After over 1 hour of traveling around the Redding area looking for the "Handouts
Don't Help" posters on any business, I finally found one on the door of a Churn
Creek business. However, after shooting some pictures and video and letting the
manager of the business know that I would soon be sharing his business and his
position with the citizens of Redding and about 5,000 of my personal friends,
followers, local relatives and others....he admitted the Handouts group just came
through the center handing out the posters to businesses and one of his girls put
it up on the door without clearing it with him. Seems, while some local businesses
are going along with the organizations position on homeless giving....they are
pretty quick to jump ship, as this smart manager did when he gladly turned over
the poster to me.
My advice, if you do not agree with this heavy-handed approach to helping the
homeless or you feel like I do, someone that has given for years to the local mission
and food banks, who no matter how much they get, can't seem to ever get the job
done. Take a camera out with you when you shop. Take a photo of every business
proudly displaying one of these signs and let them know we will help them promote
their position internet wide._citizenactivist