Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Sun, Nov 09 2003
These Seniors Don't Sit And Rock--They Just Rock!
I got to know a little more about the California Grey Bears yesterday. (Their home page still needs some work). This is not your average senior center with everyone sitting around waiting to yell "Bingo!" These people move! They make surplus food, surplus goods and used products stretch a long way. They run a thrift store, clip coupons, crush cardboard, feed active and disabled seniors and make enough money to generate 75 per cent of their own operating revenue through recycling programs. My husband (though he isn't a senior) has been going to their warehouse to help sort and repair computers that are then used to get seniors (and others) online for a ridiculously low price. I went with him yesterday to see the space where he's been working, and I even helped him take apart a few computer cases to sort for parts. Some older guy wandered in and didn't even make fun of me for being the only "fluffy female" in the place. He simply offered me a cordless screwdriver to make the work go a little faster, and then he disappeared. I guess he's used to seeing women pitch in, because on the way out we met a well-dressed, gray-haired lady half my size pushing a huge cart of food toward a waiting van.
There'll be no rocking chairs for this crowd--unless it's the one they unload for you when you drop it off at the donation center.
posted at: 07:35 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I got to know a little more about the California Grey Bears yesterday. (Their home page still needs some work). This is not your average senior center with everyone sitting around waiting to yell "Bingo!" These people move! They make surplus food, surplus goods and used products stretch a long way. They run a thrift store, clip coupons, crush cardboard, feed active and disabled seniors and make enough money to generate 75 per cent of their own operating revenue through recycling programs. My husband (though he isn't a senior) has been going to their warehouse to help sort and repair computers that are then used to get seniors (and others) online for a ridiculously low price. I went with him yesterday to see the space where he's been working, and I even helped him take apart a few computer cases to sort for parts. Some older guy wandered in and didn't even make fun of me for being the only "fluffy female" in the place. He simply offered me a cordless screwdriver to make the work go a little faster, and then he disappeared. I guess he's used to seeing women pitch in, because on the way out we met a well-dressed, gray-haired lady half my size pushing a huge cart of food toward a waiting van.
There'll be no rocking chairs for this crowd--unless it's the one they unload for you when you drop it off at the donation center.
posted at: 07:35 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
