Donations for Haiti have poured in to the American Red Cross of Central Maryland from a range of sources.
Nothing, though, has stood out like the coins and crumpled dollar bills that spilled from one envelope.
That gift - $14.64 - came from the pockets of homeless people at a downtown Baltimore shelter.
“We were all weepy-eyed,” recalled Red Cross volunteer coordinator Bobbie Jones, who was at the front desk when the donation arrived. Public relations director Linnea Anderson got teary, too.
“Just the thought of those people huddled together in a shelter and seeing a need beyond themselves is enough to give anybody chills,” she said. “What a remarkable example of the human spirit.”
City homeless donate $14.64 for quake victims - baltimoresun.com (via hidama)
I almost never cry, but I cried at this.
