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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
"Hazel hasn't seen it yet," Thomas
says of his wife, who is recuperating from heart surgery
in the hospital.
"But I tell her it's for real - she'll
have a new home when she recovers."
The Thomas family had been renting a four-room
shack that was barely habitable.
"Then Sal came along and said, 'I'm
going to set you up in a new home, and all you have to bring
is your clothes,'" Thomas explains.
"Sal proved to be true to be a man
of his word, and here we are."
Dimiceli saw the poverty in Hopkins Park,
among the poorest towns in the state, when he and his son
went there to buy a dog several years ago.
"We saw the housing but didn't think
anyone lived there until my son noticed someone going inside,"
says Dimiceli, who manufactures and sells computer components.
He sought out a local minister, confirmed
the need and decided to start a charitable organization
to help local residents.
This year, The Time is Now will donate 300
pounds of food, $100, 000 worth of new clothing, 16 000
diapers, $20 000 worth of toiletries and $100 000 for renovating
existing homes, including turning on peoples water and electricity
by paying their overdue bills.
Dimiceli was raised in poverty.
"I made a promise to God to work my
way out," he explains.
"And when I did, I would donate time
and money to others who need it."
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