Comments on: The homeless and Marks & Sparks http://blog.catholicireland.net/2008/12/09/the-homeless-and-marks-sparks/ CatholicIreland.net Blog Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Valerie Kennedy http://blog.catholicireland.net/2008/12/09/the-homeless-and-marks-sparks/comment-page-1/#comment-7402 Valerie Kennedy Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://blog.catholicireland.net/?p=1085#comment-7402 I spent the last two days calling around to every Dublin homeless shelter I could find. I am trying to donate a holiday gift to an Irish woman in need. I was turned away, every time. I am so confused about the situation at this point. It’s very upsetting. I have a diamond ring that’s worth about 1800.00 euro that I would like to give to someone in need. A young woman or mother would be ideal. My thought was that the value of the ring would defiantly cover rent for a few months for a homeless girl. Not one homeless shelter would help me. Every single agency I contacted wanted to keep the ring as a donation to the agency. They told me it wouldn’t be fare to the other homeless people they have at the shelter if I gave the ring to one girl. Fair? Life’s not fare that’s why these people are in the homeless shelter in the first place. I can’t imagine an organization refusing a gift because I said they can’t have a cut out of it. If anyone can help me please email me at valeriemank@gmail.com I spent the last two days calling around to every Dublin homeless shelter I could find. I am trying to donate a holiday gift to an Irish woman in need. I was turned away, every time. I am so confused about the situation at this point. It’s very upsetting. I have a diamond ring that’s worth about 1800.00 euro that I would like to give to someone in need. A young woman or mother would be ideal. My thought was that the value of the ring would defiantly cover rent for a few months for a homeless girl.
Not one homeless shelter would help me. Every single agency I contacted wanted to keep the ring as a donation to the agency. They told me it wouldn’t be fare to the other homeless people they have at the shelter if I gave the ring to one girl. Fair? Life’s not fare that’s why these people are in the homeless shelter in the first place. I can’t imagine an organization refusing a gift because I said they can’t have a cut out of it.
If anyone can help me please email me at valeriemank@gmail.com

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