A Rare Happy Ending for a Homeless Veteran

by Mark Horvath · 2010-09-23 11:48:00 UTC
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This new video comes from Mark's InvisiblePeople.tv 30-city, 11,000-mile, 75-day road trip, going on now.

Johnny is a Vietnam veteran living homeless in Nashville. During the interview, Johnny, who is in a wheelchair, started telling me how the small RV he was living in was impounded. They even came to tow it when he was still inside. My friend and fellow Change.org contributor Steven Samra wrote a post about Johnny's RV being impounded when it happened.

When Johnny told me he had already raised $230 to get his "home" out of the impound lot I was impressed and started to think of different ways I could help. I turned to social media. Thanks to all of you we raised the money to get the RV back to Johnny. You can read more and watch a short video here.

I wish all InvisiblePeople.tv stories had happy endings like this. The thing is, they can. We all helped Johnny and we can all work together to end homelessness.

Mark Horvath is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com. He was formerly homeless in Hollywood.
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