Posted on 04/14/2006 4:43:03 AM PDT by csvset
Ah, the modern age of telephone technology. It can work wonders, even if you don't have a phone. Or a table to put it on. Or a roof to sleep under.
Simon and Kari Wollam learned that firsthand when they walked into Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Thursday after another night of being homeless in San Francisco, and in 10 minutes each had their first voice mail accounts in more years than they could remember.
They still have no home. They still don't have telephones. But now at least, they said, they have a tool that could help them get those things, and more.
Under a program being introduced this month called Project CARE (Communications and Respect for Everybody), homeless and other low-income people are able to sign up for individual telephone numbers where they can leave and receive voice mail messages.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Wonder how many druggies will be more than happy to get free voicemail, untraceable, so they can do their drug deals.
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