Categories
Small Business Ideas

Hope Squad Maine holds ‘Love and Gratitude’ open house [Video]

Hope Squad Maine hosted a “Love and Gratitude” open house in Portland to inform the public about the group’s mission and the work done by its volunteers.Matt Brown, founder of the nonprofit organization, said Hope Squad Maine started as a simple idea to help people who are homeless.”I thought it was maybe me and one or two other friends in the Prius with a thing of hot chocolate and a bag of socks. I didn’t necessarily see beyond that if this could happen,” Brown said.But Brown wound up purchasing a retired ambulance and he and dozens of volunteers are able to offer tables of food and clothing. “They show you that they care and that you matter and that you’re important,” said Amber Lesperance, a volunteer with Hope Squad Maine. “I was on the streets of Portland for three and a half years, up until February of this recent year. …

Watch/Read More
Categories
Small Business Ideas

Impossible to imagine: Ret. Gen. is skeptical Trump admin. will court martial military leaders [Video]

As he prepares his Cabinet and administration picks, President-elect Trump and his transition team have floated the idea of court martials for military leaders in charge of carrying out the countrys withdrawal from Afghanistan under the Biden administration. Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey shares his thoughts on this and the Biden administrations change of policy regarding Ukraine.