By Jack Day Kevin Adler had a really good idea last Christmas when he filmed a homeless man looking to find his sister and uploaded the video to YouTube. Within an hour the sister was tagged on social media and a month later after some fundraising the two were reunited. So Adler thought why not…
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These Young Men Are Restoring Dignity to Homeless Veterans As They Are Laid to Rest
By Jack Day You may have heard about the Patriot Riders, a national organization of motorcycle enthusiasts, as well as other patriots, who attend the funerals of veterans. Some of the most important funerals for them to be present at are the veterans who died homeless with no family to bury them. Recently in Holly…
This 20-Year-Old Man Was Living On the Street, Until the Kindness Of a Stranger Changed Everything
By Jack Day This is a before and after photo of 20-year-old Shylow Murphy, who less than a week ago was homeless on the streets of Norwich, England. The transformation took place thanks to the kindness of a stranger who happened to be passing by him one day last week. That stranger was Abbi Claxton,…
This Van Is Giving Out More Than Spare Change to Those Willing to Work For It
By Jack Day There’s something really smart going down in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In a duel effort to curb pan handling in the city as well as create jobs and opportunity for those who are often forced to beg, the mayor, Richard J. Berry, announced a program called, “There’s a Better Way,” in which vans…
This Homeless Man Just Got the Surprise Of His Life From a Caring Officer
By Jack Day Samuel Meixueiro has fallen on hard times. He has no home, no family, and carries his belongings with him on his daily 6 hour walk to work from the church he sleeps at in Kansas City. One day he stopped in a park to take a rest and some concerned citizens called…
Aside From Healthy Benefits, This Rooftop Garden Offers Some Promising Things For the Homeless
By Anne Cacherell Aside from providing a peaceful retreat, maintaining a rooftop garden provides a communal focus and a sense of place with ecological benefits. Metro Atlanta Task Force, an organization which has consistently served homeless individuals through their housing, employment and healthcare programs since 1981, believes in this principle. In 2009, the agency created…
This Homeless Veteran Just Got a Second Chance
By Richard K. Noots No one likes to see someone homeless, and we tend to feel a bit worse if it’s a veteran. We want to take care of everyone, but most of us lack anywhere close to the capabilities of doing so. That’s what makes Donald Gould’s story so special. A homeless vet who passed the time playing the piano…
This Amazing Bird Wants the World to Know Who Destroyed His Home
By Anne Cacherell The cutting down of trees and the conversion of forest lands to urban use have resulted in not only the loss of human livelihoods, but also the loss of habitats for many of the world’s land-based animals. This lyrebird is just one of the many wonderful species that are left homeless by…
This Photographer Is Restoring the Face Of Humanity Through Portraits Of the Homeless
By Anne Cacherell Humanity is being able to see the suffering of others and doing something about it. Professor of photography at the Chico State University and social activist Aaron Draper seeks to restore the face of humanity by creating a series called Underexposed. In this project, this American photographer takes beautiful, well-lit color portraits…
This Organization’s Mission Is to Help Ex-Offenders & the Homeless Get Jobs
By Anne Cacherell Aside from building self-esteem, having a job gives us a sense of purpose and self-worth that makes us feel that we are important contributing members of the society. This video features Sun Cedar, a Kansas-based non-profit manufacturing organization that gives employment opportunities to people who are in difficult transitions and in severe…
This Homeless Man Had No Idea His Life Was About to Change After His Amazing Public Performance
By Anne Cacherell Meet Donald Gould, a 51-year old homeless veteran from Sarasota, Florida, who captured cyberspace’s attention after being filmed playing a 1977 hit “Come Sail Away” by Styx on a public sidewalk piano. He became an instant sensation after his public performance video was uploaded on Facebook and gathered 1.5 million views overnight….
Remember the Homeless Millennial? Check Out How Much His Life has Changed Since!
By Richard K. Noots Some months ago, we posted a story about Homeless Joe. He was a Millennial turned hobo. How did he survive though? By hitting on women, of course! He managed to find food, places to sleep and even copious amounts of drugs just by being a charming individual. One might say he really…
In Case You Forgot, Detroit Has a Huge Problem
By Richard K. Noots Detroit felt the 2008 depression in a big way. Lately, everyone has just been trying to move on. What about all those homeless teens though? Well, it turns out, they’ve been busy helping homeless animals! Specifically, homeless pit bulls. While many of us are OK with not only ignoring our homeless…
These Teens Raised Money to Build an ‘Impossible City’ For the Homeless, Now They Won’t Stop
By Jack Day With the help of adult volunteers and the backing of non profit Sawhorse Revolution, high school students in Seattle are learning some valuable lessons about helping those less fortunate than themselves. They recently raised $40,000 on Indiegogo to help fund a project meant to create an “eco’friendly” encampment for homeless people with…
Do You Want to Know How It Feels to Live In an Internet Café? Japan’s Homeless Workers Will Show You
By Anne Cacherell Net Café Refugees is a 10-minute documentary film created by award-winning photojournalist Shiho Fukada. This fascinating short video has raised awareness to the challenges of Japan’s homeless temporary workers. According to a survey conducted by their Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in 2007, almost 10% of the people who are spending…
This Guy’s Experiment Might Seem Strange, But His Message Makes Perfect Sense
By Jack Day Popular YouTube personality Yousef Saleh Erakat has an interesting way of testing out social theories. He is known for this kind of thing, but recently when he tried a reverse beggar experiment the results shocked even him. Instead of posing as a homeless man in need of money, the charismatic entertainer flipped…
This Singer Is Using His Voice to Find a Homeless Man a Place to Live
By Anne Cacherell When Boyz II Men singer Nathan Morris heard about the heartbreaking story of Charles Gladden, the 63-year old man who sleeps in the city streets at night and works at the US Capitol, he immediately launched a an online crowdfunding campaign to help the homeless man find a place to live. The…
He Has Been Tiling the Streets Of New York For Over 34 Years, Meet The Mosaic Man
By Jack Day Street art comes in many forms. We have witnessed this in past articles I have done. I never get tired of them, and in fact wish I could get away with 3 a day. But we have to pace ourselves here and spotlight each artist one at a time. Like Mosaic Man…
This Guy Was Inspired By Others to Build a Small House For a Homeless Woman, Now He’s the Inspiration
By Jack Day The King would be proud. Presley that is, and it is because this guy who shares the same first name with him is out there building little homes for homeless people. Elvis Summers had befriended the homeless woman, who goes by Smokie, outside of his apartments a while back. Tired of seeing…
Guess What? The Homeless Know What YOU Think About Them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BXxxfc4aYc By Richard K. Noots Perhaps you’ve watched Jimmy Kimmel, but he has a segment called Celebrities Read Mean Tweets. In it, various celebrities do as the title says. However, his segment has inspired many parodies. Take this one for instance. Some people decided to show the homeless what the Twittersphere thinks about them. Let’s just…
When They Didn’t Have a Place to Stay This Police Officer Wouldn’t Let Them Freeze In Their Car
By Anne Cacherell Robert Wood, together with his pregnant wife and 2 kids, were moving back to Eugene, OR from Alaska. The family is short of cash and didn’t have a place to stay. To save some money while looking for a place to live, they decided to sleep in the car at the Alton…
By Outfitting An Old Bus With Showers, This Woman Is Helping to “Clean Up” the Homeless
By Jack Day Anytime a person takes on a task that does not benefit themselves in any way, it is a pretty admirable thing. That is exactly what Doniece Sandoval is doing by driving her mobile shower bus around the streets of San Francisco looking for homeless customers. She was moved one day when she…
This Spider-Man Puts Peter Parker to Shame
By Richard K. Noots Birmingham, like all other cities, has a homeless problem. As in, people have a problem because they have no income. No income means no food, usually. Luckily, one man decided to step his game up and don a familiar mask. Although he had been doing this before he put on a costume, no one really cared…
He Asked Homeless People If They Had Something to Spare, Their Responses Are Remarkable
By Anne Cacherell Omar Gosh, the shoeless man wearing pajamas in the video, conducted this social experiment to raise awareness about the people who live on park benches and street pavements. He would tell homeless individuals that he’s hungry and ask them if they have something to spare him. The responses he received were very…
