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 Stay Warm in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA ~

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"Cold is the silent Killer.  It is private. It is Isolating."  Karen C. Buck, Esquire

Contact Staywarm PA 1.866.550.4355. General heat assistance, information and resources for Pennsylvanians.

Pennsylvania Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The Pennsylvania Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps low income people pay their heating bills through energy assistance grants. People need not have an unpaid bill to receive energy assistance. People can receive this money without being on welfare.
No lien is placed on the person's property if they receive this help.

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging  www.keepseniorswarm.org  215.765.9040 Heat Assistance, information, referrals and guidance information  for Philadelphia Seniors.

Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interest of the Elderly.  www.carie.org  215.545.5728 information, referrals, and problem resolution for Pennsylvania seniors.

 Pennsylvania Senior LAW Helpline   www.seniorlawcenter.org  1.877.727.7529 Legal advice and referral services for Pennsylvania seniors.

Make a donation  $$$$$ of any size to the Emergency Fund for Older Philadelphians.  All your money will go directly to providing heat and safe shelter for poor seniors, 60 and over in a crises. (Those sleeping on the streets of Philadelphia should be encouraged to seek the warmth in emergency shelters. )

Nearly 120,000 seniors in Philadelphia are defined as "Poor," meaning they live at or below twice the poverty level. 

"Even in Philadelphia, where thousands of households are benefiting from a program by Citgo to provide heating oil at a significant discount, people were won over, despite Mr. Chávez's antagonism toward Mr. Bush."
 
 "All I can say is thank God for him for being able to help me and some others get some oil," said Geraldine Shields, a homeowner who received 200 gallons of free oil in January and will be able to buy fuel at a 40 percent discount. "It's time somebody starting thinking of the little guy."  New York Times
 April 4, 2006 By JUAN FORERO

 

 

Comment: "When you donate to help homeless or  very needy Philadelphians remember  "... American taxpayers easily could spend one trillion dollars over the coming years in Iraq. " "That's Your Money In Iraq" by United States Representative Ron Paul.

Cost of the War in Iraq
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Note:  "At least 34 homeless people died in Philadelphia according to statistics (not necessarily from the lack of heat), compiled by organizations that serve the homeless....additional deaths may have gone unnoticed."  Check out the  National coalition for the homeless for more information.  About 300 people live on the streets in Philadelphia and about 3000 live in shelters according to project HOME in Philadelphia.  Donate to Project HOME, Blueprint to End Homelessness or to Frank's Place in Camden NJ, (Carol Riley, Executive director).  Ms. Riely indicated that their are so many people who did not make it.  Information based on article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Thursday, December 22, 2005 in the the 'B' section of the Paper. article written by Kea Ritter  Kritter@phillynews.com 

 

Speaking of vast emergency shelters recently made by America (not in America) and one of many currently in use. The following  photo is a riveting example of this expenditure.  And our 'stay the course politicians' makes sure the war goes on.

 

See the cost to Philadelphians

USA lawmakers agree to distribute $20.9 billion in foreign aid

02 Nov 2005 00:39:00 GMT

 

Don't even wonder why around 50 million Americans do not have health insurance.

America cannot afford it.  What can we afford? .....

Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion.
New study takes into account long-term costs of healthcare for wounded soldiers.
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
A new study by Columbia University economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001, and Harvard lecturer Linda Bilmes concludes that the total costs of the Iraq war could top the $2 trillion mark.

 

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