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Salt Lake City Installs Parking Meters to Benefit Homeless
By Jane Healey - AOL NewsLast week, Salt Lake City launched an innovative program in an effort to address the needs of the city's homeless population. Now people can support the homeless by putting their spare change into shiny, red parking meters that will be installed throughout the city. The program, dubbed the Homeless Outreach Service Team, or HOST, was created in response to the many homeless panhandlers in Salt Lake. Proceeds collected from the meters will go to the Pamela J. Atkinson Foundation, which will distribute the funds to the city's homeless service providers. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker says ...
Homeless in America: Getting by on Chess and Goodwill as the Recession Bears Down
By Rachel Oswald - Politics DailyGarland "Jo Jo" Jones likes to keep Washington's Dupont Circle Park clean. He takes it upon himself to pick up the trash left by passers-by and those who frequent the chess tables in the circle, where he is a familiar face. With a trash grabber in one hand and a large trashcan in the other, he patrols the area near the tables, which are renowned for the caliber of games played there. He has been coming to the park, a busy urban hub, for more than two decades, but spends more time here now that he is homeless. ...
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