Our request to the local churches for new beds and bedding has had some interesting results. A handful of groups have gotten back to me, saying that they want to help and we should let them know exactly what's needed. (To which I say, "Yay, team!")
A couple of others have replied, "You should ask (major mattress retailer). They do that sort of thing."
K, guys. We're the CHURCH! WE do that sort of thing! Don't you make me come over there!
Meanwhile, just in case you have any delusions about small town life, here's part of an e-mail that one of our team wrote to the new owner after MH mentioned a little problem the work crew's having with the clean-up.
Can you say.... "Mayberry"?
I knew you could.
r
A couple of others have replied, "You should ask (major mattress retailer). They do that sort of thing."
K, guys. We're the CHURCH! WE do that sort of thing! Don't you make me come over there!
Meanwhile, just in case you have any delusions about small town life, here's part of an e-mail that one of our team wrote to the new owner after MH mentioned a little problem the work crew's having with the clean-up.
Hi
I just got some info from PARN, an organization that does outreach work related to drug use, and passed their advice along to [the foreman] by phone a few minutes ago. I will pass the same info to you as well.
Needles should be picked up only with kitchen tongs and placed inside a glass, metal or hard plastic container with a lid. Large coffee cans or 2 litre pop bottles work well. [the foreman] said that there were plenty of mason jars on hand. That will work. PARN also has sharps buckets that they can provide on site.
The next step is to store the container safely until it can be delivered to PARN for disposal. We can help with taking care of that.
They also offered that if you want advice on safe cleaning products, you can call for that information. AIDS doesn't have a long shelf life in these situations, they tell me, but Hepatitis C does.
Good luck
Can you say.... "Mayberry"?
I knew you could.
r
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