Wow,

I agree with Martin and LH! Yee Gods!

I volunteer both time and money at the Health Care Center for the Homeless, here in Orlando. I usually give people who ask for $$ one of their cards with my name written on it. The HCCH knows about the cards and knows to make sure the person who presents one is afforded as much help as possible. Of course ANYONE who walks through the door gets the same treatment, but you'd be surprised how many men think they're getting special treatment which just might cause them to actually visit the place.

A folk group I used to play with used to do regular dinner concerts for the local men's shelter. We would enter through the back door into the kitchen. One time I came in a bit later than the rest of the group, carrying my ratty music bag and washtub bass. I was stopped at the door and told to go around the front and wait with the rest of the men for dinner. It took a while before I could convince the person (who was new) that I was with the band. They'd never heard of a washtub bass.