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On 9/4/2011 9:00 AM, Christian Wilson wrote:
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Steve:</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Would you please distribute this to
all of lists and names you now report to about your crime
issues as it is very important so that children in our
community can get fed during the weekends.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">"Dear Neighbors:</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I learned a startling fact recently
at Margaret Brent Elementary and Middle School and that is 10%
of all children attending that school are homeless. If we
utilize the total population of students attending the school
it means that 27.8 students are living with relatives, on the
street and/or in automobiles at best without running water and
electricity. This is in a neighborhood which is supposed to
be a fairly well to do neighborhood. This cannot be tolerated
and something must be done. We have a number of associations
in this neighborhood who can come forward and actually
accomplish what we are doing at St. John's United Methodist
Church of Baltimore City. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">We have established under our Peace
with Justice forum a plan where we have adopted five families
and we prepare two days of meals that do not require
refrigerataion and or electricity which we deliver to Margaret
Brent and which they pass on to children of the most dire
need. We follow VIVA Houses plan of setting up basic meals
for these two days and have them delivered in back packs to
the school on Friday morning so that they can be distributed
to the children when they leave for the weekend. Our school
system does provide two meals a day during the school week to
these children, but then the weekend comes and many go without
eating all through the weekend. If all of the community
associations, such as CVCA, AIA, Harwood, Old Goucher and any
that I don't know about would take a number of these adopted
children and provide food over the weekends, these children
would come to school ready to learn. I am sure the same
conditions prevails at Barclay School as well and this is a
wonderful way for the community to come forward and provide
this food for these children. If you have any questions about
how this is accomplished you can contact me directly and I
will gladly advise you how St. John's United Methodist Church
of Batlimore City set up a plan to do this for Maargaret
Brent.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Let's make sure that no child goes
hungry over the weekend. Thank you.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Christian </font>
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