Real Stories: Meet Charles

Published July 31, 2009 @ 06:49PM PT

Charles says he's lived on the streets of Northwest Arkansas for two years, but has been without a home his entire life. He is bipolar and suffers from depression, which makes it difficult for him to hold a job for any significant length of time. He survives by recycling and taking odd jobs when he can find them.

Charles says the hardest part of being homeless is finding a normal life, "You don't have an address and you can't keep clean."

I am often overwhelmed with the compassion street people have for one another. Charles and his friends are no different. They are trying to find a trailer so they can get off the streets and have a roof over their head.

Special thanks to The Cobblestone Project.

Charles from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo.

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Are you excepting any small monentary "gift" amounts to help you find work/home?

Please contact anytime!

God Bless!

Sister: Jennifer J. Bland

jenniferjbland@yahoo.com

Posted by Jennifer Bland on 07/31/2009 @ 10:59PM PT
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Sixteen years ago, Mark Horvath was homeless on the streets of Hollywood. Today, he works in marketing/communications and is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com.