Vultures

Today I saw the most disturbing thing. As we all know Rachel Ray is re-building the kitchen at Joe's Java. Today they put out all the old stuff like chairs, tables and all sorts of things on the sidewalk for a free for all that anyone can grab. Jen, from Jen's deli and I then went down to Java Joe's to see if we maybe able to get somethings for the yard sale. When we finally got down there so many people were grabbing anything they could, but where they going to use it for their home? No I saw several of them ripping off the metal legs of nice tables and throwing them in the back of their trucks to take to the scrap yard for MONEY! I know that the Rachel Ray organization is trying to do a good thing but I thought they should try to help as many people as you possible. Our local youth after school program has shut down temporarily, the CCSA donations are down, and what about the homeless shelter? They could have contacted us or other non profits so that some organization could have used these items a whole lot better than the the fools ruining perfectly good things so they can get a few scrap bucks. What is this world coming to? When I tried to speak to someone in charge at Java Joe's they closed the door. We all are suppose to be in this for the youth in our community, they I guess have been forgotten and priority has been given to scrap metal collectors. Is it truly better to put cash in someones pocket or to help our community? More effort should have been taken to make good use of good items! This has become more wasteful spending......


Treasurer- Peter