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From our friend Corrie (Derrick’s mom)
Derrick got his lil heart broken on Sat. He had 80¢ he was saving for chips. Derrick earns change by holding parking spaces for people. He saw one of our unhoused friends looking thru the trash for food. This guy has allot of mental and physical health problems. We have helped him many times., at first I didn’t see him. So Derrick ran in and got his change.
I asked him what he was doing. First he said he was getting his chips. But he was fibbing. He was looking for the homeless guy to give him the change. He said mom can I give my change to that guy. I said bubba if you want to. Long story short. Derrick gave it too him. 10 mins later the guy comes back and asks my friend for a smoke. She gives it to him. Then he asks Andrew for a beer and some drugs, in front of Derrick.
I come outside to Derrick crying and hugging Andrew. He said mom I know some people are sick. But I wanted the change to go for food. I told him bubba that is why we make them sandwiches, to make sure they eat. It hurt him this whole weekend. Well his birthday is on May 9th. He was suppose to have a lil party at big air. Yesterday in the afternoon he told me. He doesn’t want a party this yr. He wants to do a big homeless feed to make sure they Eat.
What a heart my son has, he made me cry. I told him don’t let this one person’s action, change how you help people. So if you want to help me surprise him with a feed. Message me. His 80¢ just went along way. Derrick will be handing out birthday invitation to our unhoused friends for his party/feed
That’s a young man who is going to great things.
Keep choosing kind, kid. Even when it’s hard.
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Where is Kellys
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My son Derrick,came to me and told me. He didn’t want a party this yr. That he wanted to do a feed a kelly’s corner instead. Kelly’s corner is in Fullerton,where Kelly Thomas passed away. It was at 6 pm tonight.He fed 40 unhoused ppl. Plus people coming to and from work. He told his friends he will be doing it again next yr.
Thank you for sharing; didn’t know about Kelly Thomas, so don’t know where that corner is, but I too would have come if I could. Looks like I didn’t even see this until after it had all happened, in which case, best I can do is say: well done, may many children show us the way.
Once you learn about Kelly Thomas you see all of our police state dysfunction in microcosm.
I am genuinely sorry I missed this. Corie, you have one awesome kid there!
Thank you. He has been going too and helping feed our unhoused friends since he was 4yrs old. This is his passion