Speaker A
How you doing, bro? What's up? What are you selling?
A homeless artist named Joey turns his free paintings into $100,000 through kindness and community support.
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Key Takeaways
- Kindness and empathy can transform lives, regardless of circumstances.
- Community support can have a significant impact on individuals facing homelessness.
- Personal stories create powerful connections and inspire generosity.
- Art and creativity can be a source of hope and income even in difficult situations.
- Maintaining faith and self-worth is crucial during hardship.
What the video covers
- Joey, a homeless man, sells his artwork on the street, including personalized paintings.
- He shares a heartfelt story about his late mother and the struggles he faces.
- Despite his hardships, Joey remains kind and encouraging to strangers.
- A stranger buys a painting for Joey's mom’s birthday, even though Joey has no money.
- The community rallies after Joey’s story is shared, raising over $100,000 for him.
- Joey reconnects with a supporter and shares a touching FaceTime call with his mom.
- The video emphasizes that circumstances don’t define character.
- Joey’s story inspires viewers to show kindness and support to those in need.
- The video is supported by a partner organization, Angie, helping to create positive moments.
- Joey expresses hope and faith in himself despite his challenges.
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Speaker A
Uh, just artwork or anything like, you know, like this I might just finish. This is a music note right here.
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How much is that? That's right. Music. Uh, 30 bucks.
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30 bucks? Yeah. Well, honestly, I for anything really. And I just This is silhouette right here.
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You do that this morning? Yeah. What's your name?
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Joey. Zach. Nice to meet you, man. What's one that you think would go good for my mom's birthday?
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Your mother's birthday? Yeah. I haven't seen her in like a year. So [music] a year.
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Um, I'm going back home to Canada later today.
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Oh, yeah. I'm excited [music] to see her, man. I miss her so much.
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Um, see, we could put um this one right here. And I could put her name on it.
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Oh, that's beautiful, man. How much would this one cost?
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35. 35. Be honest though, I'd even take 24.
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Why? Because right now, I'm playing catch-up with like the, you know, the position I'm in. I can't just be like, I want this much. To be like greedy about it.
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You know what I mean? So, even though I'm 35, it's for your mom. I love I miss my mom.
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Where's your mom?
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My mom, she passed away. She was 17. Sorry. I'm my mother's boy, man. It's like I wish I could give something to my mom.
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So, like why would I do that if it's for my mom? So, like I do it for 20. Yeah.
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Your mom's love never dies, man. It's unconditional.
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Yeah. Yeah. My mom, she was a rough one for me. And it's almost 10 years now. Some nights I woke up and I just like felt like it like I just
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like found out.
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How'd you find out?
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I was taking care of my mother 'cause her husband took off to Florida with money saved up. She was a 13-year dialysis patient. She missed three dialysis appointments [music] and died.
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I'm sorry, man. The last thing she said to me at the hospital is, "It's okay to be okay."
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'Cause sometimes life, it won't feel like it is, but it's okay to be okay. 'Cause it is okay.
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That's why that means a lot to me.
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Should be proud of you, man. You're a great human.
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Thank you, bro. I really appreciate that. Are you from here or where you from?
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Yeah, I've been living out here 10 years and I had a place in Glendale and I've been Skid Bro in between all all background.
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Where you at now?
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He's standing in his car. Always tolerating a lot of that I didn't have a good day.
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Encouraging other people.
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Thank you. You're nice to everybody like that. Always. There's no reason to not be, you know. It doesn't make sense like that.
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Even when you're going through stuff, you you still wake up like that every day.
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Yeah. What makes me stop crying is what makes other people smile. You know, seeing other people happy, it like breaks me from that. It shakes it off. You know what I mean?
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I got no money on me right now. All I got is these Pringles. Yeah.
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So, I I don't know what I should do. I can come back and pay you for it [music] if that's okay.
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Hey, at the end of the day, only thing I care about is the fact that somebody you love that loves you got something.
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But you don't know me. I don't have to. I have a mom and I know what it's like just in general to want somebody else to know that I love them. Love each other and have a good day.
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Welcome. Amazing, bro. Thank you.
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Welcome. I don't have any money on me, though, bro.
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I'm not even worried about that. I'm not. Just I just want to make sure make sure mom gets that.
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You sure?
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Yeah. I'm going give you my Pringles. Take them. Love you, bro.
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No, for real. Make sure mom make sure she gets that.
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Can I get one Pringle with you, too?
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Hell yeah. Are youing kidding [music] me?
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$1,000. Are youing kidding me? [music] You're amazing. [music]
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Are you for real, bro? Love you, brother.
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I love you, too, man. Damn. Thank you. Jesus loves you.
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I feel so bad. Thank you, dude.
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Oh my god. Yeah, [music] I don't know what you're going through, bro. [snorts]
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A lot, bro. Just thank you, dude.
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Hang me a hug. A proper hug, bro.
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Yeah. Hell yeah. Thank you. Love you, bro.
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Hell yeah, man. Thank you, Lord. God bless [music] you, man.
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Bye, Joey. See you soon.
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Happy birthday. After meeting Joey, [music] it reminded me that your circumstances and what you're going through doesn't define your character.
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Even while facing homelessness, he kept encouraging complete strangers walking by without expecting anything [music] in return.
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So, when we share Joey's story with all of you, your response was incredible. Together, you raised over $100,000.
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[music] And our friends at Angie, who have helped us make moments like this possible before, wanted to be part of Joey's story, too. Together, we have one last surprise for him.
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Joey.
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Oh, what's up, dude? Hey, how are you, bro? What's up?
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Yeah. Oh, it's so good to see you.
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Hey, this one's special though for you.
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What's this?
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Be kind. Love always. That's my saying.
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Yeah. You made this for me?
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Yeah. Thank you, bro. You see the video?
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Yes, I did. It was How did it make you feel?
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Good. It made me feel like I don't know. It's just It's more than I felt. Like I don't know. I feel like my mom sent you. You know what I mean?
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'Cause like I've showed a lot of good a lot of years and like I wanted to give up and it's like I just kept loving people.
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How'd you keep it going?
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Keeping faith in myself and knowing that I'm worth it.
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My mom wanted to say hi. Can I
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Yeah. Can I FaceTime FaceTime her right now?
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Yeah, please. Yeah. You want to meet my mom?
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Yeah. Hello. What's up, mom? How are you? What's going on?
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I'm with my friend. You have you seen this guy before?
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Oh my gosh. Yes, from the video.
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Hi. Hi, Joey. Nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you. You have a beautiful smile.
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Oh, well, so do your beautiful eyes. Look at you. They match your shirt.
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Joey, I I'm so happy you and Zachary connected. It was really uh meant to be.
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And you're a beautiful soul.
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Thank you. And uh I hope this is the start of a of a a real turnaround for you.
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I really deserve that. Thank you very [music] much.
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He made me this one. It says, make my day.
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Be kind. Love always. You have to keep that. This one's for you.
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Yep. Love you.
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Okay, Zach. Thank you, Joey. Nice meeting you.
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Nice meeting you. Love you. Be safe.
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Bye, Mom.
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Okay. Do you trust me?
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Yeah, I'm leaving. Can we leave it right now?
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Yeah. I have a surprise for you.
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Where are you staying currently?
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Uh, behind [music] a building.
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Were you surprised that people care?
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I'm not I was I was surprised at how [music] how many people care is. It's Yeah, people care about people, man. People care about good people, man.
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So, what's your dream right now? To get your
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