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I have spent many hours sitting at this desk reading a book called How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation by attorney Anthony Mancuso soaking in a heck of a lot of information. I know terms and policies and laws now that I never thought I would know about, and I LIKE learning about it. It's hard, it's emotional, it's overwhelming...and it's extremely worth it to me. Stepping into something hard and uncomfortable like how I can help the homeless and encourage others to be more compassionate and understanding toward them - it's a big challenge. I had to drop out of college at ODU because I was so poor riding the bus back and forth to two jobs making barely anything and I couldn't afford to buy $800 of textbooks one semester and ironically, I was going to go to school to become a social worker. I ended up on a LOT of different career paths after that but my heart is still there, and this nonprofit is exactly how I'm going to live out my dream of doing something bigger than myself to make life better for those in need. THANK YOU for being here 💕💕💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #homelesslookslike #obx #outerbanks

If you loved Kisha...chances are you will love John, the Clyde to her Bonnie :) He gives the SWEETEST and best reason why he didn't sleep when they were on the streets. Link in profile to read John's story - double tap if you believe John's story MATTERS!!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #homelesslookslike

🎉Kisha is on the blog!!!🎉 When you stop by our page, when you read these interviews..you are a part of making someone feel seen and valued who has felt SO unseen for so long. Kisha broke our heart, she cried and said some things that can really put your life into perspective ("And I smile, I try to hide it. Every night I’m crying and crying and crying. I can’t even describe it, it’s just hard")...but more than that, she is a still a kind human despite what she has been through! Her interview is up🗣 and there's GOOD news at the end. Then we added in a new feature where we just get shallow for fun at the end because let's be real - the mood NEEDS to come up after these interviews!💕 LINK IN PROFILE!! Please comment either here or on Facebook so she can see she is supported and that her story matters! THANK YOU GUYS! 😊😊😊 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #homelesslookslike

THANK YOU to everyone who worked to give John and Kisha items they needed for their new apartment!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Even a Christmas tree!?!! 🎄 You guys... you just changed their entire holiday season this year. God bless these sweethearts!!!!!! We love you Bonnie and Clyde, haha!😎😍😭 A huge shout out to our Amanda @amandadawnseniors and her husband Joe for delivering to them today!! 💕💕💕 #homelesslookslike

We know y’all love these two 😭😭😭 we do, too! We met Kisha and John (Bonnie and Clyde) a few weeks ago and they had a light and joy about them that was contagious. They also had heartache and a hard story and all we wanted to do was hear them share it and get it all out and feel HEARD. Soon after...they got an apartment!!!!!! We were SO excited for them but when Mike and I came to bring them some things, we saw they didn’t have much. The other Amanda of @homelesslookslike and her husband Joe are making another haul to their place in Richmond on Friday with an air mattress (they are currently sleeping on floor), microwave and other items. If you have something you can contribute (we’ve gotten so many messages and not able to keep up because I went into surgery last week) - PLEASE DM @amandadawnseniors and let her know and she’ll have a drop off day scheduled on Thursday!!!! If you guys can arrange something, great! The more we can give the better as they literally have nothing. If not, thank you anyway just for following along!!! We LOVE YOU ALL and your support!! Again - only DM @amandadawnseniors for donations for this couple. Thank you!!! 🗣🗣🗣 #homelesslookslike

These two love birds 😍😍😍 Their interviews are so sweet. We did their interviews separately and SO many of their answers matched up hahaha! We just dropped off some things with them in their NEW APARTMENT (praise Jesus! God is so good! I am SO glad they’re out of the cold!) and I’ll share more on the blog soon! We just shot our last wedding of the year and I’m having surgery in a few days so thank you for your patience in hearing our new stories coming to the blog! 🗣🗣🗣 #homelesslookslike

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