Carrying Gorp, very good idea! I'm going to start doing this on my rides from now on, as I often pass homeless encampments on the secret back trails I take home.
Thanks Patrick! On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 2:27:17 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Grant and a few others have mentioned the challenge of helping people who > are homeless, who we as bike riders see and encounter more than others > because we are in the out of the way places. I encounter it now and again, > increasingly in the last two years. Clearly the current answers for > addressing the root causes are not working, but that is not the point of > this. Helping the immediate need is. > > On today’s ride I saw a man in a sleeping bag under a tree off to the side > of the trail. No matter the whys and wherefores, a real person in real > need. As he was asleep, I rode on, and kept an eye out for him on my > return. Not carrying food or money, and could only offer him water, and he > was bone dry, so small as it was it was something. I returned later with a > lunch and a coat, but he had moved on. > > I have now started carrying gourp to give out, and extra water, etc. No > easy answers, but it is easy to see myself in that position were it not for > the love of family helping me so much with my bludgeoned brain and the > insurance I am blessed to have (brain injury is a hidden factor in many > people who are homeless, often misdiagnosed as mental illness), and is one > of the reasons helping is so very challenging — brain injury defies most > people’s understanding of what help is needed and is different for every > person). > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.CredoFamily.org > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
