Giving the shoes off his feet

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Beth Houlton

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When 18-year-old Jordan Hope saw an elderly man struggling through his Arizona neighborhood using a walker and wearing old slippers that were falling apart, he was moved to hand over his own Nike slides – and then his time. Turns out Mr. Roy had lost his wife two weeks before and lived by himself. He was lonely.

The two hung out that whole afternoon and now check in every day. Jordan is “glad that I can be his friend, his family.”

Check out the touching shoe transfer caught on camera by bystander Yareli Madrid!

(Photo/Yareli Madrid)

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Beth Houlton believes in the power of words and individual actions to fuel positive change, especially when done in an intentional way that benefits us all. Personal and professional endeavors in journalism, law, music, community activism, and nonprofit organizations that work for the greater good provide a unique yet multi-faceted perspective and motivation for this movement.