Monthly Archive: March, 2009

Nation waits for ‘heartbroken’ President’s claims to create action

You might be wondering why we chose to wait a week before responding to last week’s presidential press conference. Well, similar to President Obama, “It took us a couple of days because [we]… Read More

Call to artists – mural painters needed at the Coalition!

Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Inc. in cooperation with Artists Registry.com, Inc. is seeking visual artists to design and paint 10 – 12 murals on the outside of their building located… Read More

Don’t give in; give back!

Like so many local businesses, Correct Craft has had slow business this year. As a manufacturer of the Nautique brand of inboard boats, the company noted sagging sales this year and faced some… Read More

Life gets in the way

Dana Loncar, a Coalition Board member and employee at Consensus Communications, provided our final guest blog about the $15 a Day Challenge. She brings up several new issues, including caring for children and… Read More

President of a Central Florida company speaks about going without

Brian Caslow, President of Integrated Business Group, Inc. was another participant in our $15 a Day Challenge. He brings up the issue of healthcare, wondering how those on a limited budget manage to… Read More

Friends who care

Earlier this week, Brent Trotter shared his experiences from the $15 a Day Challenge. Today, we want to introduce you to Lynn. Lynn Owen was another Central Floridian who participated in our $15… Read More

A CEO living on $15 a day? No way!

Brent Trotter, President/CEO of Coalition for the Homeless, was the person who originally suggested we issue a $15 a Day Challenge to our supporters. And of course, since he conceived the idea, he… Read More

Children living without enough

Today is the fifth and final day of our $15 a Day Challenge! We’ll hear about our participants’ experiences next week and will share them with you – we are already getting input… Read More

Living on minimum wage – is it possible in Central Florida?

Central Florida is known to have a service economy, with quite a few jobs at or just above a minimum wage income level. But can you actually earn a living wage on that… Read More

Living below the poverty line

Yesterday was the kickoff for our “$15 a Day Challenge” and we have gotten an enthusiastic response so far. In the spirit of this challenge, we are dedicating all blog posts this week… Read More

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