Truly amazing: Ted Williams "The man with a golden voice" gives back

[NoStateofMind]

Glad to see him able to kick the addiction and now be able to give back. A true success story from homeless to fame and now providing materials to shelters for those less fortunate. Keep it up Ted we need heros like you!

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The man with the “golden voice” used his unmistakable gift to escape homelessness and is now using his fame to help others still living on the streets.

After panhandling on the streets for 17 years, Ted Williams’ life took a turn for the better when a reporter from the Columbus Dispatch posted a video of his sultry announcing voice that quickly went viral. Williams has since gotten a contract with Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, reunited with his mother, moved into an apartment and is working on kicking his alcohol and drug addictions.

Now that he's gotten back on his feet, Williams wants to make sure that those struggling without shelter, as he once did, get the same chance to start over, NBC reports.

“Some people just really, really look at me with admiration and they’re like, ‘God, if you can do it, I can do it,’” he told the news outlet. “I think, God, if I fail what is that person going to do?”

The determined advocate recently launched the Ted Williams Project, which supports homeless communities by providing basic necessities to shelters and outreach programs, according to the nonprofit’s website. It’s working on paying for such critical items as sheets, towels, mattresses and blankets and also granting “wish-list” items to shelters.

 

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I wish him all the best.

 

[Thump553]

Isn't this story from a couple of years ago? Has he been refound again?

 

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Isn't this story from a couple of years ago? Has he been refound again?

I would figure that this

The determined advocate recently launched the Ted Williams Project, which supports homeless communities by providing basic necessities to shelters and outreach programs, according to the nonprofit’s website. It’s working on paying for such critical items as sheets, towels, mattresses and blankets and also granting “wish-list” items to shelters.

is the new detail in the story.

 

[DominionSeraph]

It’s working on paying for such critical items as sheets, towels, mattresses and blankets and also granting “wish-list” items to shelters.

The conservatives on this forum should band together to make sure they're given the guns they need to adequately protect themselves. It's the Christian thing to do.

 

[Howard]

Didn't he get hooked the first time after rehab?

Best of luck to him anyway.