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I loved the shelter idea. I

Submitted by Guest on January 23, 2008 - 19:00.

I loved the shelter idea. I once moved my stuff out of storage, and it was a life transition that involved moving in with my now-spouse, so many of the things I thought I would need for later, I simply did not. One call to a battered women's shelter, and two older women and one of theri grandson's showed up at a minivan at the shelter, at my convenience. They hauled away everything I did not want, including the partly used roll of paper towels and bottle of Fantastik I had not used up, and my padlock! I have been in desperate circumstances, and even took a dish drainer out of an Upper East Side dumpster. If someone is in dire straits, you probably are not saving them a few thrift store pennies, you are making the difference between having and doing without.

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