15 people living on the streets have been positively reunited with their families, thanks to social media and the efforts of this one volunteer organization.
Miracle Messages is a startup that records brief videos of homeless people giving loving messages to their long lost family members.
Volunteers then put the videos on social media and locate the family based on likes, shares, and messages.According to the organization, 30 of their messages have result in 15 happy reunions. Of the 15 homeless people, 40% were lifted off of the streets.
Kevin Adler, founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, created the project as a means of honoring his late Uncle Mark – a loving family member who lived on and off the streets for 30 years because of his schizophrenia. Adler first put the project in action during the holiday season in 2014; with hot beverages and…
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