We met up with a friend of Melinda's, a man named Ali. He owns a Dance Studio in Los Angeles, about 5 miles from Skid Row. We hoped to tell him about our mission and wanted to subtly mention our need for a videographer to document Backpack for Hope...maybe even ask him to use his studio as our place of refuge for the event. Just before we asked him, he said in his wonderfully heavy accent, "Melinda, what can I do for you. I want to help you."
Melinda responded by saying, "Well, we would like someone to document our even..." and before she could finish, he said "I'll do it!"
She also slightly began to mention, "And if there's any place you know around here where we might be able to stay for free, a community center of sorts, which is safe."
"Why don't you do it here!" he exclaimed.
"Really? Are you sure?", Melinda hesitantly asked, but hoping he was being serious.
"YEAH, of course!"
A huge load of bricks felt like it was lifted off Melinda's shoulders. All this time stressing about a place to stay for the weekend, and all it took was a short little visit with a good ol' friend. The meeting revealed the beauty of networking. "Quality is always better than quantity."
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