take a Friend in need for a much needed haircut.
10) Cash on hand in case we need to go to a laundry near by to do our Friends In Need laundry in case we are to far from oour home, one quick load.
11) THENNNNNN, once we get our Friends In Need moving forward we need to find for instance, Housing maybe. We have given them a reason to fight after weeks and months of intense one on one in the streets and now they are ready to get housing. How do we do that??? How do we now BACK UP what we got our Friends In Need to agree to?? IT TAKES MONEY. Lots of it. And i am not even counting yet wages for our staff. THAT is the last thing i will ever include. Yes, just like if You or I were to go rent an apartment anywhere. It takes the exact same stuff. Deposit, rent, utilities, phone, cable, furnishings, linens, groceries and on and on. Just because they are Friends In Need does not mean they have different needs, desires, expectations etc. They are like You and Me. They were yours and mine neighbors at one time! They were our family members at one time! We are all one actually when you think about it. Can we help everyone? No, not our org alone. It takes many. We do not just provide food en mass to a group out on the streets for instance. We are very specific as to how we do what we do in getting our "friends In Need" out of the Chronic Assistance Cycle. we help them one by one, so all your donations go specifically, literally to help a specific "friend In Need" and to all the operational needs in order to help that individual.
Are you beginning to get the picture? Funds are needed to help our Friends In Need. We do not help JUST the homeless, we help the "Formerly Homeless" also in order to prevent them from becoming homeless again so they can get a firm grip on life and their feet grounded. In addition, if we hear of someone who is living in a home and is just plain in need, we will also do what we can to help them. Like recently, we were able to provide repairs to a "friend In Needs" washing machine so she could do her laundry like normal rather then use her plunger in the washer to clean her clothes.
The staff of Straight Ahead Outreach (Taking Back Your Life) Inc. has only taken a wage of $50.00 so far this year of 2010 and that is for 3 people. Yes, i will be honest i would like to be able for us to make a wage so we may do our work full-time and not have to worry about where we will get gas money to put in our Mobile Crisis Van or to help someone to go get groceries. One thing about our org is i will guarantee you our wages will NEVER be excessive. I have detailed that in a previous post along with the dollar amounts.
Ok, so are you wondering NOW?
Please Donate to our work TODAY!
Thank you very much for reading my rant :-))!
Lance Greene/ HomeLessCrisis
1) Have gas in the Mobile Crisis Van
2) Have oil in the Van.
3) Make sure van is operating safely and in proper repair.
4) Insurance on the Mobile Crisis Van.
5) Cells phones in good operation.
6) Internet access and printing capabilities.
7) Food or cash on hand in case we need to provide a meal on the street or at someones home.
8) Cash on hand to take a Friend In need for a Shower at one of the Pilot Travel Centers in Knoxville or to a truck stop near where ever we may be 24 hours a day 7 days per week.
9) Cash on hand to take a Friend in need for a much needed haircut.
10) Cash on hand in case we need to go to a laundry near by to do our Friends In Need laundry in case we are to far from oour home, one quick load.
11) THENNNNNN, once we get our Friends In Need moving forward we need to find for instance, Housing maybe. We have given them a reason to fight after weeks and months of intense one on one in the streets and now they are ready to get housing. How do we do that??? How do we now BACK UP what we got our Friends In Need to agree to?? IT TAKES MONEY. Lots of it. And i am not even counting yet wages for our staff. THAT is the last thing i will ever include. Yes, just like if You or I were to go rent an apartment anywhere. It takes the exact same stuff. Deposit, rent, utilities, phone, cable, furnishings, linens, groceries and on and on. Just because they are Friends In Need does not mean they have different needs, desires, expectations etc. They are like You and Me. They were yours and mine neighbors at one time! They were our family members at one time! We are all one actually when you think about it. Can we help everyone? No, not our org alone. It takes many. We do not just provide food en mass to a group out on the streets for instance. We are very specific as to how we do what we do in getting our "friends In Need" out of the Chronic Assistance Cycle. we help them one by one, so all your donations go specifically, literally to help a specific "friend In Need" and to all the operational needs in order to help that individual.
Are you beginning to get the picture? Funds are needed to help our Friends In Need. We do not help JUST the homeless, we help the "Formerly Homeless" also in order to prevent them from becoming homeless again so they can get a firm grip on life and their feet grounded. In addition, if we hear of someone who is living in a home and is just plain in need, we will also do what we can to help them. Like recently, we were able to provide repairs to a "friend In Needs" washing machine so she could do her laundry like normal rather then use her plunger in the washer to clean her clothes.
The staff of Straight Ahead Outreach (Taking Back Your Life) Inc. has only taken a wage of $50.00 so far this year of 2010 and that is for 3 people. Yes, i will be honest i would like to be able for us to make a wage so we may do our work full-time and not have to worry about where we will get gas money to put in our Mobile Crisis Van or to help someone to go get groceries. One thing about our org is i will guarantee you our wages will NEVER be excessive. I have detailed that in a previous post along with the dollar amounts.
Ok, so are you wondering NOW?
Please Donate to our work TODAY!
Thank you very much for reading my rant :-))!
Lance Greene/ HomeLessCrisis
Having One of Those Days Today,,,,,,
Today i am having one of those days, weeks actually where my Mind is just plain tired, heart & Soul as usual, are not. Our body, heart & Soul, know way more then we understand or give them credit for. They push us beyond our percepted capabilities. At times, it is difficult to let your mind catch up with your Soul. My Soul leads me, directs me, teaches me, pushes me to do more and more. It can sometimes get wayyyy ahead of my mind. It helps me to help others round the clock if needed on an endless basis. It is days like this though that i feel i just will not or am not doing enough to help others. Our Soul is where God is, Jesus is, whoever U call your Higher Power is. Today i am Waiting for Him to let my Mind catch up with my Soul. He always takes care of me this way and re-energizes me and my mind. I have to keep myself open to Him, keep working my mind and He will always take care of me this way, some days i just need it more then others. Today is one of those days. :-))!
Hmmm,,
For the last 25 years In the work i do helping others i have always done it with and due to a sense of urgency within my Soul, Deep within my Soul. Always, the work has been for the most part very localized except for one time i had helped prevent a Suicide in Seattle via telephone back in 1996. However, due to Twitter and Facebook, i am finding that this is increasing many fold soooooo, Thus this is why i see my world increasing and the need to increase my world.
World Increased
"I am finding i Must Increase my World, Because my World is Increasing"
Lance Greene/HomeLessCrisis on Twitter -----Just a little bit of pressure! :-))!
Lance Greene/HomeLessCrisis on Twitter -----Just a little bit of pressure! :-))!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Helping in Indianapolis Area
Been helping a lady in Indianapolis area via TWITTER prevent her sister from becoming homeless for the last few weeks. Next week will be the decider as the family farm has been sold and the sis is being evicted March 24th by the Sherriff as she refuses to leave. Heart breaking story.
We would love to go there to help them with this sister as she is alot like our DONNA shown on our website at: www.homelesscrisis.wordpress.com.
If you would like to donate to help fund our trip to Indianapolis please DONATE TODAY! Need $1500.00- $2000 (as i do not know how long i need to be there) for flight, car, motel by Tuesday March 23rd please!
Thank You!
We would love to go there to help them with this sister as she is alot like our DONNA shown on our website at: www.homelesscrisis.wordpress.com.
If you would like to donate to help fund our trip to Indianapolis please DONATE TODAY! Need $1500.00- $2000 (as i do not know how long i need to be there) for flight, car, motel by Tuesday March 23rd please!
Thank You!
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