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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today was the day I decided to do something about it. I've spent several months pondering what to do about what I considered an ethical dilemma- how to respond to requests for help or money from people on streetcorners on my daily commute. This is compounded by the fact that my sweet children ask a lot of questions. What does the sign say, Mommy? Why can't he build a house like you and Daddy did for us? Why doesn't he/she have money? Why are they outside with no coat?

So- here you have it. We made, assembly-line style, 12 bagged lunches. I tried not to agonize too much about what to put in them- I basically let the kids pick out a variety of things that would be easy to eat. We picked up some public transportation passes and also included a list of local resources.

And now we'll give them away. Stay tuned.