SOS, Snow, and Not so Ready Labor
Saturday, December 15, 2007
All is going well for this humble, surprisingly clean hobo in Springfield Illinois. Last night I decided to check out a different shelter in hopes it would be a little more roomy. The Salvation Army offers something called the SOS Shelter during the winter months. They do not ask many questions or require much of the people who stay there. Pretty much its just a warm place to ride out the hours of 7pm to 7am.
Here are the sweet sleeping digs they provided me last night!
Here is a video of the residents relaxing after a long, cold day on the streets.
Here is a video from first thing this morning. Snowed last night, and it was freaking early and cold! Got up bright and early to goto Ready Labor in hopes of making some cash today. But with the nasty weather and snow they where pretty dead. Didn't have anything for me. So I sat there enjoying free coffee and a warm place to read for a few hours!
Speaking of Ready Labor.. My quest to find the one here in Springfield yesterday ended up being much longer then I was expecting. Google Maps refuses to accept that Springfield has two Grand Ave's. North and South... totally different roads that do not connect and are miles apart. Blackies trusty Google Maps told me Labor Ready was on South Grand Ave and lead me deep into the more urban, hoodish area of Springfield. I did find it after having to walk back the other direction for several miles. Not all bad though, as walking around a new town is a quick way to learn about it! Here are some pictures I took at Ready Labor this morning as I sat around drinking coffee with other people hoping to pick up some work.
Not sure what tomorrow will hold. The Library does not open until noon. Also there is no work at Ready Labor on Sunday. Not sure where I will find to stay warm from 7AM till at least 10AM when the Bread Line opens. I'll try to make a few meaningful posts tomorrow. Maybe I'll even get the much talked about 'List' posted finally.
posted by Cory @ 1:50 PM,
7 Comments:
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At December 28, 2007 at 8:42 PM,
sharqi said...
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The South Grand/North Grand happens a lot. Just be glad East Grand and West Grand got renamed (to 18th/MLK and MacArthur, respectively).
Nice you walked through the hood. Hope it didn't scare you! It's really a very safe hood, despite what the media likes to scream at the top of its lungs. Not that I'd be flashing money to crackheads, but just that white people around here are so scared of this place they call the hood or the ghetto. I live here, and the people are okay. Sure there are assholes, but our neighborhoods include awesome people (many of whom ride the bus on a regular basis!). I've heard the best gospel ever on the bus. It'd put Jesus to shame. I grew up in a rural ghetto, and it's not much different, except the variety of skin colors in this urban ghetto. We're about all poor, though, at least in little green imaginary paper. Some of us are pretty rich in spirit, and community!
sharqi -
At December 28, 2007 at 9:56 PM,
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Have you tried Contact Ministery
on 11th close to helping hands
you might get help with a bus card
this is one way the homless keep warm till things open except on
hollidays
Keep on learning and they may help with shoes
Grandmaw -
At January 23, 2008 at 7:50 PM,
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Wow, are all Labour Ready offices the same?
Seems the ones I've seen have the exact same layout, fixtures, signs, right down to the cheap white plastic lawn chairs. -
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