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Hello Everyone-

The food giveaway on Thanksgiving day, although quite successful – we gave away 102 sack lunches!!, was emotionally tough for me over the course of the next few hours. Having dinner with my family that night I couldn’t help thinking about the faces and living situations I saw that afternoon. Here I was in the warmth and love, too much to eat and a comfortable place to sleep while they were still going to be where they were. I’m really grateful that I’ve been able to do this thing just about every month since last Christmas, but on this night I was particularly overcome with the importance of physical warmth. Kevin, his niece Usha, (who’s 15 years old and quite courageous to assist us) Ha and myself drove around SF looking for hungry people. Every time we got out of the car, bags of sack lunches in tow, walking under the overpasses, through Golden Gate park and down alleyways by the Civic Center, one couldn’t help notice the temperature. It was cold and it ain’t gonna get any warmer in the coming months.

SO-

What I’d like to do for the Christmas giveaway is include gloves and hats with the sack lunches first off, and secondly have ALL of you donate double what you’ve been sending! If you give $5 – give $10…if you give $50 yeah, give $100. This is like the greatest secret gift in your heart that’ll warm you up from the inside out. Better yet go out and buy these people some coats or dig back in your closets and find that down comforter or blanket that you haven’t used in years and send it to me. And even better still, take that stuff and find someone who needs it and personally hand it to them wishing them a Season’s Greetings!
If you’re uncomfortable with doing that, take some time to think about why.

Whatever you decide to do for someone less fortunate than yourself, we will be doing the food giveaway again. Send us money and warm stuff.

Have great holidays and thanks to all of you who have donated time and money this past year-
Hunt & Ha

Hunter Austin
242 Kendall Avenue #1
Crockett, Ca 94525
510 787-4878
691-4750

Do you know any Black Males who are in Senior high school who want to go to college out of state for Free? Black Colleges are looking for future black male teachers and will send then to universities/college for 4 years FREE.

This is for MALES ONLY.

Have the parents fill out the application (click on URL link).

Read the Mission Statement. There are about 10 different colleges or universities.

Pass this on…send to your friends.

http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm

Many Thanks!
C . A. Perdue
Finance And Management Agency
“I’d rather have the living ideas of the dead, than the dead ideas of the living.” Tavis Smiley

Somewhat disturbing…not the performance mind you, but the fact that they have award ceremonies for mimes over there.

http://www.devilducky.com/media/54557/

Hunter Austin

Thought you might be interested in this flickr.com/groups/80499166@N00/ group on flickr. I’ve been encouraging folks already on flickr to submit their vallejo photos to the group. Right now, we’re at 14 members and ~250 photos. Thought you might be interested in some of the images.

marnie webb

On the 65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor a Hiroshima Survivor Shares His Heart

Dear butterflies

Please read the following letter by Takashi “Thomas” Tanemori, a native of Japan, born into a Samurai family. On August 6, 1945, he was less than one mile from ground zero when the atomic bomb exploded. He lost 6 members of his family, including his parents. He now serves on the board of Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace

His story From Revenge to Forgiveness, Emergence of Butterfly and Hiroshima can be read at www.butterflyspirit.org/stories/emergence_of_butterfly_and_hiroshima.html

There will be a benefit for the Heart of Vision video project about his life and peace work in San Francisco on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 4 pm Please see details at www.passion.edu/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,512/year,2006/month,12 /day,09/Itemid,1

His letter is also posted at www.passion.edu/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,544/year,2006/month,12/day,07/Itemid,0

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