A Allen: Get your lates up-to-date edition,
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It is essential for customers and just the general
public to understand the stories of our vendors. 
It's really what completes the transaction between
the vendor and the public.
John: Excellent, thank you, have a good day.
Customer: Great, thanks!
This is their job. They're looking for a hand up
not a hand-out, and they're working hard to
change the trajectory in their lives.
Panhandler: Got any change? Got any change,
I’d appreciate it.
It breaks my heart to walk around the loop and
to see the inhumanity that we allow happen by
letting someone sleep on the street and think that
that's okay.
Being homeless or being a panhandler, I think, is so
misunderstood. It's not a choice, it’s the result of 
many things. Lost a job, couldn't pay rent, evicted.
There could've been a fire at your apartment. Mental 
illness there's not enough treatment. There's an opioid
crisis now, where people's lives are devastated and
they end up on the streets. Why wouldn't we help?
We also pride ourselves in being a stepping stone
towards economic mobility and greater things.
Oluwaseun: Thank you, you take care!
We really do work with people on making sure that
they understand how to manage money, how to 
budget, because ultimately we want people to go
from being homeless to having an income and
having housing with dignity.
John: Thank you, have a good day! Hi!
Customer: You too.
There are other basic needs that people have
that we try to provide for in-house.
We also offer respite from the streets and a
sense of community.
A Allen: Tell them how you got that spot and
you’ve been holding it down forever.
Vendor: I gangstered that spot!
Being very poor, it can be very isolating. We
offer that sense of community and I think that
that's important as people are looking to come
out of bad situations.
To be surrounded by people like that, I think is incredibly
important as you are looking to help people
Julie: Quincy!
Amanda: Quincy!
A Allen: Quincy! Yay! Quincy’s a winner!
