What Does Toronto Canada Do With Old Worn-Out Fire Fighting Clothing And Equipment?
You’ve seen those children down the road? You know… the ones that never seem to have any decent clothes or shoes that fit?
Good children all, but you have to feel sorry for them. They are stuck with parents who would rather spend money partying instead of looking after the basics. The house is a mess with junk in the yard and plastic stuffed into the holes in the roof to keep out the rain – but there is a brand new colour television is in mommy’s bedroom.
Oh, the parents work and earn enough to look after the children if they had their priorities in order. But they’d rather buy lottery tickets by the pound and a brand new car on the never-never than buy new shoes for the little ones.
Everything always on the never-never. New car. New TV. Anything the parents want on credit they buy. Cricket parties, theatre parties, new patio downtown for parties. Even flyover parties!
But the children have no shoes – so the neighbours help out as best they can. Charity doesn’t solve the real problem, but at least it puts shoes and clothes on the children.
The parents say “thank you” but the worst part of it is that they don’t even know enough to be ashamed…
Barbados Underground – Poster on Barbados Forum Says That The Barbados Fire Service Accepted “Hand-me Downs” From The Toronto Fire Service
Barbados Free Press 
i wonder if they can find some hand-me-down chalk for the teachers, guns for the police and nurses who speak English for the hospital while they are at it…
Lord have mercy…somebody ask the big man to call the election so the madness can end…
Nicely written BFP
Is there a way for overseas nationals to buy Barbados Savings bonds or anything like that???? Just like how you can buy a US $ savings bond….
I asked the Barbados Stock Exchange if they knew of anything like that and they never wrote back. I would think it would be best if either Scotia, CIBC, or RBC ran something like that because they’re all in North America and could easily have their Canadian operations cover Canada and the USA.
I would rather contribute and see the force walking around in new garb- rather then old cast-off wears which may or may not be defective after years of existing use.
the current administration is way too busy partying and doing what they do best to answer a question like that…bet if you wanted to make a campaign contribution they would have got back to you… sigh…
did i metion that i would like somebody to tell the big man to call the election so that the nonsense can end?