There's an area on the border of the French Quarter and "The Bywater" known to the homeless as "The Wall". Anyone in New Orleans who has extra meals knows to bring them down to The Wall at 7 pm each evening to feed the homeless. I'm at The Wall usually on Thurs through Sunday nights serving the homeless and offering what ever advise I can give them (as well as handing out cigarettes as a hook to bring them to me).
The Wall is usually a safe place for them to come and eat without being hassled by NOLA PD. What we are doing is illegal and we can be arrested for it. It doesn't matter that BB & Sam are NOLA PD they know they can be arrested too by supporting this feeding operation. So does Sam's Mom & Dad, Sisters and Nephews. But his entire family shows up night after night along with a few neighbors and some local preachers. They are an inspiration to me.
Tonight was cute as a Priest was walking around with a squirt gun full of Holy Water squirting EVERYONE!
Afterward Sam and I went around in his patrol car checking under the bridges around New Orleans taking a head count and then got a call to move the homeless out from behind the "World Trade Center" on the Mississippi River. Just a handful there but they cooperated and I gave them a few tips how to survive on the streets of New Orleans as they just arrived from Florida looking for work.
Funny thing is... we have a couple of shelters for males down here but very few if any for females (unless there are children involved). Go figure? I asked Sam why and he said allot of the female shelters lost their funding after the storms for "non-homeless" families pre-Katrina. Hmmm... I'm going to have to start to make some phone calls to find out why?
