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<text id=89TT2714>
<title>
Oct. 16, 1989: American Notes:Los Angeles
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Oct. 16, 1989 The Ivory Trail
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 37
American Notes
LOS ANGELES
Brother, No Dimes, Please
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<p> Panhandlers in Los Angeles are being surprised by handouts
in the form of paper, not paper money but coupons good for a
meal at the Weingart Center Cafe. The idea was dreamed up by
Maxene Johnston, president of the 600-bed center in L.A.'s skid
row, as a new way of encouraging businesses to help the
homeless.
</p>
<p> Johnston figured that donors would give more cheerfully if
they were sure the handouts would go to a good purpose. In a
pilot program last March, she asked businesses to buy books of
the $2.50 coupons to be distributed to street people instead of
the customary coins. Initial results were so good the program
became permanent. Soon the center will offer coupons in various
denominations and book sizes. The brightest sign so far is that
some panhandlers have begun asking for coupons instead of cash.
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</body></article>
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