[FRIAM] Fundraiser by Christina Z. : Ohoris Staff Relief Fund
Steven A Smith
sasmyth at swcp.com
Wed Apr 22 14:52:26 EDT 2020
I tipped Ohori's staff, hoping that success there will maybe encourage
lateral transmission to other restaurants.
I also found Sweetwater on goFundMe and gave them a little "taste" even
though I've only been there once.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/50KSWnm
Glen made the point with me at one point before "the time of COVID19"
(on or off line, I'm not sure) that the "independent spirit" of *only*
helping those you know or close to you is a little ??? (Narcissistic is
my word).
I still feel it is important to NOT *use* global/national/organized
fundraisers as a way to appease guilt (and therefore responsibility).
The pre-COVID city signs that went up trying to discourage panhandling
on streetcorners were good for illuminating the paradoxes. I didn't
*want* people to *feel the need to* stand on street corners and know
that supporting local non-profits that help the the homeless and
otherwise marginalized helps *most* of those folks... yet at the same
time, it felt good in another way to hand out a set of chemical
hand/toe-warmers, a bar of chocolate, and a couple of bucks to those
with the fortitude, or the desperation, (or the entrepreneurial spirit)
to stand on the corners.
I don't have any answers... and this pandemic has offered the mixed
blessing of forcing me to consider a lot of different questions. If my
garden this year begins to produce, I think I'll be setting up a
self-serve farm-stand at the top of my drive with three options: A) if
you need some, takes some; B) if you can afford a few $$, drop it in the
collection box; C) do someone you know in more need than you a solid...
bring them some food or give *them* the $$ you would have left in the box.
I may also use that "farm stand" as a way to gift away some the 2 cords
of books I still have filling a covered trailer... like a "little
library" but with a larger selection. "farm and book stand"?
Meanwhile, I hope we all find more ways to be kind and "pay it forward,
backward, and sideways".
- Steve
On 4/22/20 12:40 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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> Ed,
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> Thanks for your kind note.
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> If you’ll dump a little change into “mine”, I will dump a little
> change into “yours”. I just think it’s way to help these folks feel
> that somebody has noticed what they are doing and is aware of what has
> happened to them.
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> Thanks,
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> Nick
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com>
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Steven A Smith
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:29 PM
> *To:* friam at redfish.com
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Fundraiser by Christina Z. : Ohoris Staff
> Relief Fund
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> Nick -
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> Thanks for the link. Ohori's is not my goto, but I'm 100% with the
> spirit. I have had no traction on trying to extend this kind of help
> TO my regular go-tos. I am of a mind that at the very least, my
> weekly *tip* budget could go straight into the same pockets it used to
> with no harm to me... and as you point out, my entire luxury
> food/services budget could go that way as well.
>
> I'll check for other go-fund-me's in SFe and would love to hear from
> others who have discovered similar to yours here.
>
> - Steve
>
> To The Mother Church,
>
> As you know, I am addicted to coffee and particularly to coffee
> houses, and particularly to Ohori’s-next-to-Kaune’s, where I like
> to loll in the sunshine of a late afternoon like the flea-bitten
> old dog that I am. Over the years I have come to befriend and
> greatly admire the Barista’s of Santa Fe. They remind me of
> graduate students. Many of them are using barista work to make
> possible independent scholarship, artistic careers, and musical
> careers, pursued for the sheer love of it. So when the virus hit
> in March and many of them lost work, I tried to set up some sort
> of a fund to help them. But not being gig-economy type, I
> couldn’t see how to do it.
>
> Now, to my delight, one of the workers has set up a gofundme site.
>
> https://www.gofundme.com/f/ohoris-staff-relief-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
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> I am hoping that those of you who have shared my pleasure in
> dealing with these young folks will make some sort of a donation,
> if only as a token of your support.
>
> I am figuring it this way: I am saving about 7 – 10 dollars a day
> in latte’s and zucchini bread (AND lost three pounds). I figure
> that savings ought to go to them.
>
> It would be a great kindness to me if you would pitch in.
>
> All the best,
>
> Nick
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