Thank you to Street Sense and our readers

One cold day in December 2010, I was with my girlfriend in Tenleytown. I saw this guy with a Cat-in-the-Hat hat on, selling Street Sense newspapers, so I went up to him. We talked for a couple of hours. As we were talking, people were coming up to him to buy the paper. It was as if everyone loved him. He told me that on Tuesday I could go down to the Street Sense office and sign up to be a vendor.

The following Tuesday I went to the office at 2 p.m. and signed up. After the training session, I received 10 free papers.

My first territory was Dupont Circle. I met a lot of nice people, and I enjoy the people who say “hello” to me at the Dupont Circle farmers’ market every Sunday.

When I started selling the paper, I was sleeping at a motel in Virginia every night. I was working for 9 to 12 hours a day just to make enough money to pay for the motel every night and a little bit of food for my girlfriend and me. Dupont was very good to me, and I appreciate all the people who helped me out. Just three months ago my girlfriend’s dad started letting me stay at his house in Rockville. Now I sell the paper at Friendship Heights every weekday morning starting at 5:30. I love the people up there. They have been helping me a lot. Every morning I say, “Good morning. Get your copy of Street Sense, a wonderful paper that cares about people. Keep smiling and have a great day.”

My girlfriend is five months pregnant, and we are having a boy! I am so happy. This will be my first baby. I love Street Sense. It has done so much for me and my girlfriend. Again, thank you to all the people who buy and read the paper. I love you all, and may God keep and bless you.

My baby boy should be here in April. I can’t wait.


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