Helping The Homeless

This week there have been a number of great stories about homeless people who have helped and been helped.

Here are a couple of this week’s stories.

Little Caesars Posts Sign On Door After Finding Homeless People Eating Scraps From Dumpster

A Little Caesars restaurant in Fargo, North Dakota is capturing hearts and feeding the hungry with a new policy they posted with a sign in their window.

A new idea came to General Manager, Michelle Lussier, after she noticed an ongoing problem: people were eating leftovers from the store dumpster. Lussier decided to approach the situation with a surprising solution, offering free slices of pizza inside the store.{{more}}

She recognized that the homeless are human beings the same as everybody else, and deserve dignity, respect, and compassion.

The sign hung on the drive-through window reads:

“To the person going through our trash for their next meal, you’re a human being and worth more than a meal from a dumpster. Please come in during operating hours for a couple slices of hot pizza and a cup of water at no charge. No questions asked.”

In a video about the new policy, Lussier offers hope. Instead of merely “thoughts and prayers,” she offers something real: delicious pizza.

According to Valley News Live, the restaurant also donates leftover pizza to the local food pantry and has a donation box inside the store that benefits the homeless in the area.

Busy, busy Dave Cochran is going to talk while he drives.

He’s tooling along Monday afternoon in his old Chevy Suburban, which just had new windows installed where he’d previously covered the openings with black plastic bags. And he’s talking on a cellphone that someone just set up for him.

Because strangers are suddenly doing many things for Dave, who has recently become a sensation in Kansas City as “the homeless Good Samaritan.” He’s also a recovering, convicted felon.

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