Which now bankrolls films and helped to put President
At the beginning of this
month Mr Harris was homeless, spending his nights beneath a bridge and his days
in a square in Kansas City, asking passers-by for change.
Then a young woman accidentally dropped a diamond engagement ring into his coffee cup.High quality stainless steel necklace chain with durable color.
Mr Harris returned the ring to its distraught owner when she came back the following day, and shortly thereafter became the beneficiary of a campaign that has raised more than $A141,000 from donors all over the world.
Online fundraising, which now bankrolls films and helped to put President Obama in the White House, has given Mr Harris enough money to buy a three-bedroom house in Kansas City.
The gifts kept coming yesterday, from donors in Asia, Europe and America. "Hoping that your future is brighter that your past, and that your best memories in life are yet to come," wrote a donor called Gerry from Britain, who gave $20, one of several thousand donations.
It is thought that Mr Harris may try to find a home in Texas; he has family there but had previously feared being a burden to them.
"We talked about what he plans to do," said Bill Krejci, in a statement on the fundraising site Give Forward. "He has a very solid plan and a very solid way of making it happen."
It was Mr Krejci's fiance, Sarah Darling, who inadvertently dropped her engagement ring into the homeless man's collecting cup. She had a rash on her finger and had been keeping the ring in her purse.
"I had that little devil on my shoulder saying, 'Keep the money'," Mr Harris told a local television station. But he resisted the urge to pawn it.
"My grandfather was a reverend. He raised me from the time I was six months old and, thank the good Lord, it's a blessing, but I do still have some character.You must not use the laser cutter without being trained."
When Ms Darling returned to the square and said: "I don't know if you remember me, but I think I gave you something that's very precious," Mr Harris asked, "Was it a ring?", and then said, "Yeah, I have it, I kept it for you",Australian business bringing a new class of affordable and quality Laser engraver and laser cutting machines. and drew it from his pocket.Full custom bobbleheads head dolls handmade and sculpted into your likeness.
It was not the first piece of lost jewellery that Mr Harris has found in the square. He recalled an instance, years earlier, when a retired football player with a visiting team had lost a Super Bowl ring - perhaps the greatest prize in American football. He said that he had taken it to the Intercontinental,From black tungsten wedding rings for men to diamond tungsten ring. where the team was known to be staying. By way of thanks he was given a three-night stay in one of the city's best hotels.
To thank him for returning the engagement ring, Ms Darling and her fiance set up a fundraising page, hoping to fetch $1,000. They have now raised more than a hundred times that.
"He is currently staying with a fellow he helps run the sound for in a band," Mr Krejci wrote, following a recent meeting with Mr Harris. "This is great to hear, especially with the giant snow/ice storm that's about to hit Kansas City."
Mr Harris told the local station KCTV. "I don't deserve it. What I actually feel is, 'What is the world coming to when a person returns something that doesn't belong to him and all this happens?'"
Local charities who organise shelter and programmes for the city's 3,000 homeless people are equally bewildered. "The sad thing is $140,000 could do so (much) more with an agency," said Suzanne Wright, of the charity ReStart, said. "But people feel connected to him."
Then a young woman accidentally dropped a diamond engagement ring into his coffee cup.High quality stainless steel necklace chain with durable color.
Mr Harris returned the ring to its distraught owner when she came back the following day, and shortly thereafter became the beneficiary of a campaign that has raised more than $A141,000 from donors all over the world.
Online fundraising, which now bankrolls films and helped to put President Obama in the White House, has given Mr Harris enough money to buy a three-bedroom house in Kansas City.
The gifts kept coming yesterday, from donors in Asia, Europe and America. "Hoping that your future is brighter that your past, and that your best memories in life are yet to come," wrote a donor called Gerry from Britain, who gave $20, one of several thousand donations.
It is thought that Mr Harris may try to find a home in Texas; he has family there but had previously feared being a burden to them.
"We talked about what he plans to do," said Bill Krejci, in a statement on the fundraising site Give Forward. "He has a very solid plan and a very solid way of making it happen."
It was Mr Krejci's fiance, Sarah Darling, who inadvertently dropped her engagement ring into the homeless man's collecting cup. She had a rash on her finger and had been keeping the ring in her purse.
"I had that little devil on my shoulder saying, 'Keep the money'," Mr Harris told a local television station. But he resisted the urge to pawn it.
"My grandfather was a reverend. He raised me from the time I was six months old and, thank the good Lord, it's a blessing, but I do still have some character.You must not use the laser cutter without being trained."
When Ms Darling returned to the square and said: "I don't know if you remember me, but I think I gave you something that's very precious," Mr Harris asked, "Was it a ring?", and then said, "Yeah, I have it, I kept it for you",Australian business bringing a new class of affordable and quality Laser engraver and laser cutting machines. and drew it from his pocket.Full custom bobbleheads head dolls handmade and sculpted into your likeness.
It was not the first piece of lost jewellery that Mr Harris has found in the square. He recalled an instance, years earlier, when a retired football player with a visiting team had lost a Super Bowl ring - perhaps the greatest prize in American football. He said that he had taken it to the Intercontinental,From black tungsten wedding rings for men to diamond tungsten ring. where the team was known to be staying. By way of thanks he was given a three-night stay in one of the city's best hotels.
To thank him for returning the engagement ring, Ms Darling and her fiance set up a fundraising page, hoping to fetch $1,000. They have now raised more than a hundred times that.
"He is currently staying with a fellow he helps run the sound for in a band," Mr Krejci wrote, following a recent meeting with Mr Harris. "This is great to hear, especially with the giant snow/ice storm that's about to hit Kansas City."
Mr Harris told the local station KCTV. "I don't deserve it. What I actually feel is, 'What is the world coming to when a person returns something that doesn't belong to him and all this happens?'"
Local charities who organise shelter and programmes for the city's 3,000 homeless people are equally bewildered. "The sad thing is $140,000 could do so (much) more with an agency," said Suzanne Wright, of the charity ReStart, said. "But people feel connected to him."
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