Man walks 11,500 mile perimeter of the continental U.S. to fight homlessness

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http://pilotonline.com/news/local/m...cle_f00677e5-bb2c-59ea-a115-6a97fda03a5e.html

Leroy Bailey left the Oceanfront on June 30, 2014, with one goal: walk the perimeter of the continental United States and raise money to build homeless shelters across the country.

On Saturday – more than 11,500 miles and 29 months later – Bailey walked across the Lesner Bridge, down Shore Drive and along Pacific Avenue, inching closer to his finish line at 15th Street.

He originally planned on finishing in 18 months, but the trek took 11 more than that. In all, Bailey has raised between $9,000 and $10,000 he said will go toward building a shelter – which he calls a “hope center” – in Virginia Beach someday.

Bailey experienced homelessness as a teenager, when he left his foster home in upstate New York. For several years before his country-circling walk, Bailey volunteered at PIN Ministry, an Oceanfront nonprofit that serves the homeless.
 

b23hqb

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Kudos for him. He lived what he was trekking for - homelessness, pretty much living off the kindness of strangers, and plopping down where he could.
 

Restitution

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The only sad part about this story is the fact that this brave and giving man walked all that way AND..... was only able to raise $10K!!??

Hopefully, this will catch on/go viral and some corporate sponsors will step up and help :yay:
 

Clem72

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He might have raised more if we had heard about it before he finished. Of course a 5% complete trek across the border isn't all that newsworthy, so its a bit of a catch-22.
 
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