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A 97 year old woman and her two sons, both in there sixties have been living in a battered 1973 Chevy Suburban in Venice, California ever since they lost their house in Palm Springs.  But a story published last Friday let L.A. County officials and a nonprofit called Integrated Recovery Network to step up and help.  They have now found all three temporary housing in the California Villa Retirement Hotel in Van Nuys.  Permanent residence and support is being worked on for the three. 

To read the entire article, please follow the hyperlink to the Los Angeles Times page.

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Whether or not you agree with Greenpeace tactics, they are clear; raise the attention of their mission and they have created a solid funding base from individuals. It is fantastic that they are able to charge individuals to cover their expenses to volunteer on some of their missions. The result driven organization gives its supporters the opportunity to see, feel and hear the scope of their mission. The passion throughout the organization of belief to its mission and much of the funds are spent on direct service to that mission have really set the organization apart from other worldwide organizations. Most large worldwide organizations spend millions in overhead to coordinate their organization.

Many of the individuals who work for Greenpeace only ask for what is needed to survive to support the mission. In case your looking to support their efforts here is a link. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/

I promote Greenpeace as a great case study of how to balance a mission and meet the needs of the support base wanting to be an active participant in its mission.

Space junk may just be the new initiative to clean up and change behavior that Greenpeace takes on.