Tag: homeless

23-Year-Old Man Reunites With Missing Homeless Father on Christmas Eve After 16 Years

A 23-year-old man in Liverpool was reunited with his homeless father on Christmas Eve in what the young man is calling a “Christmas miracle.” Jason Kelly had been estranged from his father since his parents split when he was 12. He knew that his aging father, David Kelly, had been sleeping in graveyards and parks…


Economic Uncertainty Troubles Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett

Reflecting on a difficult year, Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett says a new set of challenges awaits after the clock strikes midnight New Year’s Day. As the Southern California county grapples with a $200 million budget deficit, its board of supervisors is bracing for more financial hardship with the Dec. 31 expiration of the federal…


Homeless Man Risks Life to Save 6 Dogs, 10 Cats After Animal Shelter Catches Fire

An Atlanta homeless man risked his life to save all the animals of a local shelter after it caught fire. Running into the blaze, Keith Walker, 53, saved all the animals, six dogs and 10 cats, by carrying them to safety. Gracie Hamlin, the founder of the W-Underdogs shelter in Atlanta, Georgia, calls Walker her guardian…


Video: Texas Police Officer Uses Own Money to Buy Stranded Homeless Man a New Wheelchair

During a routine audit of body camera footage, a Texas police department caught one of their officers performing an act of unprecedented kindness. A Carrollton police officer, who has requested to remain anonymous, used his own money to buy a new wheelchair for a homeless man in dire straits. The bodycam footage shows the officer purchasing…


Orange County’s Homeless Shelters Hit by Wave of COVID-19

Orange County officials have converted the Fullerton Navigation Center into a COVID-19 treatment facility as surging infection rates have spread to the county’s homeless population. The navigation center will serve as a living area where the county’s homeless population with the disease can isolate, reducing the risk of healthy people being infected at more crowded…


Community Raises Money to Help Homeless Man Reunite With His Family for the Holidays

A homeless man who formed a strong bond over the years with his Jessamine County, Kentucky, community has received a life-changing holiday gift. Collectively, they all raised enough money to send him over 400 miles to reunite with his family and rebuild his life. Grandfather Brian Rolan became homeless in Nicholasville—his home of 10 years—in December…