This weekend my project was not boat related, it was making homeless packs. Homeless packs are bags of provisions for the homeless guys that live under a bridge outside my work. I think I did pretty well and got most items on sale. I made two packs and each has about a weeks worth of food, a fleece jacket (on sale for ten bucks!!), and 10 bucks in small bills. I added some scripture (God loves them stuff) and a hygiene kit. All in all the packs are about 30 bucks each (that includes the cash).
I hope to make two packs a month on a regular basis. The trick is dropping them off without putting myself in a potentially dangerous situation but most of the guys are harmless and just need a little help. If you are interested in making homeless packs for your area here is a couple good links with recommended items and pointers on safety.
Blog written by a homeless guy great blog! scroll down to the bottom.
Packs for the homeless
Cheers,
Erika
The Boat
s/v Ocean Girl
The Girl
Erika - sailin the hell outta dat boat
Eluthera, Bahamas. School girls walking home.
Sailing a 51ft Little Harbor
Chasing a submarine, getting yelled at, retreating from said submarine..ahh thems were good times.
About Me
- Erika (aka Ocean Girl)
- Kemah, Texas, United States
- "She starts--she moves--she seems to feel the thrill of life along her keel, And spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!" -Longfellow. Well that poem is me in a nut shell. I have always loved the ocean, grew up around it, have sailed over 20,000 miles on it. It still amazes me how the sea soothes my soul and thrills me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes . A place I can breath, a place where I feel God smile down on me… a great big horizon to horizon smile. I love boats about as much as I love the sea. Multi or mono, traditional or modern, I love em all. I live aboard a Cape Dory 30. Her name is Ocean Girl and I plan on single handing her to Australia by 2012 (unless someone special waylays my plans).**UPDATE (11/2010) Soul Mate found!
1 comment:
Hi Erika,
I need a nurse, I feel like crud. Noel and I are both feeling a bit punk. Nothing major, just really, really fatigued. I actually slept until 11am, and then back to sleep again until 1pm!
Cam got up and went to church, while I slept thru all three services! :)
Congrats on your blog.
Love ya sis! Alecia
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