Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:18 PM
Omaha Steve (36,078 posts)
Hooked on helping: Iowa crocheters aid homeless veterans with sleeping mats (recycling plastic bags)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20121110/LIVING/711109991/1685#hooked-on-helping-iowa-crocheters-aid-homeless-with-sleeping-mats
By Marietta Nelson-Bittle / World-Herald correspondent HASTINGS, Iowa — Those hookers over at Hastings United Methodist Church sure are busy these days. “I do it every day,” joked Gay Courtier. “Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night and do it.” Don't get the wrong idea. These “hookers” — OK, crocheters — are all about service to others. With help from "bag ladies," "strippers" and "holy rollers," the Happy Hookers of Hastings, Iowa, are hooking 100 sleeping mats for homeless veterans. “This is our chance to give to others,” said Roxanne Boverhuis, the church's pastor. FULL story at link. Photo: http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20121110&Category=LIVING&ArtNo=711109991&Ref=AR&maxw=598&maxh=400 PHOTOS BY REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD Below: Gay Courtier crochets plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless during a weekly meeting of the Happy Hookers of Hastings, Iowa, at United Methodist Church. Above: the finished product. 
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Author | Time | Post |
 Hooked on helping: Iowa crocheters aid homeless veterans with sleeping mats (recycling plastic bags) (Original post) |
Omaha Steve | Nov 2012 | OP |
| KelleyD | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| libdem4life | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| LiberalAndProud | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| crunch60 | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| LiberalAndProud | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| Le Taz Hot | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
| LiberalAndProud | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
| HiPointDem | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| eShirl | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| HiPointDem | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| niyad | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| freshwest | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| BlueMan Votes | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| Retrograde | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| BlueMan Votes | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| sibelian | Nov 2012 | #11 |
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:27 PM
1. God bless them for there work!!!
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:31 PM
libdem4life (1,783 posts)
2. The wonderful United Methodist folk are as close to God/Buddha as any religious folk I've met.
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:33 PM
LiberalAndProud (9,921 posts)
3. Sleeping mats for homeless veterans.
Response to LiberalAndProud (Reply #3)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:02 AM
8. Woefully inadequate to you maybe, but not to a homeless veteran.
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Response to crunch60 (Reply #8)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:58 AM
LiberalAndProud (9,921 posts)
10. Oh sure.
Response to LiberalAndProud (Reply #10)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 03:44 PM
Le Taz Hot (14,644 posts)
15. These ladies are doing
Response to Le Taz Hot (Reply #15)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 03:54 PM
LiberalAndProud (9,921 posts)
16. I won't question these ladies' intentions.
Response to LiberalAndProud (Reply #3)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 06:57 AM
12. +1. of course, it's a nice thing to do, and they're probably doing it because it's something they
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #12)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:29 AM
eShirl (12,009 posts)
13. How do you know they're not?
Response to eShirl (Reply #13)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 03:39 PM
14. i don't, but if they were, i imagine that would be the topic of the story.
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:52 PM
4. while I applaud the care and effort these people are making, I think it is SICKENING that they have
Response to niyad (Reply #4)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:33 AM
freshwest (32,410 posts)
9. That's the bigger issue. As reported here on DU, the GOP is still going after vets, but not to help:
Response to BlueMan Votes (Reply #5)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:19 PM
Retrograde (3,342 posts)
6. So why can't we support vets AND reduce the use of plastic bags?
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 02:38 AM
11. How the fuck are there ANY homeless veterans?
