Helping people in need gives Stephanie Booker joy, especially knowing that her late husband, Richard Carter, a Vietnam veteran, found passion in helping others too.
A Philadelphia woman who once struggled with homelessness and addiction is now helping others dealing with the same plight.
"I am a product of the environment that I serve, so I know the struggles that I went through to try and find the resources I needed to try to come back to being a productive citizen in life," said Booker."Sneakers like this, they cost about $100, $120 in the store. We're giving them out for free," she said of the multiple pairs of Nike shoes she gave away during an event at Panati Playground in North Philadelphia.
"That was one of the worst pains I had to go through -- the loss of my husband -- but it also gave me the strength that I needed to move forward," she said. "They have a lot of veteran housing that's scattered throughout the city, but the larger ones are in crime-infested, drug-infested areas," she said.
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