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I work within the Maplewood Richmond Heights area doing many home visits and always have families needing housing. What formula do you use to figure out rent. Also what other criteria do the families need?
My family lives two doors up from one of your properties and are willing to help fill and work with beyond housing. Thanks for your help
Christy Kramlich
378-1774

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Christy - we would love to help please call me 533-0600 x 17. I have heard great things about your work through PAT in the community.

Chris

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No, you are not tech savvy, but you do have a tech savvy son who can help you reach a lot of people online ^__^ I'll circulate your blog through my social networking sites and I'm sure that if you post some provocative questions that you will get many thoughtful responses from some of my friends. Love you Dad.

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Following you is going to be tough.

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Nick - thanks for spreading the word. I will try to pose questions to get you and your social network engaged. See you soon!

Dad

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Lou - you may not want follow me! I am passionate about pushing the envelope which can sometimes take me to edge of cliff - it is the only way I know to help make change happen.

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Then we can go over the cliff together like Thelma and Louise.

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I have been trying very hard no to engage in this “blogging thing” new way of communication, however, if this is the way to bring more people into our world, then I’ll take a chance too. Chris, I don’t think that a pill exist to end poverty or to address all the many issues that many families are confronted with everyday. No to be provocative, I think that it is important to promote our work where we are trying to address the needs of many; but even more importantly is to acknowledge that poor people did not choose to be poor; many children did not have a choice where they were born, many women do not know any different but been in abusive situations as their mothers and grandmothers. I can go on and on! There are so many different issues that can keep a person in the same vicious circle. Many times, it is not just services that one may need but just someone that believes that he/she can do better…..

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Seila,

So what should we be doing from a public policy standpoint and then at the local level?

Chris

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Chris: I love the fact that you have embraced the new technology to reach out to volunteers, supporters and clients of your organization. There are some great tools out there. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Activerain are my big four that I focus on. To understand the power and growth of these tools, you only have to see that Facebook has 65 million unique visitors and Twitter had growth year over year of 1352% last year. It gives you some idea of the size of this communication revolution. As always, you are on the cutting edge and doing whatever it takes to get out your message.