After Decades on the Street, a New Home for Bethesda Veteran
Calvin Walker, 72, who once slept at the Bethesda Metro, moved into his new home last month with the help of Bethesda Cares and Pathways to Housing.
Veterans across the country were recognized for their service this week. But one Bethesda veteran received a special honor—a home of his own, following decades of life on the streets. Calvin Walker, 72, moved into his new apartment in Washington, DC, in late October, with the help of homeless advocacy groups Bethesda Cares and Pathways to Housing. “I have files on Calvin dating back to 1996,” said John Mendez, Bethesda Cares outreach specialist. “We suspect he’d become homeless in the 1980s. This is an individual who was in that cycle of chronic homelessness, out on the streets for a long time." Bethesda Cares identified Walker, who suffers from heart disease, liver disease and chronic frostbite, as a medically vulnerable homeless person—…
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August Jones
8:09 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
It's nice they FINALLY helped after 30 years; these POVERTY PIMPS are the REASON for the homeless STAYING HOMELESS; all of their SICK & EVIL rules 7 restriction that keep the homeless on the streets is PURE EVIL! more ›