They Really Dropped the Ball..

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Originally Posted by SomeKindaMother

We don't have 'TV' (the kids call it 'channel tv') at home, and my home computer crashed. We have my college daughter's laptop here for a minor repair, so I have just been catching up on all these atrocities. It sickens and repulses me.

We have a small 2 bedroom seperate basement home on our property completely furnished, with kitchen and bathroom... and I want to bring someone here...a small family. I have good friends who called some agency (sorry, don't know who) and offered to go bring a family to live with them, but the offer was refused and they were instead told to send money. I wonder if we can just drive somewhere, pick people up and bring them back? I don't mean to sound stupid, I'm really curious. Do you all think this is a bad idea? I have 5 kids, one in college--4 still at home. We have never done anything like this before, but I don't know really how else to help. What is the best way to help? I could possibly go volunteer somewhere for a week or so? What is the best thing to do?

Kelly

Bless your heart if you take a family in. I have a huge place, it's too big for just myself, and was considering doing the same. My landlord said he had no problem with it and said he had a vacant apartment in another building that he had available, but Romney canceled all of the incoming relocations for my state yesterday night. You can go to http://www.openyourhome.com and submit your information and the available space that you have, that's what I did. Just remember that it's a matter of where you live; I'm in MA, so the chances are slim that anyone is going to want to relocate up here. The same would go with Idaho and places like that (they actually relocated a busload of people to Idaho without telling them).