Update on TTW and Yoshi

[daredtowork]

160. I'm not denying that at all

TTW is indeed telling her story her so she can crowdfund her way out of her problems.

What I'm against is passing judgment on the nature of TTW's problems based on the fact she's "Internet panhandling" as a resolution. The problem is there isn't much of a social services or community agency infrastructure left to help her.

We don't know if she went to St. Vincent de Paul. She would have to go on certain days and at certain times for resources. There are transportation factors. Here they offer hygiene kit baggies, podiatry checks and free shoes, access to laundry machines, and lunches. Sometimes they will pay utility bills (you have to stand in line). There is a bulletin board with phone numbers to other services. The reason I suggested them is that they can point to other services in the area. But we don't know if she went there or what they had to offer.

It's worth throwing out there again if she runs out of money.

For those who judge TTW for raising a couple thousand dollars, remember this guy raising $55,000 to make potato salad:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/28/potato-salad-kickstarter-party_n_5893386.html

Perhaps TTW should have offered to make potato salad instead of telling the world she was unemployed and about to be evicted and revealing so much about her personal struggles.