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\u201cWow what a day today has been,\u201d Wilma shared in a post online. \u201cI run through [the] Walmart parking lot and I see a homeless man sitting on the side of the road and the sign says [my dog is in the pound help]. Of course what do I do \u2013 I\u2019ve seen every sign in the world except that one. I\u2019ve seen \u201cI need a beer\u201d, \u201clost my job\u201d, \u201cneed help\u201d, I could go on forever but never this sign.\u201d\n
Wilma pulled up next to the homeless man and asked him about what his sign meant. The homeless man, Patrick, explained that his dog was in the pound, and that he couldn\u2019t afford to pay the fee needed to release him.\n
\u201cSo I tried to pull to the side\u2026 and I asked him what his deal was. I gave him my card and I asked him how much it was to get his dog out of the pound. He said $120. Well I had $8 to my name. I told him I\u2019d see what I could do.\u201d\n \u201cAt first I called the pound to verify if the man\u2019s story was true and they said yes, and it was $120. I asked why so much? The pound said because $35 was for impoundment fee, then they gave [the dog] a rabies shot, a heartworm test (yes the dog was negative) and put on a flea prevention. They said yes the dog was in good shape.\u201d\n Wilma did not have enough at the time to help the homeless man financially, so she called one of her dear friends and told her about Patrick. Her friend said she would come down to learn more about his story as well.\n \u201cSo now when I don\u2019t have a dime to my name I call a dear friend to sponsor money. I tell her about this guy, she says, \u201cWe\u2019ll go back and find out his story\u201d, so I did. 30 years old, his name is Patrick. I talked to him for a few minutes and he told me his circumstances and stuff.\u201d \u201cHe seemed like a nice, gentle soul who just happened to have a hard life,\u201d Wilma said. \u201cI told him, \u201cWell I\u2019m getting the money to get your dog out so let\u2019s go down to the pound.\u201d Me and Patrick go down to the pound, give them all his paperwork and a copy of the rabies [vaccination], but they had already re-vaccinated the dog. Patrick went to jail for trespassing, they kept him there for 2 days and impounded his dog Franklin. The dog was shaking when he came out of the pound.. so happy, happy to see the man.\u201d\n \u201cSo sometimes you just have to dig deeper and do what\u2019s right in your heart. That man loves that dog. On his backpack was the dog\u2019s bowl and toys. It\u2019s helping the dog against the world. The man was very, very grateful. He had tears in his eyes when the dog came out.\u201d\n \u201cWe\u2019ve all been in a bad situation in our life, so remember to always pay it forward. You never know who that person might be that you help. But I know for a fact that man loves his dog and he tried to give me the money he had collected. I wouldn\u2019t accept it because maybe he can have some dinner tonight. He said his dog eats before he does. Wow, that sounds like me too.\u201d\n \u201cI wish I had the money to get the man a room for a week and let him and Franklin regroup but unfortunately I don\u2019t. all I can do is give him his dog and pray that life gives the man a break. I cried after the man and Franklin left. I had dropped them back off in Walmart parking lot. God please bless Patrick and Franklin tonight.\u201d\n After reuniting Patrick with his dog, Wilma and a friend of hers named Jill, who volunteers for an animal rescue, decided that they wanted to do more to help this sweet homeless man. They setup a GoFundMe for Patrick, and were able to raise $20,110 to help him have enough food for himself, for Franklin, and to have a place to live.\n Patrick was overwhelmed with love and gratitude.\n \u201cYou did more for me than most people have done in my life. You don\u2019t know how much I thank you,\u201d he said.\n \u201cThe lesson here is don\u2019t judge a book by its cover,\u201d Wilma said. \u201cThat\u2019s the whole thing. Everybody deserves a chance.\u201d\n Source: understandingcompassion.com\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wilma Price was driving through a parking lot in Huntsville, Texas, when a homeless man\u2019s sign caught her eye. 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\nPatrick had been arrested for trespassing recently, likely from sleeping outside near a business, and during his two days in jail his dog had been placed in the pound.\n
\nWilma\u2019s friend then agreed to pay to help Patrick get his beloved dog back, and Wilma and Patrick went to the pound together. His dog, Franklin, was overjoyed to see him.\n![\"\"](%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/understandingcompassion.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2022%5C/06%5C/Kind-Woman-Helped-Homeless-Man-Reunite-With-His-Dog-Raised-20K-For-Their-New-Life-Together-2.jpg%5C%22 "\\"\\"")
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