I don' know why you ask me on this thing! Why not FB or MSN??!!!
I'm going next Sunday. I've decided it's going to be an every other Sunday thing.
Hopefully, Chale and Phanta will be able to join me this Sunday as well.
cuz my msn doesnt download onto my computer :( i have to use webmessenger.msn.com and its annoying
on FB when it says online now i poke u and u dont poke back so i assume u arent on :( and i gave u my celly, y not call that huh? *grabs tennis racket to throw back the tomatoe*
I am INFAMOUS for not being a phone person.
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I don' know why you ask me on this thing! Why not FB or MSN??!!!
I'm going next Sunday. I've decided it's going to be an every other Sunday thing.
Hopefully, Chale and Phanta will be able to join me this Sunday as well.
cuz my msn doesnt download onto my computer :( i have to use webmessenger.msn.com and its annoying
on FB when it says online now i poke u and u dont poke back so i assume u arent on :( and i gave u my celly, y not call that huh? *grabs tennis racket to throw back the tomatoe*
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Ok, so I wanted to go first to find the answers to your questions.
First and foremost, GL, I don't think your son should go. It's not BAD but there are some things that I wouldn't expose him to. I'd say minimum age would be 13.
So yeah, it was a pretty cool experience. LOTS of people and it didn't smell all that great at times but it was bearable. You had the odd ball here and there but if you just smiled and got to know them, it was ok.
I buttered a lot of freakin' bread, handed out utensils, served soup and pasta and salad and blah blah blah. Then someone said, "Does anyone need something to do?" so I said, "Yes, ME!!!" only to find myself washing dishes in the back.
Also, you CAN come in for however long you want. From 2 - 4, it's pretty damn boring. You butter bread for about half an hour and then sit around for an hour and a half reading. I suggest you come around 3:30.
@God: I wouldn't DARE suggest taking pictures in there. They'd probably snap at you.
For every one else, if you want, you can show up and tell them you're volunteering. It's every Sunday and they ask that if you'd like to continue volunteering, that you make a commitment of coming in at least every other week, which I think I'm gonna do. Anyway, I'll be there this coming Sunday.
All in all, it was a great experience. My highlight of the night was when some guy gave me a rose for being such a "sweetheart".
Yay me!!!
Any other questions, let me know!!! Thanks!
That's very commendable of you, Pinky. You make me proud...
yay!!! im a first and foremost!, i wanna come help this sunday, wanna meet up somewhere peoples? at a subway station adn then we walk in like a foro crew or sumthin? lol
but seriously im down for this sunday after my mass.
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Remember..amateurs built the Ark.....professionals built the Titanic"
Ok, so I wanted to go first to find the answers to your questions.
First and foremost, GL, I don't think your son should go. It's not BAD but there are some things that I wouldn't expose him to. I'd say minimum age would be 13.
So yeah, it was a pretty cool experience. LOTS of people and it didn't smell all that great at times but it was bearable. You had the odd ball here and there but if you just smiled and got to know them, it was ok.
I buttered a lot of freakin' bread, handed out utensils, served soup and pasta and salad and blah blah blah. Then someone said, "Does anyone need something to do?" so I said, "Yes, ME!!!" only to find myself washing dishes in the back.
Also, you CAN come in for however long you want. From 2 - 4, it's pretty damn boring. You butter bread for about half an hour and then sit around for an hour and a half reading. I suggest you come around 3:30.
@God: I wouldn't DARE suggest taking pictures in there. They'd probably snap at you.
For every one else, if you want, you can show up and tell them you're volunteering. It's every Sunday and they ask that if you'd like to continue volunteering, that you make a commitment of coming in at least every other week, which I think I'm gonna do. Anyway, I'll be there this coming Sunday.
All in all, it was a great experience. My highlight of the night was when some guy gave me a rose for being such a "sweetheart".
Yay me!!!
Any other questions, let me know!!! Thanks!
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I dont wanna sound like an a$$. But many of the homeless are people that do not want to work. I remember back in the days when I was in hich school my friends dad went with us ( group of people) downtown to offer the homeless ( men) jobs at his company ( construction company) and out of the 25 people he offered the jobs to only 2 were interested.
I can not really speak out for all the homeless because I'm sure some are illegal, or have other real issues going on. But for what I seen ( when I go downtown) most of the homeless are actually people that are born here ( or at least been here for long because of their english) and most of them look like they could easily find a job out there.
i woulndt mind doin this with my son so he can see that some ppls dont have anything to eat or their own room etc etc......can u msg me on fb or call me i'd do it fo sho!
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Please forward to anyone interested. Myself and two other foro members have signed up!!!
Providing hot meals and overnight shelter for the homeless.
What is Out of the Cold
Its another cold winters night on the streets of downtown Toronto. Outside the temperature which is in the minus teens is made worse by the cutting wind blowing puffs of snow up and down Dundas Street. In the Parish Hall of St. Patricks Church however there is a Sunday night refuge from the elements. Here hundreds of grateful men, women and children sit back comfortably to enjoy a hot bowl of soup and a nutritious meal, glad to be out of the cold.
St. Patricks Winter Welcome, as it is officially known, is part of the cooperative Out of the Cold Program in downtown Toronto. Each winter many faith and community based organizations band together to ensure that on any night of the week people can find shelter, a meal and a bed as an alternative to sleeping outdoors and going hungry. St. Patricks has been a part of this program for about 15 years now and on a regular basis serves meals to about 250 people and offers overnight shelter for 120 men and 20 women.
The one thing that strikes me most about OOTC is the diversity of people, both in those using the service as well as in the volunteers that keep it running. Each week there are represented many ethnicities, faiths, economic backgrounds, and ages range from 8 to 80. Our guests include homeless men, women and children, single mothers trying to make ends meet, lonely seniors from the neighborhood as well as many others whose stories are all unique. What keeps it all running smoothly week after week can only be attributed to the Holy Spirit and a committed group of volunteers who have been doing the job for so long it all usually goes like clockwork.
Our volunteers are parishioners as well as Catholics from other parishes and Christians from other denominations, medical students, recovering addicts, people from the street as well as many other groups and individuals.
Out of the Cold is one of those strange ministries in that each year we hope it will be our last and growth in our numbers is actually a sign of failure. Nobody is under the illusion that soup and a mat on the Church Hall floor is an adequate solution to the crisis of poverty in our city. Yet we keep marching on knowing that for the time being the best we can offer is our hospitality and a safe, non-judgmental environment.
Please forward to anyone interested. Myself and two other foro members have signed up!!!
Providing hot meals and overnight shelter for the homeless.
What is Out of the Cold
Its another cold winters night on the streets of downtown Toronto. Outside the temperature which is in the minus teens is made worse by the cutting wind blowing puffs of snow up and down Dundas Street. In the Parish Hall of St. Patricks Church however there is a Sunday night refuge from the elements. Here hundreds of grateful men, women and children sit back comfortably to enjoy a hot bowl of soup and a nutritious meal, glad to be out of the cold.
St. Patricks Winter Welcome, as it is officially known, is part of the cooperative Out of the Cold Program in downtown Toronto. Each winter many faith and community based organizations band together to ensure that on any night of the week people can find shelter, a meal and a bed as an alternative to sleeping outdoors and going hungry. St. Patricks has been a part of this program for about 15 years now and on a regular basis serves meals to about 250 people and offers overnight shelter for 120 men and 20 women.
The one thing that strikes me most about OOTC is the diversity of people, both in those using the service as well as in the volunteers that keep it running. Each week there are represented many ethnicities, faiths, economic backgrounds, and ages range from 8 to 80. Our guests include homeless men, women and children, single mothers trying to make ends meet, lonely seniors from the neighborhood as well as many others whose stories are all unique. What keeps it all running smoothly week after week can only be attributed to the Holy Spirit and a committed group of volunteers who have been doing the job for so long it all usually goes like clockwork.
Our volunteers are parishioners as well as Catholics from other parishes and Christians from other denominations, medical students, recovering addicts, people from the street as well as many other groups and individuals.
Out of the Cold is one of those strange ministries in that each year we hope it will be our last and growth in our numbers is actually a sign of failure. Nobody is under the illusion that soup and a mat on the Church Hall floor is an adequate solution to the crisis of poverty in our city. Yet we keep marching on knowing that for the time being the best we can offer is our hospitality and a safe, non-judgmental environment.
Then someone said, "Does anyone need something to do?" so I said, "Yes, ME!!!" only to find myself washing dishes in the back. 
hun u got a huge heart!!! I would of been Don't think so!! 
I hope you didn't break a nail! 
Don't think homeless people would be a fan of someone taking their photo. 
Good to do good deeds for other peeps!
