“I would like to help start a program, a housing thing, where people who were ready to get off the streets could come in and have like 10 to 14 days to get acclimated. They would have to act right to be there. And if they were feeling us and we were feeling them, and they wanted to go to work, we could find a job for them somewhere. The more people who showed up, the more talents there would be, and the more things would develop. It would be kind of like an underground job corps. You know, a place where if you need someone to work for a day or two, they don’t have to jump through all sorts of hoops.
“Walk a Mile Foundation is what I’d like to call it. It would be a nonprofit organization run by street people, recovering addicts and ex-convicts for the purpose of creating jobs and financial opportunities in the communities where we live and where resources like this are desperately needed. I don’t want it to be associated with religion or recovery or government. I’m not knocking any of those things. It’s just that there’s so much of all that out there already. I’m under no illusion about the percentage of people who might actually follow through. But still, it would be kind of cool if people had a chance.
“There’s this slogan I’ve seen on the internet, something like ‘using the homeless and jobless to create opportunities for themselves.’ I’ve been thinking and talking about this forever. It’s been in my heart for a long time. My personal belief is that God put me on the streets because I had this idea developing. I kind of consider it a calling.”
— Donald “Dirty D” Wilfong
(Note: Donald passed away on Jan. 7, 2022. He was 52.)
I love this guy!