The Coalition:ICT

12/23/2023

Good morning everybody.
This is mainly for the women out there.
There are currently two large bags of women's clothing and items on my front porch.
The tops are all mediums.
There are shoes, bags, all sorts of women's stuff in there.
I'm not going to go through it to see what else is in there, I'm not going to dig it out and list every size of every item.
Judging from past times that this person has left stuff on my porch, and I'm sure it's them, because all the clothes are the same type of clothes, nice clothes, and they are women's mediums, just like every other time.
If you want them, come get them. Free.
I want them gone. If you know somebody that might want them, come get them.
I want them gone. I would like to see them gone before it starts raining again, because I'm not moving them inside. I didn't ask for them, I don't want them, I just want them gone.
As soon as possible.
First come, first served.
If you don't know where I live, message me and I will give you the address, but once I give you the address, you better come get them. I'm not playing games here, I just want this stuff gone.
I don't care what you do with it.
You can sell it, you can keep it, I don't care.
I just want it gone.

12/23/2023

Public Service Announcement:
I've tried being nice about this, and hasn't worked.
STOP DROPPING CLOTHING DONATIONS ON MY PORCH!!!
We do not do that anymore.
I do not have anybody else to give them to.
Every group in town has too many clothes.
Deal with your own items.
It's a lazy way out for you to drop them on my porch to let me do your work.
If you have the transportation to bring them here, you have the transportation to take them to another outlet.
Take them to the Open Door.
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Take them to the emergency homeless shelter on East 21st.
Take them anywhere but do not drop them on my porch anymore. I don't want to have to go to the cameras on the surrounding houses and businesses, to find out who you are. So stop doing it.
This is getting ridiculous.

09/03/2023

Good morning friends and followers.
I have a need.
This is for a lady who I've been working with for about 2 years now, and I've known for over 20 years.
She's been in a very toxic relationship. She had legal problems that the other half of that relationship put her in.
It's taking her a while, with no help, but she's getting it resolved.
She has finally left relationship, and now she has an apartment of her own.
Dishes.
Cooking dishes.
Utencil.
Bath towels, hand towels, washcloths, pot holders, etc.
I'm not sure about furniture yet because I don't know the size of her place, but she basically has nothing but one bag of clothes.
I'll try to get her sizes later today and find out more about what she does exactly need.
She just got the key yesterday, and was cleaning last night. So when she contacts me today, I will update this post.
I don't know the location yet.
But for now, you can drop stuff off here and I will get it to her.
She doesn't have any transportation yet so I'll work it out.
Thank you for your help and support .
Y'all are the greatest. You always come through.

07/03/2023

Good evening friends. I ran into a lady today af QuikTrip that I've known for quite a while. She's had a run of bad luck, she's now homeless, and trying to make it back to being employed and housed.
There is one thing that I could get her to tell me that she needed... An air mattress.
She has rheumatoid arthritis, joint troubles, and she is elderly. I believe she's 62. Sleeping on the ground makes it difficult for her to get up and move around, joints are stiff and I totally understand that. But if anyone has, or would be willing to purchase an air mattress for this lady and drop it off I would be eternally grateful and I know she would. She wouldn't tell me anything else that she needed. She said she everything else to take care of, which I kind of question, but for her to admit that she doesn't have an air mattress was a big step for her. If you need an address to drop one off message me. Thank you for your support now, in the past, and in the future. Have a safe and wonderful Fourth.

06/30/2023

Just a little insight from Meta on the performance of the Coalition ICT page.
Interesting where all the followers are from, interesting to age groups, interesting how with all the followers from all over the world, yet we still have not received any financial donations in almost 2 years.
This is why we're not doing anything anymore. We simply can't afford it.
We have rescinded our accreditation from the state for official tax deductible, non-profit, status because we simply cannot afford the fees anymore. So that's why y'all are not seeing anything posted.
We're not doing anything right now, except trying to survive this economy.
We've tried applying for some of the grants through Devon James, Patterson gives back, Pistotnik, and not received a single word from any of them.
Venmo has decided that we are not who we say we are, and is refusing to release any money that's in that account, and they won't even let us just check to see how much money is in that account. So in my opinion, its apparent that the people don't want us to continue what we were doing, even though we were the only people in town with a 100% success rate.
I know things are tough for everybody, but we cannot function without income. Have a great day everybody.
Thank you for your past support and God bless us all. We certainly need it.

04/23/2023

Good morning friend. Over the weekend someone left three bags on my front porch. I don't know what they are. I don't know where they came from. My porch is not a dump. If you want the clothes or whatever they are come get them. Otherwise they will go to the curb. Again, my porch is not a dump. We are not accepting any donations. If you have something to donate, contact me first!

02/21/2023

I've been trying to get local interest in these for over 4 years now. Looks like I tried in the wrong location.
If you're interested, contact me. I have info on these from the actual manufacturer.

The city has purchased 27 Iglou shelters from the company based in Czechia.Read more here: https://bit.ly/40gzxBR

01/25/2023

Good evening friends and followers.
Today I found and talked to a lady that I've been trying to help for about 2 years now.
What I found out is very disturbing.
She told me that she had finally been approved for housing through the WPD Homeless Outreach Team.
They told her to find a place and bring them the landlords contact info and they would pay for deposit and 2 months rent.
She did what they told her and found a landlord that was agreeable to those terms. He also agreed to allow her to move in while awaiting the payment promised her by the WPD HOT team.
When she recontacted the HOT team, she was told she no longer qualified for the funding because she wasn't technically homeless anymore, since the landlord allowed her to move in
In my opinion, this is ridiculous and completely unacceptable.
We are now trying to raise money for her, since we don't have the necessary funding ourselves due to zero financial contributions last year.
I know times are difficult, but it's even more difficult for a female living on the streets.
If you would be able to donate anything, please contact myself, Allen Stoker or Christopher Parisho, to make arrangements.
Also, our Venmo info is listed on TheCoalition:ICT page.
https://www.facebook.com/thecoalitionICT/
This is just one more example of how difficult it is helping people up to a better life, and I am livid that the HOT Team would withdraw the promised assistance for such a stupid reason.
Please share this with city council members, county commissioners and the media contacts that you have that I don't have.
This isn't the only time they've done this. I'm also working with a disabled male who has basically the same thing happen to him, but I've gotten him the last of the camping equipment we had and he's coping for now.
Y'all have always come thru for our friends in time of need, and I have confidence and faith that we can do it again.
Her deposit and monthly rent are $400, and utility's are covered by the landlord.
Thank you for your support and God bless us all.

We are dedicated to gathering people, pooling resources, sharing information and creating events to end chronic and situational homeless in Wichita.

12/28/2022

Good morning family, friends, and followers.
End of the year always brings its own type of challenges, with the biggest one usually being how to proceed in the new year.
It's never easy to try and correctly predict the outcomes of events that won't happen for months to come.
So. 2 things that I need to address today, and surprise of all suprises, they are requests for assistance.
1. TheCoalitionICT desperately needs an up-to-date, working laptop. I've been trying to do everything on my 5 year old cellphone, and it's becoming quite the exercise in futility.
If you or anyone you know can assist with this, we'll designate you as Hero of the Day, and we'll say a virtual toast to you before we drink our virtual drinks.
2. I need someone who is knowlegable and proficient in the planning, promoting and holding a raffle on a very nice, veteran themed item.
The item was donated to me personally, but I'd never be able to give it the due it deserves, and it's too amazing to live it's life stuffed in a drawer or on a shelf in a closet, so I'm willing to donate a portion of the proceeds.
I'd like to promote this to all veteran assistance organizations, veteran lodges and anywhere else that veterans attend and mingle.
So, if we have anyone in our network that is a direct descendent of Aaron Burr, and is willing to help with il please let me know so we can get together to discuss our options.
Thank you for your support and God bless us all.

11/29/2022

Its Giving Tuesday, plus end of year gift donations are approaching.
Y'all know I hate asking for money, but financial donations are essential to our being able to continue to help others..
Thank you for your support and God bless us all.

11/29/2022

Good afternoon friends and followers.
Finally some good news. We are officially out of our storage unit and out from under that monthly bill. First, thank you to Christopher , and his son John for coming out and helping us load everything up and using their vehicles to distribute it to the different places that it needed to go.
The clothes and shoes all went to the Violence Impact Center and Community Blessed LLC, for their monthly clothing distribution event on East 21st Street.
There were a lot glassware vases and knick knack home decor stuff that went to DAV because we actually didn't have any place elsewhere for it to go.
The remaining tables that we had that weren't stolen earlier last year are secured now.
Some of the winter type products, candles, handwarmers, socks, blankets, etc. will go to Kathy and Jonni for their "Under the Bridges" outreach.
I have several bags of bed linens, mostly full size, that I will be going through, sorting and separating and will need to find an outlet for that.
But, the best thing is being out of storage and that all of the items that we had leftover, winter and summer, are now on their way to new homes.
I've got to do some rearranging in my apt, in order to get the linens sorted and bagged, and organize and find a place for all of our office administrative type things. Our former secretary did us no favors in that dept.
At least I can work on this at my own pace and without over-exerting the back..lol
Have a great week, Thank you for your support, and God bless us all.