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Vendors
"I am thankful for having lived; ■H
a full life. The adventures that I
have experienced. J
I'm thankful for the strength I
have gained from enduring
countless trials and hardships.
I'm thankful for the
resilience to constantly
overcome challenges.
All by having a positive
attitude, the ability to I
Street Roots • Dec. 23-29 2016
If it wasn't for Street Roots, I would have
no job at all, and
if if wasn't for my
customers I couldn't
be as grate
ful as I ant
right
now.'
regulate emotions and the ability
io see failure as a form of helpful
feedback. Even after misfortune I
& am blessed with such an
outlook and I am able to
change course and soldier
on. 'Know how sublime a
thing it is to suffer and be
strong.' - Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow'^
SHAUN FOLLOWELL
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Street Roots • Dec. 23-29, 2016
"I hope you had a Happy
Thanksgiving and have a Merry
Christmas. I know I'm going to
because I'm thankful. Thankful
for Street Roots. Thankful for my
extended family hero.
Happy Holidays
DENNIS CHAVEZ
Vendors
'I want to say thank you because I realize that you really have
to put someone else ahead of you, someone else first
before you can really put yourself ahead. I wanted
to say thank yon to people that would acknowledge
that and realize that, because that's the truth.
Sometimes when you think you're all right, you're
really not. Your American comrades really ain't
doing all right. Whatever they need, you can turn
a frown right-side up. I want to say thank yon
to my customers for taking the time ©nt to
acknowledge me and ask me how I am."
"I'm grateful for the staff at
SOS, a women's shelter. They go
above and beyond every single
day. They give comfort, safety
and a place to call home.”
JULIA TALIAFERRO
I'm grateful for the readers
who read Street Roots and
all the people here.
DANI
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WALLACE CUTWATER
DEMARIO DAVIS
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'Ever since we started selling Street
Roots, we feel a warm acceptance
into the community! We are
happier than ever now, that we
can afford to get things we
really need for onr new
apartment! It has really
helped ns with so much,
we cannot stop being
excited every day to get
out to meet new people,
and run into friendly
faces we know."
I'm grateful for the air and the
ground, the sight and the
sound, the rain and
‘
tie shine, the bread
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your
' * ■ ® smile and your face,
your impeccable
taste, what comes of
all grace. Oh and
thanks for the
fish.
GRATITUDE
Street Roots vendors share what they ’re
thankful for this holiday season
DAVE L.
"The lessons I val
ue come from my
deepest pain in
life. Here's a toast
for what I have
yet to gain: your
trust. Thank
k you Street
II. Roots!"
"I just recently turned 55,
and I've learned a lot of
what am I thankful
for? I am thankful for
everything, for the breath
f life. The breeze and the
trees and the butterflies. I
would like to thank my
I customers for everything. All
the wonderful things over the
last five years. Major
generosity coming from
every direction. Really
wonderful."
things in the last couple of
days. My customers show fit's
that there is still some good
in this world. That there; are
good Samaritans and there
are good people. I see them
every day, and they become
friends. So thank ygu for a
great year and for a great
year next year."
DOUGLAS "WOOKIE” MARCKS
ke N ny chow
"Daily Thanks:
"I have noticed that at the end of
November each year, as a society, we I
are prompted to give thanks.
However, I feel as a society, we
should give thanks daily. Molly and
me give back to the Downtown
Chapel almost daily. It's a safe
community that serves 1
fortunate.
MH
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RON SANFORD
DOMINICK AND JULIANNE HART
"I'm grateful for Street Roots for being a great organi
zation to allow people to make money for such a great
cause and raising awareness to people and letting them
know what's going on with the homeless situation, as
well producing a good publication. I'm also grateful to
the Slabtown New Seasons, the one that I am at. They
have a great staff there, great management, really great
customers. I just want to say thank you to all the cus
tomers who see me there often. I'm pretty much there
every day. I'm thankful for them, and I'm thankful for
my family, my wife, and my daughter. It's just great to
be alive, and I'm glad to be a part of Street Roots.1
"Mostly I'm grateful for the
friends and customers I've
met at Street Roots. I've
also been challenged as a
writer and get to work out«
doors. Thank
you, Street 4
Roots, for the o
opportunity to |
better myself
and be a mem-
her of the
team."
In the three short months
Molly and I have been back
in PDX, we have an
apartment, a paycheck
and belong to a safe
community.
Ask me again how I
give thanks. My reply:
It's daily. I would not
change my life nor my
higher power."
"I love making people smile. Sometimes
I rate people's smiles and how good
and how-great they are. Sometimes
they make me glow and sometimes they
make me sad. I think one reason I sell
Street Roots is because of tie people. I
meet so many cool people and really see
how the world is.. I love selling Street
Boots and it's because of the people."
HEATHER DUFFIELD
"I'm grateful for my Sellwood spot. It's perfect.
It gives me plenty of good reasons to. get out
of downtown. I want to thank my Grand
Central Bakery, of course, and all those
people. The Ugly Mug Cafe, and my Star
bucks out there. The customers are very
friendly. Very, very friendly. The
customers are friends too. And also I
want to say thanks to David the guitar
player out there. He gives me all the
free entertainment. He's good!"
WILLIAM ADAMS
BRIAN SCHMIDT
’This year I feel like I've been
able It© start my life over. I
thank God for Street Roots
because it has been a source of
important and new beginnings.
My easterners supported me
and helped me in my. need and I
want to give back to them. God
Bless yon all, I love you and
j thank you."
I m very grateful to have
my mental health. I'm
very grateful that I have
a warm place to sleep,
and I'm also grate?
M to have 15
months oi
sobriety,
and
my dog
MICHELLE H.
EILEEN VirEWOR
KIM T.
"I'm grateful for my sobriety. For my
sponsor. For my fellow members at
Street Roots. All the veterans
, that have helped me deal
with my addictions and
> everything, and I'm just
thankful to be alive. Thank
you for my higher power.
Thank yon for helping
me stay free from
gambling, and my
good friend, Cole.
DUANE WAGNER
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Irm grateful for
"I'm grateful for my customers, for a
every day I live and
place to live and Street Roots papers.
having a place to You know without all this my life would
live, and not
be miserable,
using any more.
NORM CHAMBERLIN
I'm grateful, very
grateful."
I'm thankful for my customers.
RON BRITT .
EDWARD ALLEN
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“I'm thankful
that I have
someplace
warm to go
this
winter."
MADDY
BROWN-
CLARK
"I'm thankful that there are
still good, loving people in
the world - caring people in
the world. It makes the day
easier when someone is nice
and actually honest about
caring,":’
MATT DEWART
Hello, everyone. It's been an interesting election year, and
selling Street Boots has given me the opportunity for spirited
conversations with some of my customers, whatever political
party or philosophy one may subscribe to. But I digress. Thanks
to all my customers who patronize Street Roots. The best of
holiday cheer to you and yours!"
ROGER CAVITT