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I can be anything I want to be

They are in the business of EMPOWERING ME

TO Empower Myself

Authority Helper People

I'm not positive 'bout this but I just received a letter form the government telling me I owe them money. The money is suspiciously in the amount of the special 'Homeless and Eviction (Prevention) Fund' that I received in the summer time so that I didn't end up homeless on the streets.

They are asking me now to pay it back?

Okay - so I face facts...it will be possible for me to let my apartment go, become homeless again and pay back this money.

*nods*

It is the right thing to do?

For Calgarians...

The Calgary Mustard Seed:
(address details taken off the resources page)

Mustard SEED Street Ministry offers shelter, food, educational health and religious services.
Contact: 403-269-1319
www.theseed.ca

The Mustard Seed is putting together an "ARTS AND COMMUNITY" evening

October 30 2007
Music, comedy, spoken word, poetry, dance, art, song and stories. Refreshments provided.

This will be held in the 'Creative Centre' (the building on the west side of the road)

To participate or attend, call 269-1319 ext. 295. (Or just show up!)

* Laundry facilities for low-income Calgarians

Available to the public who are low-income and in need of laundry services.

You can do a load per week, but you must phone the Calgary Drop In Centre and book a time to use the machines.

Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre
Provides day and night shelter,food, recreation, counselling, computer access, job placement, and referrals to other support services.
Contact: (403) 263-5707
www.cdics.com

There are morning snacks and afternoon snacktimes usually at the CDIC.

Here's the latest recipe I figured out from the items in my Food Bank hamper.

I call it: "Mac The Shark"

Directions:

* Bring 2L (2Quarts) of water to a full boil in medium saucepan/pot
* Add 5mL (1tsp) of salt
* Substitute 1 handful of BBQ Chips for the salt if necessary (don't worry, look in your food bank hamper - there are chips in there, right under the bucket of sour-soothers that were donated) Crunch the chips up, they'll help the water boil faster

* Once the water is boiling, pour the macaroni from the box into the pot.

There has been a great decline over the past 3 years in the quality of food that the Calgary Food Banks (and the Shelters) have been providing to those in need of food.

I think this is happening because people aren't aware how much nutrients people need (a fair bit) or about how much macaroni it takes for a low-income person to actually get sick with malnutrition (not that much).

Perhaps people believe that so long as there is food on a plate, people will be okay, but this just isn't so.