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| Group Kitchens for the Homeless 
There is not enough housing available in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. In my small town of 1800, there are thirty people who live in their cars because their rental was sold. In hi-demand areas, people who work the low-paying service jobs cannot even find a room to rent at double their former rent. Rather than leave their jobs and friends by moving away completely, they move into in their cars to save money. If something else goes wrong, often these "homeless by choice" people can lose everything.To avoid this from happening, I have "adopted" a number of car-dwellers, giving them limited access to my tiny home (showers, taking messages for job-seeking) in exchange for various chores. With this help, most of them eventually found housing. Some of these "recovered homeless" got together and rented a shared place. They decided to start a "pot-luck" evening twice a week for their other friends who were still living in cars: The car-dwellers agree to bring extra food. They prepare the food that's there and clean up the kitchen. The renters get food prepared for them and their dinner dishes get washed. Perhaps a car-dweller who has a job becomes a part of the house when a room becomes available.Reward: The idea already works for me! 
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| Over Head Hot Air Dryer For After Bath or Shower
You know how nice it is to go to a public restroom and use the hand dryer instead of paper towels or the ones on a continuous roll? Why not have a large, heated-air fan blowing warm or hot air down on you from your ceiling, air drying you off while you just stand there after a bath or shower or rain storm or just to get instantly warm when it is cold outside or inside for that matter, right in your own home. Or if you wanted to also towel dry off in 30 seconds you could use a towel and the hot air overhead dryer. You could save an extra 15 or 20 minutes of your valuable morning time before heading off to work and spend that time enjoying a morning cup of coffee in front of the morning news. All the technology of the common bathroom times ten.Reward: Credit
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| SOS Balloons
Do you ski? Do you ramble over mountain tops? Go for long walkies in the wilderness?Be smart. Take brightly coloured, reflective, glo-in-the-dark, large inflatable balloons with you. If you get into trouble, simply inflate and tie to yourself, so air/sea rescue can see you from a distance. Won't weigh anything extra to your kit. Could save your life. Should be made/sold in standard SOS package/style so easily recognisable.Reward: nothing worse than being stranded. That this might just save somebodies life is enough.
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