On December 7, 2007, GTT hosted a night of comedy for local Waterman, David Ross, at the Kava Lounge to raise funds for his life’s work of passing out water to San Diego’s homeless. David spends 6-8 hours a day on the streets of San Diego, handing out cases upon cases of water and other necessities such as blankets and ponchos to folks displaced on our city streets, under bridges, and hiding in canyons. In doing so, he counsels people who have lost hope how to start to find it again and he uses his great sense of humor to do it. David is truly an inspiration to us all. Please let us know if you have any ideas for donations of water, blankets, or ponchos for David’s street outreach.

In the winter of 2007, GTT passed out some 350 Winter Survival Backpacks to displaced folks, complete with a quality sleeping bag or blanket, beanie hat, gloves, socks, laminated resource card with numbers for different social services, hygiene products, hand-knitted scarves, water, flashlight, and non-perishable food items. We met hundreds of people on the streets of San Diego who have slipped through the cracks or fallen below that thin line separating the working poor who have housing and those without. We met elderly women in wheelchairs, disabled veterans, teenagers, pregnant women, families, and small children, all of whom we greeted with some warm gear and warm hearts.

Some of our work was documented by Channel 10 News reporter Juliette Vara in a news spot that aired in late November 2007. Click here to see the Channel 10 news spot.

Yvette de la Garza from the San Diego Union-Tribune and SignOnSanDiego.com chronicled our distribution work at the Neil Good Day Center. Check out the San Diego Union-Tribune’s video here.