PHILADELPHIA -- A homeless man who used his last $20 to fill up the gas tank of a stranded motorist in Philadelphia has bought a home with some of the nearly $400,000 raised for him by the woman he saved.
Johnny Bobbitt Jr. says on his GoFundMe page that he bought a home over the weekend. The fundraiser has raised more than $397,000.
Kate McClure, 27, of Florence Township, New Jersey, ran out of gas on an Interstate 95 exit ramp late one night. Bobbitt walked a few blocks to buy her gas. She didn't have money to repay the Marine veteran, so she created the online fundraiser page as a thank you.
"We would like to thank everyone who had a part of this amazing ride we've been on for the last few days. Your kind words, donations and help getting the word out meant the world to Mark, Johnny and myself. This would've never happened [without] all of you," McClure wrote on GoFundMe.
Bobbitt says he's donating some of his money to a grade school student who is helping another homeless veteran.
ScoobJackson on December 10th, 2017 at 19:08 UTC »
Everyone in this thread needs to go read the large update on the gofundme page. This guy isn’t getting 400k straight up. He has what seems like solid counsel.
SgtMajVines on December 10th, 2017 at 18:55 UTC »
Been homeless before and can confirm the concerns of others here. Homeless shelters for the most part do not teach any sort of financial education. I'm sure there are homeless shelters out there that do, but the overwhelming majority don't. The myth is that homeless people don't work and spend their days panhandling to get high or drunk and have no desire to work. The reality is that plenty of homeless people work and are trying their hardest to get out of their situation. The shelter I was at did an ok job to help with resumes and job leads for those who wanted it, but that was pretty much it. Most times the budgets these places work with is extremely small and it could be that there's no room in that budget to compensate for financial responsibility classes, but shelters should most definitly point it's population towards places that cam provide this information. I was able to get out of my situation and stay out partly bc i already understood financial responsibility and thing like living within my means. Not everyone that's homeless is lacking in their skills, bc most times people become homeless through circumstances they have little to no control over. Hopefully this guy has those skills so he doesn't end up back on the streets
eryuu on December 10th, 2017 at 17:31 UTC »
So here I am on this sub for the first time and I see the rule, the only rule... Thank's mom and dad, couldn't have named me Steve.
On the other hand kudos to the man. Some people just get the short end of the stick and don't let it define them.