sometimes

sometimes i believe it's right to say "well, they must have needed it more than i do."
but i don't think that's the case in this situation... i wonder if the people who stole these things knew they were stealing from so many poor all over the state and region...

(Columbia) - Homeworks' storage warehouse comes complete with a fence for safety. "And yet when I drove in and saw the door open, I knew it was not gonna be a good day," said Hank Chardos, the organization's director.He was right. Over the weekend, thieves pulled up the back fence and made their way in. "And this is the tool they left us that they ended up just annihilating the lock that was put on there," Chardos said as he pointed to a long metal tube.Once inside, Chardos saw the real damage. "Where you think there are an awful lot of ladders there, there are but we had probably two or three times that many ladders that are absolutely essential to the houses we repair," he said.Neatly packed donations that were supposed to be taken to hurricane-hit regions in the next few weeks were destroyed. "I mean all these clean diapers now have so much dust and mold on them. But once you get to this point is when you pull back the door and then all you see in our tool room are shelves," said Chardos.Dozens of drills, nail guns, saws, compressors and a generator were missing."All of what we do is to try to help people and for somebody to come in and just take everything that we had that helps people in a tangible way really hurts," Chardos said.Now he's afraid that without a flood of donated replacements, Homeworks will have to cut back on helping this community. If you have any information about this burglary, call Crimestoppers at 1-888-559-TIPS or e-mail a tip to the Crimestoppers website. Your identity will be kept confidential and you could receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

thanks for the link, michelle: http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=35625