BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected]. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to 'City's panhandling ban harms the unhoused, says homeless man,' published May 26.
Thanks, Bob, for humanizing this story.
Listening to the stories of those soliciting, without judging, criticizing or giving advice is life-giving.
Listening Post Barrie offers volunteers who listen with kindness, care and respect. Being listened to creates hope and self worth, qualities needed to support positive change.
Carolyn Boyer
Barrie
