JANUARY 24, 2025 ON MY CORNER ASK YOUR VENDOR Why do you sell the paper? It’s a helping hand up. It’s a very lucrative job that allows you the freedom from the 9-5 routine. It also reminds readers how precious the newspaper can be. Groundcover encourages vendors to be creative! — Felicia Wilbert, #234 I love working with people. I love meeting students! — Juliano Sanchez, #174 I became a salesman at a young age and so I can sell any product ... and I especially love this product. I need money, too! — Joe Woods, #103 To have my own money in my pocket! — Roberto Isla Caballero, #347 To pay bills and to socialize with others. — Mike Jones, #113 January is one of the most challenging months of the year, but January can also be enjoyable. In January you can do a lot of selfcare for yourself and can do a lot of care for others, too. You can buy something nice and good for your friends and family. You can also make snacks and goodies for your family. Similar to during the holidays, you can write loving cards to your friends, and you can do self-care like decorating and baking things for yourself and others. In the month of January, focus on other goals that you set for the New Year, even if it’s having a better attitude toward your life and people. I GROUNDCOVER NEWS Joyful in the month of January staycation at home with the ones you love or just yourself. I feel sorry for people who don’t DENISE SHEARER Groundcover vendor No. 485 like to listen to old folk music and old music from the 50s, 60s and 70s. I like to be with friends and do staycations at home. I like to watch movies and be with people who I trust. It’s also good to have a have a place to be. I wish I could be someone’s friend who doesn’t have a place to be and share things with them, but the world is not that easy and trusting so I can't do that easily. I wish there was a way to comfort and be a friend to people who are down. I also like to be a good friend all year round, not just during the winter months. We would stick together and go out to movies and watch movies together. These are the joys of January I can think of right now, other than that January can be an early Valentine’s Day. dear GROUNDCOVER VENDORS, Mike Jones, your persistence in becoming an accomplished writer and generous human being inspire me! Shelley, thank you for your ongoing dedication and service to Groundcover News! Every other Friday I am excited to open up the issue and see what is inside. The paper is getting better and better and I love that I never know what to expect. What a gift Groundcover is to our city! Thank you to all the writers who have contirbuted and all the vendors who make it available to purchase. Joe — it has been amazing to watch you grow and flourish this past year. I'm proud to be your friend! Felicia, your infectious enthusiasm for Groundcover News, writing and your family make the world a happier place. Hailu, thank you for relentlessly promoting the Groundcover mission. Shoutout to Will Shakespeare — who I first met at Mercy House. Your ever friendly attitude and ever-moving mind never cease to amaze me! Thank you Wayne for encouraging me to get involved with Groundcover. I'm very happy to be here!! From Sim. To all vendors: Thank you for the work you do! I know that selling papers all day isn't easy but the conversations I've had with some of you have broadened my world and I'm always touched by the joy and heartbreak in your stories while reading the paper. Terri Demar might be the funniest vendor out there. #isaidwhatisaid 3 B-Man, your style is iconic! Jim, the effort and initiative you bring to improving yourself and Groundcover is truly remarkable and impressive. Thank you for ALL you do for this community. La Shawn helps me think more critically, be kinder, and in a lot of ways, know myself better. The world is a better place because Ken Parks is in it. love, YOUR CUSTOMERS I love Denise's writings and drawings! Dear Panda, I love what a go-getter you are. Along with your artwork, I’ve been happy to turn my money over to you to buy a Groundcover! And to benefit from your knowledge of Ann Arbor through your articles. When I lived in Ypsi, I would drive specially to Kerrytown to buy a paper from Schillington!
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