LA Nonprofit Distributes Survival Kits That Changed Homeless Vet's Life
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Tom Bagamane is the founder and chairman of The Giving Spirit, an all-volunteer nonprofit that provides aid to Los Angeles’ homeless population. He’s also a man who knows a thing or two about spreading holiday cheer. Over the past 16 years, Bagamane’s organization has directly helped over 34,000 homeless through some trying times, especially around the holidays, which volunteers say can be the loneliest time for those in need.
The Giving Spirit was founded in 1999 on the principle of distributing sincere and random acts of kindness to the homeless, which in turn benefit the volunteers as well. “The gratitude, the connection that you make with one of these homeless individuals is a lifelong feeling that I’ve carried with me for the last ten years as I do this; my kids have carried [it] with them as they’ve experienced this,” says one volunteer.
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