Homeless Samaritan to get house, dream truck, trust funds

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 4:11 pm, Tuesday, November 28, 2017



PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A New Jersey woman who got roadside aid from a homeless man in Philadelphia has raised more than $385,000 for him — enough to buy a home and his dream truck and provide him with a small annual salary.

Kate McClure said on a GoFundMe page she set up that an attorney and financial adviser helped 34-year-old Johnny Bobbitt Jr. come up with the plan.

McClure, of Florence Township, ran out of gas on an Interstate 95 exit ramp late one night in Philadelphia. Bobbitt walked a few blocks to buy her gas with his last $20. She didn't have money to repay him but went back to the area several times to give him the cash back and also to help him with food and water.
 
She and her boyfriend later decided to set up the online fundraiser to help him out. The campaign took off, and donations poured in from around the world.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Homeless-Samaritan-to-get-house-dream-truck-12389443.php

[bucolic_frolic]

1. A great story

but helping one person is like a Republican solution to homelessness and unemployment.

There are masses who could benefit from a house, trust fund, a truck ... and they won't get anything from this except false hope.

(What I could do with $2k)

[rtracey]

5. buzzkill

You buzzkilled this post. Yes, homelessness, poverty and unemployment is all of our, or at least should be all of our concern, but 1 person cannot do it all by themselves, and this women did the right thing, the homeless man is doing the right thing, by making sure all the extra money raised goes to charities that will help.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Where do you draw the line at "extra" money

Why should one person be helped because of their humanity and generosity, but not others.

Yes he did the right thing, yes she did the right thing. Crowdfunding has grown it way beyond what was when it began.

[rtracey]

10. dont ask me

Ask the homeless man who said he was going to do that. He said in an earlier story, he wanted a small place and a truck. He did not and never expected $350,000, and said he wanted the extra money raised to go to the places that helped him when he began is homeless life.... you are trying to turn this into something its not.....

[LanternWaste]

6. Oddly enough, no one argued her actions would solve homelessness and unemployment.

Oddly enough, no one argued her actions would solve homelessness and unemployment.

Even more oddly, many people help and assist others sans the lens of a political dogma transfixed to their dangling biases.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Which you have displayed nicely

[Dreamer Tatum]

9. Maybe instead of clucking your tongue

you should feel inspired to go raise funds for someone who's homeless. This is a case of one person making a difference - why can't you do the same instead of crapping all over it?

[Stuart G]

2. thank you for posting ..yes, wonderful story..k and r.

[FakeNoose]

3. Great story! I hope the guy appreciates this gift

Now he can pay it forward.

Like Tom Hanks says in "Saving Private Ryan":

[SnowCritter]

4. According to the second to last paragraph

he plans on donating to organizations and people who helped him in the last few years during this rough patch in his life.