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The service is a community service, and it belongs in a community message
board. It's unfortunate that some people just to assail others.
However, I like to give a honest bit of advise. I would take him up
on his offer, if I was you. Let him buy you all a camcorder. The
funds we raise by services we provide go directly to the Lighthouse Mission that
feeds hungry people and supports people going through temporary
homelessness. I didn't think I had to point this out cause most folks know
that Kevin Brown, runs the mission downtown in Long Branch.
Better food for thought, is that when a faith based organization raises
money providing services to the community at reduced rates, people get savings
and charity gets accomplished. The minute an agency is not raising money
this way, they have to go to the State and Federal Government for funding.
Once you get the public money, you have the public problem.
For instance, if the rescue mission was privately funded, they can control
who sleeps in the available beds. Once they have to go outside the
community and get public money, than the provider of the funds controls who
sleeps in the bed.
If I make $5,000.00 and apply it to the 5 beds I offer temporary homeless
people. I can say... only 5 people from such and such a place can occupy
the beds. But now, lets say someone starts to decry the non profit trying
to raise the money with web casting, hosting, t shirts, 50/50's, chances,
bazzars, las vegas nights, etc... and the $5,000 is cut down to two. Well
now I go to the county and apply for the $3,000.00 because there are an
established 5 people per cycle homeless. Now I have 2 beds that are
controlled by our standards of service to our local community and three funded
by COUNTY, who will ship in from outside the local area to keep the beds
full.
So go ahead, tell me I can't raise money with specialized services to the
community, and you will cause non profits to get funding from outside sources
who will dump, dump, dump... it's a paradox!
Anyway... those that know me, know what I am all about. The new
people, well welcome to the Jersey Shore.
Rev. Kevin Brown
Lighthouse Mission
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