Give The Man A Hand
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Craig of Fueled By Coffee posted a sketch on his blog today that I absolutely want to do. As someone who rarely finishes a meal when eating out and is always in search of a homeless person to donate it to, I think this is brilliant. I've never had a homeless person turn me down at the offer of free food (in fact there's a man who camps out near the Giordano's on Superior and Rush to bring pizza home to his kids) but this seems like a much better idea than leaving it on a bench or the top of a dumpster hoping someone wanders along in need. Brilliant Craig!
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Comments
Wow, Liz-- thanks so much for the blog-love!
Posted by: Craig | May 24, 2007 10:42 PM
Oh wow! That's awesome. Also, it would be good for some of the natives that are too afraid to walk up to a homeless person, due to concern of their own personal safety, et al. Also, since it's inside of a container, one wouldn't have to worry about the food getting blown away or attacked by rats.
Plus, somebody would have to physically open the device, so it may keep your common pedestrian from throwing trash in there.
The only concern would be territorial strategy (i.e. homeless stalking the box for ownership and deterring other homeless from access). Additionally, I'd be wary of placing food in there during the summer because it might turn in the heat (read: mayo or egg). If these were implemented, somebody better clean them out regularly. Perhaps people can adopt the boxes like highways. They can pay third-party and somebody who runs the program can clean them weekly. Also, as a word of advice, it better contain pictures of food items on there just in case there are illiterate individuals out there who wouldn't understand "food."
Posted by: F®ank | May 24, 2007 10:43 PM
Awesome idea, since this is pretty much what we do with restaurant leftovers anyway. :)
Posted by: Diana | May 24, 2007 10:44 PM