Blog #3 Good people in society

In chapter two “Breaking the cycle of poverty” discuss the people that are out to help people become better. JoAnne Page a lady from the book who is an executive director from Fortune Society. She has a great heart to help people with addictions and mental illnesses. No matter how much failure they                                                                                                                                                                              have she still see the better in them. JoAnne Page said

“Where you don’t eat fresh vegetables, go to the emergency room instead of the doctor, cut your medications in half, make choices between heat and eating, your kids weigh less doing the winner. That’s poverty”.

She is right that is poverty and that is a person life. Image a single mother trying to live a positive life with that. Single mothers and other people have to make hard decision every day. JoAnne Page is doing a good cause for the people in her community. She make connection with her clients and let them know she there. Having that connection make the person feel someone is there for them. That give them hope that they can make better decision for themselves. One person that attended Fortune Society tells how they have help him. He was on drug for a very long time and was down on life. Once he came to the place he have been clean for two years. He tell how being there helped him get his life back on track. (238)

            Martha Sanchez is another lady who fight for a clean environment in the schools and community. In the area she lives in the school is in a polluted area. The children are being affected by the pollution. Children having a hard time breathing and coming home with upset stomachs. She did a lot of protecting and meetings to get changes for the school. She got the planet that was polluting the area shut down and better air for the school.  (242)

            There is the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards that are used for low income people. These cards help families afford food for their families. The EBT card is a great benefit to people but limits do come with it. The EBT do have limits to what food people can buy. People cannot buy high brand food on the card. Example: steak and lobster. Government should allow more things to be brought on the card. Soap, tissue, and other personal things.  (236)