10 Homeless People Who Became Rich and Famous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObv0BSWJz8

Try Not to Cry, Sad Homeless Lady Finds Happiness,

This sad story has a happy ending. Watch the next video.

Can $9 change a life, Can $9 make you a hero.

Can nine dollars change a life?.

Imagine it is a cold December night. You are sleeping under a bridge. The pavement is uncomfortable. The wind is blowing hard and your cardboard housing is letting the rain in. You are alone, You used to have friends, but Pete passed a few months ago and the police took Alex away. It is just you now. The hours tick by slowly. Your stomach grumbles. Hungry is always with you, reminding you that you failed. There is a rescue missions but they only let you stay there fourteen days per year, and you used those days up months ago. In the morning you might be able to get a hot cup of coffee if you listen to a sermon about what a bad person you are. The police will also tell you that you are a bad person and they do not want you around. Sometimes the macho types will beat you, just because they can. Sometimes you might get caught in a “bum fight.” Someone will pay someone else to pound you. If you are a girl it is much worse, especially if you are a pretty girl. There are other things that happen to homeless they turn up dead. But unlike when a prostitute is killed, a homeless getting killed never makes the news. During the day you have no place to be. People are afraid to look at you. So you find a place like a library or park and hope you can stay without being asked to move along. It is illegal to be poor in many states. There are vagrancy laws. People can get arrested for being homeless. It would not be that bad being in jail they feed you and it is warm but you can also get beaten up and raped. It is hard to get help if you are sick, there are no bathrooms and in warmer areas lice are a problem. You hear the words, “filthy” and, “disgusting” a lot. Or a mother of young children will urgently tell her children, “come on let’s go.” There is little medical treatment in the warmer areas it is hard to get away from lice. Hopelessness and sorrow is constant.  It is part of the golden rule to treat others the way you want to be treated. If you were sleeping on the pavement alone and cold on Christmas Eve wouldn’t you at least want a full belly and some wine to help relive your sorrows? Wine For the Homeless is a grassroots movement to help those suffering. It costs nine dollars to get a homeless person a bottle of wine, a block of cheese and a loaf of bread.* This is a grassroots movement you can pick these things up yourself or donate and a volunteer will deliver them to a homeless person in need.

*Prices based on one bottle of Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw Wine, a small block of cheese from Aldi a Tampa Florida Food chain.

Proverbs 31:6-7: “Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.”

www.wineforthehomeless.com

Imagine it is a cold December night. You are sleeping under a bridge. The pavement is hard. The cold wind is blowing hard and your cardboard housing got wet letting the  rain in. You are alone, You used to have friends, but Pete passed a few months ago and the police took Alex away. It is just you now. The hours tick by slowly. Your stomach grumbles. Hungry is always with you, reminding you that you failed. There is a rescue missions but they only let you stay there fourteen days per year,  you used those days up months ago. In the morning you might be able to get a hot cup of coffee if you listen to a sermon about what a bad person you are. The police will also tell you that you are a bad person and they do not want you around. Sometimes the macho types will beat you, kick you, just because they can. Sometimes you might get caught in a “bum fight.” Someone will pay someone else to fight you. If you are a girl it is much worse, especially if you are a pretty girl. There are other things that happen to homeless, they just turn up dead. But unlike when a prostitute is killed, a homeless getting killed never makes the news. During the day you have no place to be. People are afraid to look at you. So you find a place like a library or park and hope you can stay without being asked to move along. It is illegal to be poor in many states. There are vagrancy laws. People can get arrested for being homeless. Jail would not be that bad, they feed you and it is warm, but you can also get beaten up and raped. It is hard to get help if you are sick. Some who should help you would rather you not clog the system. There are no bathrooms and in warmer areas lice are a problem. You hear the words, “filthy” and, “disgusting” a lot. Or a mother of young children will softly but urgently tell her children, “Come on let’s go.” Hopelessness and sorrow is constant.  It's Christmas Eve you are cold and alone, there will be no presents, no family visits, and ever present is the sorrow of how you lost them. 

You lie there missing the life that was once yours which is now just a faded memory. It is part of the golden rule to treat others the way you want to be treated. If you were sleeping on the pavement alone and cold on Christmas Eve wouldn't you at least want a full belly and some wine to help relive your sorrows? 

Wine for the Homeless is a grassroots movement to help the homeless enjoy the holidays just like others do