Yesterday I was selling my Big Issue magazines at the corner
of Adelaide and Creek St when someone came up to me saying “I thought you got
on your feet! What happened?” I replied “Gave it a go but failed, but the best
thing is that I had a go and will get back on my feet again” with a smile, you
see I think someone failing at something is not as bad as not trying at all. In
fact I always say to homeless or people in need “if you don’t try you will
never know”.
I have to say I’m happy and content in a huge way because I
found the one thing I’m very good at and that’s helping people. I’m proud to
say that I know some of the most amazing people there is and we come together
to put these Homeless BBQ’s on and they really do make a huge difference in
people’s lives, which we do every 8 weeks.
I’ve been invited to
many weddings from people that I have got on their feet and meet someone
special to live happy ever after, well most do haha.
This Sunday the 30th of Nov we are holding
another Homeless and People in Need BBQ at Musgrave Park from 10am to 2pm. But
this time it’s going to be a Christmas Homeless BBQ which means Santa will be
giving kids that may not get anything from their parents will get something
special from Santa and I’m sure for most will bring a huge smile and I’d like
to think maybe, just maybe bring that safe and magical feeling of everything is
okay to be a kid to at least one and forget hard times and feel that life is
good.
But here’s what I do know, 400 – 1,000 Homeless or People in
Need will come and get free Food, Clothes, Blankets, Toiletries and much more
including a present from Santa and helping people to not just have clothes and
things but respect as well. One of the things that make our events so
successful is the fact that homeless and people in need come and not one thing
is for sale. We have a saying and that’s “Not one coin is exchanged at our
events, because homeless don’t have money so why ask for any” even our
volunteers don’t pay for their food which I might add is mostly done by Dalton’s
Hospitality
For a person that has
nothing and in some cases looked down a pond this means a lot if not everything
and maybe the start of a new start in life.
Bernie the Polite Girl and I do hundreds of hours for every
Homeless BBQ doing preparations for
these events, and I have to say we do so much work for not getting paid that I
almost every event say “It’s too much to do we have to ask others to help” Then we smile and get back to doing
everything we are doing.
So if you need help or want to help please come down and say
hi this Sunday the 30th and say “Hi” or you can contact me directly
from details below.
I’d like to thank you all for reading my post and I hope you
have a great day.
Grant Richards
Grant the Polite Guy
0412 190 011
