Anonymous Man Doles Out $35,000 in Cash

[cal04]

Anonymous Man Doles Out $35,000 in Cash to Denver Shelter Residents
Residents of Samaritan House didn't know what to expect when the bearded, middle-aged man parked his sport utility vehicle in front of the downtown homeless shelter Christmas Eve.

The man walked into the building, pulled out a thick roll of $100 bills and began passing them out to each of the approximately 300 residents. When he was finished, he had given out $35,000. "It was like seeing Santa Claus and God all at once," said William Chengelis, who has lived at the shelter since November. "You hear about stuff like that but you don't think you'll be there when it happens."

As a crowd gathered, the man said he had once been homeless and knew what it was like to be in need. He did not identify himself and said only that he lived in Denver and had also distributed money at a Las Vegas shelter. Possibly the man's biggest single donation was $5,000 to a family of six to find housing. Louis Quezada, Tessa Wittner and their four children had been living with Quezada's parents but were thrown out after an argument. They had been in the shelter several days. "He asked if he gave us the money, would we get a house with it," said Quezada, 23. "We said yes."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB35Y8H63E.html:-)

[UrbScotty]

1. That brightens things up so much.

Thank you for sharing this.

[NYC]

2. There are some good people in the world.

A huge contrast to Bush.

[norml]

3. There's a thread in Fweeperville where many Fweepers are offended by this.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308372/posts

[BlueJazz]

4. AGGGGHHH! I just read some of the posts (over there)

..Man o Man, Man O Man.....Some Freepers should be classed as some other species....

[w13rd0]

5. I hope he can maintain his anonymity...

...that's quite uplifting.

[merwin]

6. My god, republicans are god damn senseless idiots!

There is actually one person there that said "Scrooge was a softie ... the man's act was not admirable ... etc".

Jesus didn't say "Give your money to charities to make sure it is spent wisely", he taught to give to the needy... period.

[MikeDuffy]

7. Concerning homeless: "Pathways to Housing" (a new approach):

http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/12/12_403.html

[Mike Niendorff]

8. This is the most Christian act I've seen in a long, long time.

Matthew 22: 34-40

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."


James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.


Matthew 21: 28-31

"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did what his father wanted?"
"The first," they answered.
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you."


MDN