"The only fresh grocery in the Lower Ninth Ward" is in trouble
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Read this in the WaPo this morning:
Burnell Cotlon´s grocery storeThe Post and Nat Geo did a feature on him a few years ago, and then Ellen had him on her show around that same time.
I see the GoFundMe page he created years ago is suddenly gaining a lot of donations after the recent article:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lower9thward
This guy´s generosity is amazing. It´s an uplifting story, and helps highlight how fortunate most of us are.
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Yeah, that guy's awesome.
We don't have social programs as comprehensive as other countries with the comparable means to do so; a lot of that for us falls on individual involvement. So in my opinion, especially in a time like this, it's not so much a "good for you for helping out" as a civic responsibility. Doubly so for folks who are lucky enough to still be working.
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Yeah, some of the best solutions come from within the community.
People have donated over $10,000 since I first clicked that link this morning. Amazing!
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The Ninth is a sideways mess. Some good people. Some hard-working people.
A butt-load of trash...
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The Ninth is a sideways mess. Some good people. Some hard-working people.
A butt-load of trash...
@Jolly said in "The only fresh grocery in the Lower Ninth Ward" is in trouble:
The Ninth is a sideways mess. Some good people. Some hard-working people.
A butt-load of trash...
Wasn't The Ninth the worst-affected area by Katrina?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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The Ninth is a sideways mess. Some good people. Some hard-working people.
A butt-load of trash...
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@Jolly said in "The only fresh grocery in the Lower Ninth Ward" is in trouble:
The Ninth is a sideways mess. Some good people. Some hard-working people.
A butt-load of trash...
Wasn't The Ninth the worst-affected area by Katrina?
@George-K said in "The only fresh grocery in the Lower Ninth Ward" is in trouble:
@Jolly said in "The only fresh grocery in the Lower Ninth Ward" is in trouble:
The Ninth is a sideways mess. Some good people. Some hard-working people.
A butt-load of trash...
Wasn't The Ninth the worst-affected area by Katrina?
And Betsy.
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