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• n  a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money

• The obsequious panhandler waits outside the automated-teller machines, where wallets are full and walls are transparent.
• The panhandler closed with the parson.
• I can picture a stressed-out Tampa soccer mom drawing a bead on an approaching panhandler and shrieking, "Go ahead, make my day!" Gun-control advocates are distraught over this .

News & Articles

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• Woodbridge day schooler finds a world of meaning in one simple act of kindness
  By Cindy Mindell WOODBRIDGE – It’s been 27 years since 30-something Laura Schroff offered to buy lunch for 11-year-old panhandler Maurice Mazyck on 56th Street in Manhattan. The resulting friendship... Read more »
  June 19, 2013 - Jewish Ledger
• Meet NY Times Best-Selling Author at Sheltering heARTS
  Laura Schroff, NY Times Best-Selling Author of: An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-year-old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny, Keynote Guest at Sheltering Hearts. [PR.com]
  June 18, 2013 - PR.com
• Panhandling solutions imperfect
  - I gave a panhandler a buck Tuesday morning. I'm not sure why -- I readily admit I ignore Portland's ever-growing legion of median-strip dwellers far more often than I lower the driver's window and pass them a few coins or a dollar bill.
  June 13, 2013 - Portland Press Herald

Quotes

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• Michael Bloomberg in New York Sun
  Giving money to a panhandler may seem like you're being compassionate,Mayor Bloomberg said today at City Hall. "But you're really not helping that person long term, and just keeping that person going in a life that is probably going to...
• Ryan Larkin in mediacaster
  A friendship formed, and Larkin began to develop ideas for a film, based on, in his own words, "comical experiences I've had during my many years as a 'panhandler' in Montreal."
• Georges Bedard in Ottawa Citizen (registration)
  There are estimates that a good panhandler can easily earn about $60 in an hour,says Mr. Bédard. "So in 15 minutes, maybe you can get $15 or so that assures you to have a couple of hits." "You get your money, you go and get your...