Now here is a
campaign to get behind. This white man cares enough to actually take on
the responsibility of another family. They've been living in the woods
for three weeks in
Idaho and have already been through a couple of snowstorms,
they're homeless. These are white people, so you know damn well it isn't
because they're lazy welfare recipients. Besides, lazy welfare
recipients never are without homes, food, health care, etc... that's
only for down and out whites with nobody to turn to.
VIDEO HERE.
I called the reporter on this story, Josh Barlow and he told me that
SEICAA had set up a collection. Call SEICAA at
1-208-234-0966.
You know damn well that if this family had been Latino or black, there'd
be dozens of collections going on right now. Here is a white family with
14 white kids that needs help. Let's help them.
If you can't spare a few minutes of your time and at
least $5.00 for this family, you ain't much of a white man.
Here is SEICAA's
website
Homeless Family
Living in Woods
The cost of opening a new business has left three
adults and 14 children from Pocatello homeless and living in tents
in the woods for the past three weeks. With the cold weather, this
hardship is about to get worse for the two families living in tents
in the Mink Creek area.
James Armstrong, father: "Well, we're actually living
an emergency. We're up in the canyon trying to take care of
ourselves."
James Armstrong's family was forced to move out of
their home and into the woods after he opened an emergency supply
business in town.
James Armstrong, father: "I couldn't get any funding
for this and it put me in a bind, so I had to move out of a house I
was renting."
Armstrong now spends the days working at his store,
but then heads back to the campsite at night to be with his 10
children - and another family with five children that he is helping
take care of with the help of his wife and oldest daughter Rachel.
Rachel Armstrong, daughter: "Put all your layers on -
put all that on before you get out or else you're gonna get really
cold."
Armstrong says the kids are adjusting to the cold
weather. He says they have plenty of supplies, blankets, and food
that was prepared before they left their home.
But while they have already endured two snowstorms
and two rainstorms, Armstrong hopes they find a permanent place to
live before it snows and gets too cold for the younger children.
James Armstrong, father :"Shelter - permanent shelter - is where we
have the problem. You know, rent for 10 to 14 kids and a family is
rather high, and being a start-up business, I can't afford $1200 a
month rent."
Armstrong also said that all the kids are being
home-schooled and have been for several years. He says he spoke with
SEICAA Wednesday and they hope to have the two families moved into a
trailer by the end of the week.
