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- From: shedevil@leland.Stanford.EDU (Anne P. Mitchell, JD)
- Subject: RFD: ba.helping-hand
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.235423.7876@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: ?@leland.Stanford.EDU
- Reply-To: shedevil@gw.home.vix.com (Anne P. Mitchell, J.D.)
- Organization: Fathers Rights & Equality Exchange
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 23:54:23 GMT
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- [Note: I am cross-posting this to the included groups because often
- the sorts of postings which would go to ba.helping-hand are showing up
- in these groups, particularly postings where someone is giving something
- away.]
-
- This is a call for discussion regarding the formation of a new group,
- ba.helping-hand.
-
- Many people who have access to the net know people who are in need.
- On the other hand, many people who have access to the net are themselves
- more fortunate, and often have items or services which they would like
- to see given to a good home, or put to good use.
-
- I have personally been involved in posting endeavors which have
- resulted in people truly in need of an item or service being matched
- up with someone who has just such an item or service. Most recently I
- saw this when I attempted to find a bed for a teenage boy who had just
- moved, with his single mom, and who had nothing to sleep on. The
- response was immediate, and generous, and as a result this deserving
- teen will no longer have to drag himself into school after a poor
- night's sleep on the floor, while a woman who is moving, and finds
- herself with an extra bed which she was hoping to donate to a worthy
- cause, now has a good and appreciative home for the bed.
-
- I believe this is an obvious, and perfect, use of the net, and I can
- easily see this group becoming a matching service for both donations
- and exchanges of needs and items/services.
-
- Given the potential for an overwhelmingly high signal to noise ratio, it
- should probably be moderated.
-
- I welcome discussion regarding the formation of ba.helping-hand.
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