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Eager Workers Aid Elderly Poor Through Green Thumb
Harold A Buckner runs a Yonkers rooted Green Thumb program in upstate New York aiding elderly poor. Workers, average age 69, earn 1.85 per hour for two to three days weekly. total earnings up to 1680 annually. Projects include park tables, hospital room painting, and visiting the sick. The program operates in 14 counties with 156 men and six women, funded by the labor department and local sponsors. Buckner calls it an efficient welfare alternative and notes many more counties could participate.
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Harold Faber
Cobleskilt
Harold A. Buckner
Main Street
Upstate
New York
Spa
Buckner
Green Thumb
Yorkshire
Cattaraugus
Grees- ‘Thimb
Department of Labor
New York Times
Pate Joseph Smith
Top Mountain Park
Cobraskill
N.Y