Skid Row Help
After reading the article on Ray Castellani (“Skid Row Volunteer’s Gloom Turns to Joy as Help Pours In,” Metro, Feb. 17), I too was amazed, but also saddened.
Trucks, old and new, camper shells, gasoline, coffee, special requests from a mayor, job offers--all very amazing.
What saddened me is how helpful we all can be only when we want to. Would there have been an “outpouring of help” to the Skid Row area if Castellani’s truck hadn’t been stolen? I doubt it.
The story itself shows the potential people, government and companies have in (providing) supplies and such. All we lack is the need to part with these things and pass them on to the needy.
I hope that the theft of Castellani’s truck opened the eyes of the fortunate, for it was a blessing in disguise.
VINCENT DIAZ JR.
Los Angeles
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