MichaelC
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The incomparable Liz Lessner is generously helping the YWCA and the homeless families it hosts by contributing 10% of all sales at Dirty Franks on August 9th to the YWCA's efforts to feed the less fortunate.
This is a win-win in every possible way.
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The YWCA Family Center is overflowing with people, its capacity having been doubled to accommodate the need.
DCist
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Instead of donating it to the shelter itself they should donate it to the PREVENTION agency who's program was cut last year. Its the ONLY prevention program other than PRC and it was slashed almost to non-existence. If you want to keep people OUT of the shelter, fund PREVENTION.
MichaelC
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I completely agree with your sentiment that the key is prevention. But we need to support prevention while still supporting the people that are already in dire straits, and that is precisely what funneling money to the YWCA's Family Center does.
DCist
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The YWCA gets a TON of money already, while prevention is TINY was my point. I agree that there is a need for what they do, but I find it ironic that the same year they cut the only prevention program in Columbus, the shelter goes into the worst overflow they've ever seen.
And funneling money into the YWCA does not also dually funnel money to prevention, they are separate.
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DCist said:
The YWCA gets a TON of money already, while prevention is TINY was my point. I agree that there is a need for what they do, but I find it ironic that the same year they cut the only prevention program in Columbus, the shelter goes into the worst overflow they've ever seen.And funneling money into the YWCA does not also dually funnel money to prevention, they are separate.
Sounds like you should totally have some sort of fund raiser to help prevention.
This fundraiser, however, is funding something else.
MichaelC
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While a "ton" of money strikes me as an exaggeration, the YWCA does receive money to help people in need, and this fundraiser is another example of that. The YWCA also has preventive programs; this particular fund-raiser is to help feed those in more dire straits. That in and of itself is a preventive measure, albeit not at the step you're referring to.
Believe me, I am 100% on board with increasing resources for preventive measures at every step in the process prior to homelessness.
This particular fund-raiser is not for those efforts, however, and I suppose I don't understand why you're criticizing the Y for that--this isn't a zero sum game, and efforts are required at every stage for so many people to keep people out of homelessness, and to help those who are homeless to get back on their feet. This is a fund-raiser to help the latter individuals and families, something I'm sure you support.
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