[Grovenet] GW's latest proposal--"A Krispy KR in every public school by 2010", Halliburton awarded contract...

[Adam Hampton]

For the record, it's approximately 604 food baskets--1,900 people (973 of 
those are children).

Adam Hampton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Morelli" <jo.david at verizon.net>
To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] GW's latest proposal--"A Krispy KR in every public 
school by 2010", Halliburton awarded contract...


> Steven,
>
> When doing story problems remember to include the units, otherwise
> you mix apples and oranges.
>
> 1 family per 50 people isn't 2% unless each family is only 1 person.
> The couple of applications I saw had two or four people in the
> families, so I am guessing that 2.5 people/family is a reasonable
> minimum for average family size.  Which is why I said "that appears
> to be about ...".
>
> David
>
> On Dec 8, 2006, at 11:19 PM, Steven wrote:
>
>> 1 in 50 is 2%
>>
>> David Morelli wrote:
>>> Forest Grove has a population that just passed 20,000.  Cornelius has
>>> over 10,000.  600 applications for 30,000 population.  1 needy family
>>> for every 50 people in our cities.  That appears to be about 5% who
>>> publicly admit to having economic problems.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Dec 8, 2006, at 7:52 PM, Adam Hampton wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>     For the record, when I started this project I set a quota of
>>>> 350--I hit that about four weeks ago and currently stand at 403.
>>>> Salvation Army of Hillsboro took two hundred of my applications--so
>>>> over 600 baskets have been sponsored for the Forest Grove/Cornelius
>>>> area. Only 42 to go.
>>>>     It really doesn't make any difference to me--one way or another
>>>> I have to send out each applicant a postcard. I just hesitate to
>>>> send out the one that says "Sorry, maybe next year..."
>>>>
>>>>     Thank you so much for your support!
>>>>
>>>>     Adam Hampton
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