Comments | dave_littler: True tales of human drama

dave_littler

True tales of human drama

Apr 02, 2009 00:42

I've mentioned a time or three that I voulenteer every Thursday evening at a homeless shelter in Vancouver. This is a place, where, unsurprisingly, emotions run pretty strong; you get a lot of people who have personality disorders showing up, and just as many people who honestly have nothing wrong with them but a run of bad luck and are having a ( Read more... )

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astareal April 2 2009, 08:06:07 UTC

Your tale has brought warmth to my cold pitiful heart.

dave_littler April 2 2009, 08:21:51 UTC

Well, stories of homeless men experiencing moments of gay panic in public places will do that. I think it touches something tender deep within all of our hearts. :)

chezmax April 2 2009, 14:48:49 UTC

If it was just his heart being tenderly touched, we wouldn't have this panic ;)

dave_littler April 2 2009, 15:07:33 UTC

Touche.

anadart April 2 2009, 12:48:55 UTC

Great stories. Keep up the good work and witness among the Baptists. ;)

dave_littler April 2 2009, 15:09:39 UTC

I reckon I ought to keep showing up consistently before I start witnessing per se, if indeed I ever do. My friend Ray, who goes along with me, seems to have no such qualms, and has received some pretty specifically cold shoulders as a consequence. I'm not sure that's really what I'm looking for.

anadart April 2 2009, 18:40:24 UTC

I was only joking about that one. As a Baptist in my youth we were told to use everything as a witnessing tool. So it was more a joke about that. But you are smarter. :)

ashbet April 2 2009, 20:57:08 UTC

That was a very kind thing you did for Francesca :)

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dave_littler April 2 2009, 21:44:08 UTC

'S'what I'm there for. :)

isabelle_guns April 2 2009, 21:55:55 UTC

i know that I haven't said it before, however, will say it now. I know that it is awesome that you're doing this and awesome that she, the little girl loved the clothes. By the way my sister has some clothes that she would like to donate, where would we send it.

dave_littler April 2 2009, 21:57:27 UTC

Well, I'm going there in a couple of hours. When I go, I'll ask about it and let you know tonight afterwards. Very cool of her, incidentally.

isabelle_guns April 2 2009, 22:26:04 UTC

Yeah I know, was shocked.

dave_littler April 3 2009, 05:57:08 UTC

Alright, I asked about this, and basically, so long as they're freshly-laundered, it's okay to pretty much just show up with them. So, if you want to put your sister in touch with me (you have my e-mail address, right?), we can arrange a means by which this can be made to happen.

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wronske April 3 2009, 05:34:14 UTC

i wouldn't mind getting involved with this kind of volunteer work. do you know if they need another pair of helping hands?

dave_littler April 3 2009, 05:55:35 UTC

Well, as it happens, my friend Ray, who had traditionally been coming along with me, is now kind of otherwise committed (family crisis and such), and so there's an opening, if you will. The actual amount of work varries quite a bit from one week to the next; on the week after the wellfare cheques come out can be quite quiet, whereas the week BEFORE wellfare is crazy-hectic, and every hand is needed at all times.

The short answer, then, is "yes". I tend to show up around 5:30 PM or thereabouts, every thursday night, and hang around until 9:15 PM or so. It's located just a few blocks away from Broadway skytrain station. I know you'll be out of town next week, but if the week after that you'd like to join me, then what say you to meeting me at Broadway some time around then so we can travel up there together?