by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 24, 2013
This is a story about Peter, a tall young man with blonde hair, blue eyes and a heart made of gentleness and gold. He’s the one that would open the door for you if your hands were full or help pick up a book you dropped as you were walking from the office or...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 24, 2013
Feed the Homeless Day is an initiative to help cure hunger as well as to allow the homeless to share freely with us their life stories. Feed the Homeless Day holds monthly events to provide food for the homeless, and this blog is intended to publish the stories they...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 24, 2013
I was homeless at 21, and bought my first house at 25. That’s how Jason, a former street kid, describes his personal journey. Raised in a middle-class Calgary family, he grew up with a passion for hockey, spending countless hours on the ice and dreaming of a future in...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 24, 2013
A man finds a way to get housed… Being homeless, courting park benches and bus shelters, sleeping under trees and at various other shelters, I decided to laugh at life before it laughs at me. I was wary of organized shelters, having heard stories of theft and violence...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 24, 2013
Jay Barnard’s story of addiction goes back to age eight. Unable to cope with the effects of his parents’ separation and divorce, he turned to food for comfort. Within months he had bulged to a disturbing 200 pounds. By age 12 Jay was drinking, then drinking more. At...
