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Can you spare $1? Would you part with it if you knew it would go to a responsible nonprofit with a track record in our community for helping reformed addicts get back on their feet? Can you imagine the power of $1? How it could grow to much more if we each just commit that small amount?
Ms. Readers' Corner tries to avoid soapboxes, however, this "elephant" in our community (the meth problem) needs some solutions and many programs just cannot work without money.
There are so many charitable causes in Nevada County - good works that depend on donations and volunteers for survival. And I know Nevada County residents are incredibly generous. In fact, sometimes I feel like the most generous people are the ones without a lot of extra income who still give when, and what, they can.
I'm hoping that the good people of Nevada County will help by sending just $1 to OCR (Community Recovery Resources) and its "Recovery Alumni" branch. Tell your friends. Post this column at your workplace. We can, collectively, make a difference. It's only $1.
Send cash or checks to OCR Recovery Alumni, 440 Henderson St., Grass Valley, CA 95945. It has nonprofit status; deductions are tax deductible.
Bob Rogers from CORR sent me the following e-mail last week. It's been haunting me as I struggled to figure out how to help this group. Then it occurred to me that I could send them $1 and that would be something. Maybe my $1 will be the only one they get - but it's a start. Here's Bob's e-mail:
"Everyone has been saying they want to help but don't know what to do. It is going to have to start somewhere or all that will ever be accomplished is a lot of good intentions. Every raging river starts with a trickle. Every Olympic runner had to take baby steps. The meth/drug problem is so huge, where does one start? Here is where. It is time for people to put their money where their good intentions are. There are two people I know of right now who are doing everything they can to recover from meth addiction. A woman with a teenage daughter (who is also struggling, trying not to take the same path as her mother) who lacks any kind of funding for treatment. CORR has let her move into the new women's transitional house but she will be unable to stay without funding of some kind. At least for a couple of months until she gets on her feet. Another is a young man in Prop. 36 who just got out of treatment and needs a safe place to get on his feet. A prime candidate for the new men's transitional house but Prop. 36 doesn't have money for that. Both of these people are trying real hard, doing all they can. But without a little more help they might fall through the cracks ... they need help now! Any ideas?"
Ms. Readers' Corner tries to avoid soapboxes, however, this "elephant" in our community (the meth problem) needs some solutions and many programs just cannot work without money.
There are so many charitable causes in Nevada County - good works that depend on donations and volunteers for survival. And I know Nevada County residents are incredibly generous. In fact, sometimes I feel like the most generous people are the ones without a lot of extra income who still give when, and what, they can.
I'm hoping that the good people of Nevada County will help by sending just $1 to OCR (Community Recovery Resources) and its "Recovery Alumni" branch. Tell your friends. Post this column at your workplace. We can, collectively, make a difference. It's only $1.
Send cash or checks to OCR Recovery Alumni, 440 Henderson St., Grass Valley, CA 95945. It has nonprofit status; deductions are tax deductible.
Bob Rogers from CORR sent me the following e-mail last week. It's been haunting me as I struggled to figure out how to help this group. Then it occurred to me that I could send them $1 and that would be something. Maybe my $1 will be the only one they get - but it's a start. Here's Bob's e-mail:
"Everyone has been saying they want to help but don't know what to do. It is going to have to start somewhere or all that will ever be accomplished is a lot of good intentions. Every raging river starts with a trickle. Every Olympic runner had to take baby steps. The meth/drug problem is so huge, where does one start? Here is where. It is time for people to put their money where their good intentions are. There are two people I know of right now who are doing everything they can to recover from meth addiction. A woman with a teenage daughter (who is also struggling, trying not to take the same path as her mother) who lacks any kind of funding for treatment. CORR has let her move into the new women's transitional house but she will be unable to stay without funding of some kind. At least for a couple of months until she gets on her feet. Another is a young man in Prop. 36 who just got out of treatment and needs a safe place to get on his feet. A prime candidate for the new men's transitional house but Prop. 36 doesn't have money for that. Both of these people are trying real hard, doing all they can. But without a little more help they might fall through the cracks ... they need help now! Any ideas?"
