Woman Raises Over $300,000 For Homeless Man Who Gave Her His Last $20

Remember that the next time you see a "bum" on the street.

 

Something I did when I first moved to Thailand was pretend like I was broke.
This nice lady who lived across from me fed me all the time & was really nice to me.
As soon as I got a good job I hooked her up with a job there. (300% pay increase from her old job)

She's still working there AFAIK, and the last time I saw her was in 2009 when I returned to that same employer for a big project.

 

This is a great story all around.
The accounting I saw on the news said that some of the money would also be used to help others re-boot their lives.
Not sure how that will shake out, but it's a reaffirming story for sure.

 

I have mixed feelings about stories like this one. On the one hand, good for the recipient and good for everyone who contributed.

OTOH, 30 homeless people could each be given $10K and it could change 30 lives.

 

It could yet happen.

 

. Sounds like this guy intends to help lots of others - he gave away his last $20 when he had nothing.

 

With 300K, put 100K in to property, put 75K in to tiny houses on the property and get local sponsors for these homes and get people in them. Then get some grant money to add more tiny houses, rinse repeat. Once your first property is maxed out, open a franchise in every state. It’s all started with grant money but the goal is the homes are sponsored by some concerned party or organization. Pretty soon you have a network of communities helping the homeless which is built largely on private donations.

 

I fear he is yet to get free of the drug / substance abuse that kicked him to the kerb in the first place.

 

I agree it is a great story of decent behaviors. The Devil's in the details of how the fund gets used.

 

I have a bob each way with this.

 

In every story I've ever heard about a homeless person being given a lot of money, it didn't turn out well.

 

I don't disagree. But homeless people generally aren't great with money, obviously.

I'm sure the media will follow up once or twice. More if things goes bad. Good news doesn't sell.

 

This.

I have some direct experience with the homeless and it's true they are different in circumstances as well as character.

Generally speaking, the homeless tend to fall into 3 categories of circumstances as to why they are homeless.

1) temporary
2) mentally ill
3) addicted to drugs or alcohol.

It's worth mentioning that many homeless persons are in both categories 2 and 3. Also, children are often accompanying their homeless parents and they don't really fall into any of the above categories.

What I found, when getting to know them personally, was that many are friendly and genuinely nice people, while the nasty ones are relatively few - just like the rest of us.

Many people believe the stereotype that the homeless are automatically not nice people. Sure, they smell bad and most lack normal social skills but they're not lesser human beings than anybody else.