Hard-luck Thanksgiving for some: Families fall on difficult times and seek out help at soup kitchens

[Liberal_in_LA]

Hard-luck Thanksgiving for some: Families fall on difficult times and seek out help at soup kitchens

"I never thought I'd be here," said Ismael Bruno, 56, an unemployed musician lining up yesterday at the Bowery Mission breakfast. "I used to make $800 to $1,500 a week."

A percussionist who played with New York Dolls' frontman David Johansen, "Bongo" Bruno said he lost his $300,000 life savings to Ponzi schemer Madoff and was evicted from his five-room apartment.

Nearby Gladys Jones, 44, paid what she called her first visit to the Bowery Mission.

She lost her job at a Manhattan hospital two months back and now lives in an apartment with her unemployed husband and two children.

"I don't know how long that's gonna last," Jones said. "We're behind on the rent."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/11/27/2009-11-27_hardluck_holiday_for_some_families_fall_on_difficult_times__seek_out_help.html#ixzz0Y95PftKR

[Roon]

1. Therre were a lot of ads on craigslist asking for a dinner

and there were a lot ads offering a dinner too! If I was to ever win the lottery, I would end up on craigslist helping the the people asking for it.