It’s Longo Time As
most of you know we have been covering the Alex Longo success story of Alex going into the Navy. Well it has been a few months since then and he is going strong. It is time once again to tell you all how well he is doing so sit back and relax for it is time for me to say these words “It’s Longo Time” Just in case you all don’t remember Alex is the first one that we know of who came to the shelter and
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graduated and then went on little lesson on basic training the way to serve his country for Alex came very close to the floor daily as I by going in the Navy. To He had the courage told him to hit the me he is a to make it through a earth and give me 30 pushups. The true hero bevery hard time first time he did it cause anyone who joins up at the time of he got right back up and war can only be described as started to talk. I told him to not only a true hero but a hit the earth again and give me 30 more and then ask me great American. When many others in for permission to recover, Sir. society consider the homeless It only took one time for him as worthless bums here we to do it correctly and that is have a kid who was homeless when I knew right then and who is now protecting us citi- there he had the discipline to zens and others who are con- be a good soldier. He might have been trolled by a ruthless dictator. How can society consider the on the way to manhood with homeless as bums and then his rugged style but when he here we have Alex doing left he surely showed a great what most would not do for amount of compassion for his $300,000 a month, let alone friends and us on staff. His do it for less than a thousand good bye to me was filled with a big “Thank You” from dollars a month? I have to tell you his heart. I hope he rememLois and I are very proud of bers when he hung up his him. When Alex first got Homeless Voice shirt and put here he did give us a little on his “Blues” that both unitrouble but then again what forms stand for courage. He kid his age would not? No had the courage to make it matter what it is quite obvi- through a very hard time in ous Alex had his life together his life when he became by graduating basic training. homeless and now he has the It is not very simple as some courage to be in the Untied (Continued on page 6) would think it is. I am glad we had time to give him a
Alex At “Parade Rest”
Alex doing his work with a smile
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