If there was ever
a doubt whether your donations make a difference at
Crossroads Mission, then Eric is the person to meet.
Last January Eric
found himself homeless after loosing his apartment, his
job, and getting arrested. He came to Crossroads and
joined the New Hope Program. But Eric will tell you that
the best thing that came out of his stay at Crossroads
was his home.
"They gave the
best kind of atmosphere that they could and in the end
of it all, I came out with a trailer, with a home. They
kept me off the street when I didn’t have a place to
live, they made sure I had three meals in me a day," he
says.
Eric's home is a
travel trailer that was donated to Crossroads. His good
work and his willingness to change his life made him a
perfect candidate to give the trailer to him for free.
He still remembers
how it all happened, "I was over here helping out all
the time (at the thrift store), I’d come over here even
if I didn’t have to for the program. I like being over
here. I told Barbara that I had a chance for a place to
live but I needed a trailer and I was trying to figure
out how to get one. All of a sudden one day Barbara said
listen to this recording."
The recording was
on Barbara Rochester's voice mail and it was a donor
wanting to donate the trailer and wondering if we could
use it. Well, Eric sure could use it! He is now living
at Prestige Mobile Homes as the security and handy man.
Eric says, "My life is very
different now because I have my own home... If you’ve
got availability to help, then please do so." So, the
next time you're wondering whether to donate or not to
donate, remember Eric.
"I
have my own home!"
