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NEW HAVEN -- On November 14, a successful business woman from New Haven thanked a homeless man, who returned a $10,000 check she had dropped in the street, by giving him money and entrance into her real estate school, free of charge.
But, Wednesday morning, another surprise awaited the homeless man. The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce played hist to some true thanks giving.
"He has absolutely no idea what's about to happen," said Dr. Roberta Hoskie, who was about the change the homeless man's life.
Hoskie took to Facebook Live as she met up with the homeless man who returned the hefty check that was made out to her. The homeless man, Elmer Alvarez, was surprised to see the TV cameras filling the Chamber of Commerce conference room Wednesday
Hoskie reminded Mr. Alvarez she will pay for his real estate course through her school and English language classes. Then, an unexpected gift.
"You don't have to worry about being in the cold," she told Alvarez. "We have housing for you."
He teared up and said "Thank God!"
And, Roberta Hoskie scheduled a job interview for Alvarez with one of her business partners.
"There's always angels out here in heaven and earth," said Alvarez.
But, Dr. Hoskie had one stipulation for Mr. Alvarez moving forward: pay it forward.
"When you get on your feet, you go ahead and you do it for the next person and the next person and the next person," she told him.
Hoskie's prodding comes from experience. She too was once homeless.
"I'm going to go for it," Alvarez said.
All of this because he chose to do the right thing.
"Honestly, I give it from the bottom of my heart and I expect nothing back in return," said Alvarez.
KeybladeSpree on November 24th, 2017 at 18:55 UTC »
New Haven resident here! My mom works for the woman who lost the check. One part of the story that was missed was that the homeless man barely spoke English
This man found the check, understood what it was, convinced a stranger in downtown New Haven to translate for him, call the woman who lost the check with the translator, and proceeded to return the check to her. On top of providing a home for the man, the woman wants to provide him an opportunity to learn English so he may be better equipped to have a job to sustain himself even further.
11teensteve on November 24th, 2017 at 17:19 UTC »
good for him. i found a check in the street for 10k one time made out to "cash". apparently the guy was moving funds from one business account to another or some shit. I was on a jobsite and saw it in the street when i went to my truck. I recognized the name on the check and hunted him down to return it. Fucking prick was not only ungrateful but made sure to inform me that if i had tried to cash it he would have pressed charges. Fuck some people, especially that guy.
E: thanks for the gold and all the responses so far. I could have chanced cashing it or telling him off but Karma can be a sweet mistress as well.
VintageOG on November 24th, 2017 at 14:31 UTC »
Lucky for the lady, she didnt leave $10,000 in cash laying there