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Richard Tripp's blog July 12, 2010 In memory of two good men.... Over the last several years, we have dedicated our events to people that has helped us make a difference in our community. The survival 10 event, November 27, 2010, will be dedicated to two outstanding individuals that have passed since our last event. The first individual this year is Christian Baker. Christian passed away from a massive heart attack. His mother Nancy Bunny Nathan has been one of our super volunteer leaders the last few years and our heart and prayers go out to her. The second individual that we're dedicating the survival tin event to is Andre Bess. Andre had just resigned as assistant director of Hope faith ministries, before he was shot to death, last week in Raytown. André and I had become good friends over the past couple years. We had been in negotiations to hold the Survival 10 event at Hope faith’s new location at the Seventh and Virginia, on November 27, 2010. Unfortunately, with his death, those negotiations are in limbo at the present. Hopefully we'll still be able to do the event there. In other news, I'm still bound and determined to do the "Freezing for a Reason" event, on Saturday, November 13, 2010. Over the next several weeks, I will be sending out letters to all the various religious institutions in our community in an effort to get different churches and synagogues and mosques, to have their youth get involved. This is a chance for them to help those in need in our community the poor and homeless of the Kansas City metro area. Time is short, and November's right around the corner. Before you know it, it will be winter, and thousands of Kansas City's poor and homeless brothers and sisters will need our help to have what they need to survive winter's wrath. NOW is the perfect time to get involved with our organization Care Of Poor People.. Now is the perfect time to start collecting materials for us to hand out at the survival 10 event. We will need warm clothes and items like shoes, socks, undergarments, blankets, coats, hats, gloves, and hygiene materials. Collected materials can be bagged up, and brought to us in November for us to distribute on November 27, 2010 at the survival 10 event. If anyone out there would like to get involved in helping me set up the Freezing For a Reason event please call me or e-mail me at Richardgtripp@yahoo.com or give me a call at 816-920-6119 or my cell phone at 816-918-9239. I could really use help setting up the Freezing For a Reason event with the various religious organizations in our community, if you can help please call. Until my next blog post, be safe out there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhsKeNJ14eI For our next event, on November 27th, We will need donations of blankets, shoes, gently used warm clothing, Coats, NEW underwear and Socks ( both Men's and Women's) , and long johns for this event.
Please contact richardgtripp@yahoo.com if you have any questions about donations.
Richard's blog July 4, 2010 First let me apologize, for not keeping up with my blog, I've been very busy keeping up with changes in the homeless problems in Kansas City and the surrounding area. Homelessness in today's world, is a lot different than what it was 26 years ago when I started Care Of Poor People,{ C.O.P.P. Inc.} But my mission today, hasn't changed that much, it's still my goal to save lives in my community, by supplying the materials the poor and homeless need to survive homelessness. Literally thousands of people become homeless on a weekly basis in today's world, which is a lot different than years ago. And even though there are thousands more people homeless in today's world a lot of them women and children, I still believe that the way to make their lives easier and give them a fighting chance at their goals of the American dream is for the whole community to get involved in helping them make change. In order to make change for them you might have to make change for yourself, and become the change you want to see, just remember two things, love your brothers and sisters as yourself, and also regardless of color creed or religious foundation remember we’re all human beings. Last week I attended a meeting of a new
organization at the KFFI radio station, the organization is a
new community organization that wants to help the poor and
homeless on both sides of the Stateline, by providing hygiene
materials as well as other products to the poor and homeless of
the area. At the meeting they asked me if I would come up with
the name and logo for their new organization, as I believe they
are a worth wild organization, I consented in coming up with a
name and logo For them. I'm waiting to hear back from them to
see if they accepted the name and logo which I'll show you now. Community Action Team’s Also this month a new facility is being opened up for the poor and homeless of Kansas City Missouri, the new facility will be operated by Hope Faith ministries, the new facility will feed the poor and homeless seven days a week breakfast and lunch also will have shower facilities for the poor and homeless, also I believe they will have lockers for the poor and homeless, the new facilities are at eight and Virginia downtown Kansas City Missouri. I have been assured by the manager of a facility that we will be able to have our survival ten event at this location. On another note, the national homeless Marathon is thinking about bringing their marathon to Kansas City Missouri on February 20, 2o11. The KFFI 90.1 FM radio station is being considered as the station to host the 2011 homeless Marathon, here in the Kansas City metro area . If this happens it will be an outstanding accomplishment for Kansas City. Also it will highlight various homeless organizations in Kansas City. On a personal note February 20 is my 62nd birthday, and being on a couple hundred radio stations for 12 hours wouldn't be a bad way of celebrate my birthday. So I will do whatever it takes to try to make this happen. I'm still trying to set up the details, for the Freezing for a Reason event, please check back on my website to find out the details and how you can get involved along with your church, synagogue, or mosque. This will be an event where all of Kansas City's kids can make a difference for the poor and homeless of Kansas City, please speak to your various youth directors about attending and becoming involved with the Freezing for a Reason Event. Until my next blog post this is Richard G. Tripp saying be safe out there.
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