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JUNE 16, 2023 ON MY CORNER MEET YOUR VENDOR GROUNDCOVER NEWS Baby resources still needed! The baby registry is in the name “Tabitha Ludwig.” Please help us as we have nothing for the baby yet; it would be a great blessing. If you want to send money instead, we have a Venmo account @solowyte83 and a CashApp account $flyhighsis. I did receive a little help from a wonderful TABITHA LUDWIG Groundcover vendor No. 360 Roberto Isla Caballero, vendor No. 347 My name is Tabitha. My fiance and I are In one sentence, who are you? From Cuba to Ann Arbor, 1980! Where do you usually sell Groundcover News? Corner of Washington and Main St. When and why did you start selling Groundcover? 2016. Somebody at St. Andrew’s Breakfast Church asked if I wanted to sell papers and then took me to the Groundcover office! What is your favorite thing to do in Ann Arbor? Sell my papers. For now, this is my thing. What song do you have completely memorized? I like too much music. I dance every night. I like any kind of music – Mexican, American, Cuban. What is something about you that someone on the street wouldn’t know? I don’t make complaints. I just stay on my corner. What was your first job? I helped my father make things. I started working in a school in Cuba. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Coffee. What's the best thing about selling Groundcover News? My money in my pocket! What are you most likely to become famous for? I'm already famous from being on the cover of Groundcover News in 2016 (pictured below). Groundcover Vendor Code While Groundcover is a non-profit, and paper vendors are self-employed contractors, we still have expectations of how vendors should conduct themselves while selling and representing the paper. The following is our Vendor Code of Conduct, which every vendor reads and signs before receiving a badge and papers. We request that if you discover a vendor violating any tenets of the Code, please contact us and provide as many details as possible. Our paper and our vendors should be positively impacting our County. • Groundcover will be distributed for a voluntary donation. I agree not to ask for more than the cover price or solicit donations by any other means. • When selling Groundcover, I will always have the current biweekly issue of Groundcover available for customer purchase. • I agree not to sell additional goods or products when selling the paper or to panhandle, including panhandling with only one paper or selling past monthly issues. • I will wear and display my badge when selling papers and refrain from wearing it or other Groundcover gear when engaged in other activities. • I will only purchase the paper from Groundcover Staff and will not sell to or buy papers from other Groundcover vendors, especially vendors who have been suspended or terminated. • I agree to treat all customers, staff, and other vendors respectfully. I will not “hard sell,” threaten, harass or pressure customers, staff, or other vendors verbally or physically. • I will not sell Groundcover under the influence of drugs or alcohol. • I understand that I am not a legal employee of Groundcover but a contracted worker responsible for my own well-being and income. • I understand that my badge is property of Groundcover and will not deface it. I will present my badge when purchasing the papers. • I agree to stay off private property when selling Groundcover. • I understand to refrain from selling on public buses, federal property or stores unless there is permission from the owner. • I agree to stay at least one block away from another vendor in downtown areas. I will also abide by the Vendor Corner Policy. • I understand that Groundcover strives to be a paper that covers topics of homelessness and poverty while providing sources of income for the homeless. I will try to help in this effort and spread the word. If you would like to report a violation of the Vendor Code please email contact@groundcovernews.com or fill out the contact form on our website. having a baby in July and definitely need help with getting the things needed. If anyone would like to help out my family with this beautiful baby girl, I have a baby registry on Amazon and also at Target. couple and I would like to thank them for the things they helped my family with. But with that being said, me and my family are still desperately in need of help. The baby does have growth restrictions in the womb so my doctor is talking about inducing my labor, so there is a very high chance that she will be born a preemie. Thank you all so much and God bless! Let's welcome baby Lena Almond to the Groundcover family soon. 3

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