A homeless guy I know called me to say he got $17,000 on steemit so I am checking it out

in #steemit8 years ago

This is the first time I have heard of steemit because I got a call from a homeless man named Brooke who I have been helping off and on for decades now. He said he got $17,000 because somebody wrote a story about him on steemit that must have touched a nerve with some generous people. The guy that posted it for him sounds like a nice person who was not expecting such a great response from steemit. It has given Brooke a new lease on life. Brooke said he just bought a car that is in nice shape with some of the money. Not all the money was from steemit though. Somebody gave him $4500 cash because he saw his story on steemit and was able to track him down to give him the cash. Somebody else is going to give him a motor home to live in, he said. I found some pictures of him on the web holding a bunch of hundred dollar bills. So he is receiving the money and it is a legit story. I met him back in the 70's in better times when he bought a car I was selling. He had a lot of misfortune later on after his parents died and finds it hard to keep a job with all his ailments. People are not always nice to him when he is signing by the road, telling him to go get a job etc while they drive off in an expensive car. He has been in tears at times telling me stories of abuse that make him want to end it all. I usually try to give him some work washing cars or cleaning up the yard at my auto repair shop but it is hard for him to work very long in his condition. Sometimes we just give some money for food, gas or buy clothing for him. I help with his car when I can. Sometimes he gets stuck and I will run a battery for the car out to him or blankets on a cold night. It is nice that he is getting some help from people online now. It gives him a feeling of self worth though if he can earn some money working. He told me that there was a dental procedure that went wrong and resulted in some damage years ago which does not help. It is not always easy trying to help somebody who has trouble managing money. It can be frustrating at times when nothing changes after decades but it is an ongoing problem that a lot of homeless people face who just cannot help their own plight because of disabilities. I think there should be places for them to go with a bed, showers and meals provided by the County or Social Security instead of handing out a check every month that is gone in a few days. It has been shown in Canada that it is less expensive to house people than deal with all the issues on the streets.

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How about posting a selfie with you and him together by his new car and holding a dated steemit sign?

Next time I see him I will. He still stops by my shop occasionally. Image below is one I found on the web from the original steemit poster.

I 2nd @vault And you will will definitely see some STEEM then.

This, I have a feeling this post is fake.

This is the guy that started it and raised the money. Brooke says he is getting the money so not fake.
https://steemit.com/homeless/@brookdemar/i-m-homeless-but-not-forgotten

I assume this is the guy http://linkedin.com/in/digitalg that gave Brooke the $4500 cash and more he was talking about. He converted steemit currency into cash for him. There are pictures of him with a new laptop computer too. I wish him luck. It is a good thing that he is doing and will not always be easy.

Great story. I wish we could have more stories like this happening in the steem community. Here are stories i made for Baby David in the hopes that it would generate the same support the homeless man got.

http://tinyurl.com/zx357hy

http://tinyurl.com/jf8ydbg

http://tinyurl.com/j9d43y2

http://tinyurl.com/gn92y6q

http://tinyurl.com/jx6rw9m

http://tinyurl.com/jrb2sws

Great story. I wish we could have more stories like this happening in the steem community. Here are stories i made for Baby David in the hopes that it would generate the same support the homeless man got.

http://tinyurl.com/zx357hy

http://tinyurl.com/jf8ydbg

http://tinyurl.com/j9d43y2

http://tinyurl.com/gn92y6q

http://tinyurl.com/jx6rw9m

http://tinyurl.com/jrb2sws

I hope i can be good writer

great story. I should go around my area and post similar stories I've seen..

I upvote U

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