Compassion Lost?

Father Roberto Ubertino shows an example of the garbage the mission's meal program generates. City budget cuts have hit the mission hard. Photo by Omar Mosleh.

St. John the Compassionate Mission hasn’t been receiving much compassion lately. First, the charitable organization learned a new garbage collection fee for non-profit organizations would threaten their 25-year-old free meal program because they will have to pay thousands of dollars to haul away its waste. “I have to pay to dispose of … [Read more...]