I agree with everything you are saying Derek. Money and donations can help these guys in their day to day lives. Nobody who has a toilet to use, a sink to brush their teeth in or a bed to sleep in tonight should be reading this and ignoring it.

We all need to do something and for those who would like to and are not physically located anywhere near Miami, we set up the outreach donation option on our site and FAC will make sure those proceeds are used to buy stuff like TP.

Ron Book’s Homeless Trust is a dead end, we know that, but there are other organizations on that list, plus many, many more nationwide that can help. They don’t have to be in Florida. It can be your own churches or community groups. Anyone that cares about humanity.

There are TWO HUNDRED THIRTY people registered to the tracks! That’s A LOT of people!!! Supplies are a band aid but this problem is so far beyond that. The ACLU is on the legal end, maybe we can get the American Red Cross on the disaster relief end?

Tonight is our monthly member call. We have some stuff on the agenda, but we’ll try to dedicate some time on tonight’s call (see call-in information) to coming up with a plan to get some day-to-day help to those out there.

We arrived at the camp around 5 pm. Since this was on Saturday, there was little in the way of public transportation and we didn’t want to get stranded far from where any cab would dare to go so we had to leave before 9pm so i missed the chance to meet more folks than the few early birds setting up. Felix is relatively new to the camp but was willing to chat with us. He showed us at least part of the camp and we spoke with others who arrived as well. We were there for a couple of hours. What I know about the current status of the camp is from the few that were there and what I have stated was based upon what these folks were telling me. They stated they rarely see anyone come by to offer anything at all. It is a big place and there are parts of the camp I haven’t seen yet. I’d like to go back and spend a week there, even if it means registering in the land of ‘Duh. I’m already listed in two states, may as well start a registration collection. Perhaps a lengthier video with guys willing to share their routines for a week may help a little more.

If we can’t get porta-potties then at the least we could take some of those commode chairs out there and some plastic bags. Anyone who buys groceries probably has oodles of those annoying plastic bags that could be used and TP is still in high demand.

While some of you might have gone out there at one time or another, what I am suggesting is to take a bunch of stuff, make a video, take a few pics, and write an article about it. It would help the cause knowing that our meager resources go to more than just lawsuits and conferences. Some of you may be aware of the problem, but not everyone else is aware of the issue. Those I spoke to at the camp stated they almost never see anyone coming to offer anything these days. Someone down there could be giving us regular updates on the camp.

I was homeless once so this issue is pretty dear to my heart. I don’t have a lot of money to give, but I am willing to try to find them help. However, I wouldn’t bother with the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, we all know who runs it– Ron Book. Instead of begging them, we should be protesting outside their doors. But since the JTC camp was dismantled, this issue has slowly disappeared from the public eye, and Ron and his daughter have continued their hate campaign.