teens insult low income elderly man's rundown house within his earshot. volunteers mobilize

[Liberal_in_LA]

For four years, Josh Cyganik, a Union Pacific Railroad track inspector in Pendleton, Ore., waved to 75-year-old Leonard Bullock each morning on his way to work.


The two men never exchanged more than a friendly greeting, until Cyganik heard two obnoxious teenagers thoughtlessly insulting Bullock’s house within earshot of the elderly man.

“Look at this crappy house — they just need to burn it down!” the young cads said, reported Cyganik on Facebook.

“I saw the look on Leonard’s face,” Cyganik said in an interview published on the Union Pacific Railroad website. “I could tell the comment bothered him.”



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http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/community_ties/2015/august/josh-cyganik.shtml

[Suich]

1. What a great story!

I would have loved to see the 2 "obnoxious teenagers" help out.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. more work will be done on the house

[Ace Rothstein]

14. Looks like the house is in desperate need of a new roof.

Hopefully that is on the list.

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. yes. they are looking for a roof volunteer

[spooky3]

38. I'll bet there is work needed on the inside too. I hope

The community can help with that.

[Person 2713]

27. Or their Parents

[roguevalley]

41. I love Pendleton. Nice story this. Those kids actually did several people a good deed.

the wankers.

[panader0]

2. K and R

[badhair77]

3. Thanks for posting this.

I heard a similar story this morning so it's been a good day for renewing my faith in mankind.

[tammywammy]

5. Last night at a community group, the local code enforcement officer said

It'll be a few months, but he's working on getting a volunteer group together that will help out one Saturday a month the people with code issues. He even said, if someone is sick or whatever and are only getting their little Social Security checks, giving them a ticket doesn't help. So he's going to be looking for people that can mow lawns and litter pickup.

I look forward to doing trash pickup in the future.

This story is the same thing...be a good neighbor, help people out.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. great idea

[Skittles]

6. anyone else swooning over Josh?

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. he is a cutie

[hootinholler]

33. Ya gonna

kick their ass?



The worst fight between female combatants I've ever seen began after the scream HE'S MINE!

[awoke_in_2003]

35. He is definitely a good guy. nt

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. K&R! Thanks for posting this story, Liberal_in_LA. Stories like these help me keep my faith in the

random acts of human kindness. Like others, I wish that the 2 teenagers had volunteered also but they were probably too busy kicking a stray dog or sitting on their asses playing video games.

As for Josh... I salute you, sir! YOU are one of the people who are part of the solution, instead of the problem. Your actions prove to the world that you are a true MAN OF ACTION & DEDICATION to your fellow human beings. THANK YOU for being a shining star among all of the "black holes" of the Human Race!

Has anyone set up a gofundme account for Mr. Bullock yet, that anyone knows of?

Peace,

Ghost

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. not sure about gofundme but more free renovations are planned for the house

[love_katz]

10. I love stories like this.

Too often people rush to judgement of others, without bothering to check on the facts. Not everyone has the same amount of time, money, and energy available to them. Huge kudos to Josh for caring for the older man's feelings, and even more kudos for actually helping out. I love the picture of them standing together.

[BeanMusical]

11. That's so heartwarming!

[logosoco]

13. It's great to see people helping like this.

For some time, I have had the idea that, instead of putting people in prison for non-violent crimes, they can do work like this. It serves society so much better. This is true community service. It helps this one man, and it helps them all.

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

16. But but but

That would take away money from the private prison sector!!

(In case someone really needs it)

[hifiguy]

17. But, but, that would cut into the profits

of those outstanding examples of 'murkan capitalist initiative, the owners of the for-profit prison/industrial complex. You got something against free enterprise, Lenin?How dare you suggest something do obviously Communist?!? Profits over people!!!

I keed, obviously, and it's a great idea, but you can hear it now.

[Heather MC]

18. My Father's House fell into to disarray

It is not easy to bring an old house back to life on a limited budget. I did the best I could to fix up the inside one year.
hanging dry wall, patching holes, cleaning. It was not easy.

Nice to know people care

[spooky3]

37. Good on you. Home maintenance and repairs are

Expensive and sometimes too difficult physically for some people to do.

[Heather MC]

40. I am a DIYer, I saved $10,000 remodeling my own kitchen, and Bathroom

My father's house was way more work than I anticipated. He had 10ft high ceilings, the rooms were 14x14x 10ft When I was I kid it always seemed like such a Tiny house, but once I got in there and started working I was like "Oh ok so this is house is huge. Yikes"

[hamsterjill]

19. Stories like this restore my faith in humanity.

Kudos to the volunteers. To the insensitive teens, just wait until you aren't young any more. Then, it might be your turn.

[Snotcicles]

20. Bernie Sanders should give a shout out to Josh Cyganik and Leonard Bullock in Portland on Sunday. nt

[Lunabell]

21. Thank you for posting.

It's great to have a positive story every once in a while!

[Kip Humphrey]

22. Good people are awesome!

[Uncle Joe]

23. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Liberal_in_LA.

[GitRDun]

24. Awesome post!

Thank you!

[Cyrano]

25. There's really is a lot of goodness in this world

TV and print journalists, including pundits, have to cover the "news" which almost by definition is always bad. There's a rule in journalism: "If it bleeds, it leads." And that rule shows us an ugly and dangerous world.

That tends to make us all pretty cynical and we end up holding little hope for the human species. Stories like this one are encouraging. And I'll bet that the people who worked on Mr. Bullock's house held a variety of conflicting views on politics, religions, etc. Nonetheless, they came together to do something good and noble.

[smirkymonkey]

26. Great story! So heartwarming!

There are truly kind people out there. I would love to hear more of these kinds of stories.

[niyad]

28. thank you for brightening my day with these lovely people.

[Tipperary]

29. Thanks for posting this!

Smile of the day!

[Divernan]

30. What a great group of generous, kind, non-1%, folks.

The world needs a lot more of them, and a lot less of the "I've got mine and I'm getting as much more as I can grift, so screw the rest of mankind."

[PatrickforO]

31. Josh is a genuinely good man.

And this was a fine thing to do.

[turbinetree]

32. A compassionte........................

human being helping another human being-------------------this says a lot

[meow2u3]

34. K & R for human kindness

[wolfie001]

36. More of this please!

Everyone can and should make a difference in their own special way! Very touching!

[NBachers]

39. Nice cap, Josh, + the Union Pacific truck in the bottom picture: Good on Union Pacific

for being generous with their equipment, too.

This could also be an excellent use for the thousands of gallons of mis-tinted paint that are thrown out each year.