NEW AND IMPROVED BADGES for Vendors

By Dolores Manley

To all of our new and old customers: we have new and improved badges. Our new badges are clearer and more professional looking.. The new badge has the vendor’s picture, name, DOB and expiration date on it along with their ID number. It has the number to call if there are problems with the vendor. The new badges will help keep fraudulent vendors from collecting money using The Cleveland Street Chronicle name and reputation to get rich.

The new badge has a better picture of the person’s face. They also have a feature on the badge that cannot be duplicated. When approached by a Street Chronicle seller, ask him or her to let you see their badge. If the vendor refuses, it could possibly be a vendor with a fraudulent badge. You can call NEOCH’s office at (216) 432-0540 to confirm that the vendor is actually a legitimate badged vendor able to sell The Street Chronicle.

I have been selling The Cleveland Street Chronicle for over 20 years and other vendors might say that I am rich. Believe me, it is not so. Also, you can sell the paper. The vendor keeps $1.00 of the issue sales price and the rest, 25 cents goes to NEOCH outreach and the Street Card.

The paper also lists shelters and agencies where people can get help. If you are new to Cleveland and you need a job, the training to become a vendor is at the NEOCH offices. Call for NEOCH an appointment at (216) 432-0540 for the time of the training. If you call for an appointment and make arrangements to sell the paper, you get 10 papers free to start out. Your $1.25 goes to support people that are working to sell the paper. You do not have to be homeless to be a vendor and sell the paper.

The Street Chronicle is an alternative to panhandling.  It is not begging; it is a legitimate way to earn money selling a real paper, written and sold by licensed vendors in the city of Cleveland