A family in need... we have temporarily adopted and supplied them with some basics... this family has a 9 month old baby that didn't have a toy until now, Today she received a stuffed Panda Bear (seen in the photo)...
the father (Mark Antonio) is looking for work here in Rocky Point, Puerto Penasco, he says he will do anything, he is washing cars now to try to keep food on the table for their baby... we're not asking for cash... we're looking for work for the father, food for the mother to cook for her family and maybe a few more toys for the baby...
Is there anything we can bring to help out? We will be there this Friday-Monday. I can't offer any work, but would be happy to donate toys or anything else.
Please let me know.
Thanks Todd... toys would be cool and any non-perishable food items (can goods, rice or beans) maybe baby cerials... maybe you can find a couple mud puddles to drive through on your way down and let Mark Antonio wash your car...
I tried to reply to you with a private message but it won't work. My heart goes out to this guy. If you send him over to my office I can give him a couple weeks worth the work. If he is a good worker maybe we can find something more long term. Let me know what time he is coming to my office and I will let the staff know to take him right in. email me personally to let me know. [email protected]
I tried to reply to you with a private message but it won't work. My heart goes out to this guy. If you send him over to my office I can give him a couple weeks worth the work. If he is a good worker maybe we can find something more long term. Let me know what time he is coming to my office and I will let the staff know to take him right in. email me personally to let me know. [email protected]
I want to Thank All of you for your rapid response to our quest to find work for Mark Antonio... Like Steve said in his post "My heart Too goes out to this guy"...
Being a young man out of work with a 9 month old child he did the right thing and is staying and keeping his family together... I have great respect for a young man with this type of values... I've seen so many young girls turned into single parent mothers because when the going got tough, the father got going and left, because he just couldn't handle the situation of raising a family without work...
A baby gate... the baby is at the age where it will begin to walk soon and their house is close to the street and they have no fence in the front yard to keep the baby safe...
A baby stroller...
A baby playpen...
We have someone that lives close by going to check to see what other priority items are needed... Again Thank You all so very much for putting up with my constant requests for items and services to help others and for your kindness and generosity to fulfill those requests...
OK... I'll check with him to see if he will be able to do it... the GOOD NEWS IS... He's got a job... he went to Steves office and they processed him for the job and gave him an advance to be sure the baby has food....
OK a little more of the background on Mark Antonio and his family... They came to Penasco about 7 months ago from down south Mexico by bus... when they arrived all they had with them were there clothes... Mark Antonio has been doing what ever type of work he could find to be able to keep a roof over their heads and keep food on the table for his baby...
So basicly any type of household goods would be greatly appreciated... dishes, pots and pans, silverware and cooking utencils and such...
I was just looking at my kitchen stuff yesterday and wondering where I had gotton all that stuff and that I should pare it down. God sure works in mysterious ways....
A baby gate... the baby is at the age where it will begin to walk soon and their house is close to the street and they have no fence in the front yard to keep the baby safe...
A baby stroller...
A baby playpen...
We have someone that lives close by going to check to see what other priority items are needed... Again Thank You all so very much for putting up with my constant requests for items and services to help others and for your kindness and generosity to fulfill those requests...
I have a baby baby gate at my Esmeralda condo; let me know how to get it to you.
Thanks Landshark... for now I'm not sure what his work schedule is, since he was hired by SeaSide... I think with all these great offers for work, this may end up working Mark Antonio to death...
I'll check with him to find out his schedule and get back to you, but I do know he is working this Saturday... Thanks again...
When i used to be a bum in Reno in the early 80's (never double down on a football bet to win your money back..you can lose 8 straight!) the unemployment office ran a great model "Casual Labor" lottery.It could work as a business model in Puerto Penasco.
The setup:
Job offers come from jobs like riding to the border to translate at the Alduna to unpleasant work like pack rat cleanup.A per hour rate is posted on the big board with a job description. The hopeful workers then draw a numbered poker chip from a can.The lowest number gets the job if the owner of the chip is qualified.The low chip owner can also sell his chip to a guy with a high chip if he has a good employee rating from his last job from the board. We degenerate gamblers used to love the luck of the draw. i once paid 200 bucks for chip one to get a deck job at lake Tahoe )with room and board thrown in...it changed my life as I started to meet people with money that needed someone dependable...could do the same for handy guys in RP
You know Jerry it's scaring me a little, but we may be thinking on the same plane.... I was just coming back on to mention that there are plenty of men connected to the community center that would be ready on a moments notice to do day labor or skilled work or possibly full time jobs. Some of them have trades like painting, carpentry and masonary... I'm going to talk this over with Blanca the director and Harold the founder of the center and see if we can start a temp labor service... I want to do it in a way that the pay is decided between the worker and the employer...
Many of these men I can vouch for their work because I've seen their work at the community center. The men from the community built it (with US volunteers helping)... and the center is built by US codes... no extention cords for electrical work, everything is grounded, modern plumbing, professional painting, quality cement, block and tile work...
Maybe we can call the service "Anything For A Buck or 10 Pesos"
Seadweller sez; "Maybe we can call the service "Anything For A Buck or 10 Pesos" '
Hold out for a hundred pesos !!!
I was having a similar idea. Keep it simple, it could get out of control. I would also ask for a small donation from the hiring person to support the center and the effort.
The Poker Chip method is good because it is...the luck of the draw...no favorites...The employer can pass is he thinks the guy can't do the work too.
Seadweller said:
You know Jerry it's scaring me a little, but we may be thinking on the same plane.... I was just coming back on to mention that there are plenty of men connected to the community center that would be ready on a moments notice to do day labor or skilled work or possibly full time jobs. Some of them have trades like painting, carpentry and masonary... I'm going to talk this over with Blanca the director and Harold the founder of the center and see if we can start a temp labor service... I want to do it in a way that the pay is decided between the worker and the employer...
Many of these men I can vouch for their work because I've seen their work at the community center. The men from the community built it (with US volunteers helping)... and the center is built by US codes... no extention cords for electrical work, everything is grounded, modern plumbing, professional painting, quality cement, block and tile work...
Maybe we can call the service "Anything For A Buck or 10 Pesos"
Landshark, Miguel in Playa Encanto tells me he pays his workers $ 30.00 USD a day. 10 hour days approx. Cleaning, moving sand etc. I give him some for his time bringing them and taking them home. The only price I did get from him is painting the house. It came out good. Labor and supplies, I furnished the paint.
Landshark, Miguel in Playa Encanto tells me he pays his workers $ 30.00 USD a day. 10 hour days approx. Cleaning, moving sand etc. I give him some for his time bringing them and taking them home. The only price I did get from him is painting the house. It came out good. Labor and supplies, I furnished the paint.
That sounds about like what we pay our cleaning girl Rosie, but she is only here for 4 hours, and we make sure we get the house spotless before she shows up... we don't want her to see what pigs we are... then we feed her lunch and her and Barb chit chat for the other 3 1/2 hours and after they run out of things to talk about, Rosie takes out the trash and she's done and heads for home... I don't know what we would do without her...
Only Joking... Rosie works hard and does a thorough job... She used to waitress at Balboas until things really slowed down and they had to let her go... so we had mentioned that she cleans homes to some of our friends and they hired her, then they told their friends who also hired her and now she is her own boss and making good money...
too funny... :rofl:<-- if this is ROFL I have a new one it's "PIMPLE" Pissing In My Pants Laughing Endlesly... now if you'll excuse me I need to go change my chonies...
That sounds about like what we pay our cleaning girl Rosie, but she is only here for 4 hours, and we make sure we get the house spotless before she shows up... we don't want her to see what pigs we are... then we feed her lunch and her and Barb chit chat for the other 3 1/2 hours and after they run out of things to talk about, Rosie takes out the trash and she's done and heads for home... I don't know what we would do without her...
Only Joking... Rosie works hard and does a thorough job... She used to waitress at Balboas until things really slowed down and they had to let her go... so we had mentioned that she cleans homes to some of our friends and they hired her, then they told their friends who also hired her and now she is her own boss and making good money...
I would vouch for Rosie she is an A++++++++++ in my book..Hard worker and very reasonable.
Hey Mark...I've got a little something for the little girl. Not a big deal. I will get in Monday afternoon and leave Saturday
morning. When would be a good time to get together to pass it on to you? Anything new in the job area for the young man?
Thanks Jack... I will be around all of next week (recooperating from the B-day weekend)... just let me know where and when you are all settled in and I can come to you... And yes Mark Antonio is working for Seaside as of this past Thursday... also next week I will be meeting with others to plan and hopefully set up some sort of a Temp Work Force for people looking for skilled and day labor...
