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...finances. Readership is not huge; Polska Gazeta claims 7,000, and Polski Express gives away its 5,000 copies in places like supermarkets and Polish pubs. But Pas is proud of some of her paper's scoops, including an exposé on the exaggeration of figures for Dublin's homeless Polish population by some authorities and media. "Our readers want to know about what is going on in the Polish community here," says Pas. "The Irish papers are all about who was killed where and when and details from celebrities' lives...
...seem a cruel and heartless activity to animal-rights activists and many Americans. But hunters are trying to show they can be compassionate people too. A growing number of American hunters are donating part of their bounty each year to people who need it most, the poor and the homeless, through nationwide campaigns like Hunters for the Hungry, which delivers game meat to local food banks and shelters. In Georgia, where the group was founded 15 years ago, more than 1,000 hunters delivered 5,000 pounds of meat in 2006, making 25,000 meals. Nationwide, the group...
...Hungry (FHFH), 10 years ago while on a hunting trip in Virginia, soon after he witnessed a poverty-stricken woman collecting road-kill in the woods. After soliciting tens of thousands of dollars in donations, Wilson and volunteers began providing what Wilson calls "God-given resources" to the homeless. The organization has since branched out to 26 states, with more than 100 chapters. "We see ourselves not as a hunting organization, but as a feeding ministry," says Wilson, who is now FHFH's executive director...
...Waste of Ink and Money The three years and $5000 that detective Ed Soares has spent on his tattoo could have been better spent on shelters for the homeless, hospitals, clinics, cancer research or any other worthy cause [Nov. 5]. Such a donation would be a better way to show Soares' humanity. As a physician I have seen many tattoos of varied quality, meaning and placement on the body. I have encouraged my tattoo-loving patients to forgo the ink and instead donate their dollars to nonprofit medical research. Michael Canham, M.D., Denver...
...with management to provide for veterans who built the league, will simply not dole out the dough. Why in such a lucrative industry, do the heroes of America’s greatest game have to live in agony and poverty? Some, like former Jaguars guard Brian DeMarco, have been homeless. Others currently rely on the charity of old coaches. Upshaw claims that players understand the nature of the game and should expect to provide for themselves after the big-time. “There is no job that you can work for five years—10 if you?...