Once-Homeless Man Revolutionizing Care for the Homeless

"Barsema remembered what it was like to be homeless and at the end of his rope. He'd faced a series of challenges early in life -- he'd lost everything after a struggle with alcoholism cost him his marriage, his home, and his real estate business. That led him to a mountaintop in Alaska, where he meant to commit suicide." Luckily, Barsema's parents took him in and helped him slowly bounce back. Fifteen years later, he's built a sprawling set of services to revolutionize how we care for the homeless. Read on to learn more about this remarkable man and his commitment to the less fortunate.

http://www.dailygood.org/story/1062/meet-the-once-homeless-man-who-revolutionized-how-we-care-for-the-homeless-a-wolfe/