Category: Blog Stories

Job seekers from out of town

By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel
Derrick Jackson left behind a home, a girlfriend and a $14-an-hour job in , Ohio, in hopes of landing a better paying maintenance job at Florida Power & Light, where a relative works.

Orlando – Arrested for feeding the homeless

As city police officers here arrested four people for distributing food to the homeless, June 8, a crowd of mostly young activists chanted, “Food is a right, not a privilege!” In two weeks of civil disobedience, 15 people involved with Food Not Bombs have been arrested so far in the city.

Larger than life

This is a story about a gentleman who is larger than life. I use that terminology for the simple fact that he is but in two different ways. Jim Batic entered our facility at the weight of 460 pounds.