{"id":7,"date":"2012-11-27T21:59:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthonyandmedotcom.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2013-01-26T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T17:33:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anthony and me on the day we started our project! (photo: Reed Sandridge<\/span>)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

I turned my misfortune of losing my job into the best year of my life! After completing a year-long journey of giving $10 away each day<\/a>\u00a0to complete strangers while I was out of work, I started writing a book about the adventure. Well, plenty of other things have filled up my plate and the pages of the book got pushed to the back of my desk. I needed help. I needed someone to hold me accountable. That’s when I reached out my homeless friend Anthony.<\/p>\n

Anthony has been homeless for nearly 10 years in our nation’s capital. One of the first Street Sense<\/a> vendors, vendor number 6 to be exact, Anthony doesn’t let the fact that he can not afford housing get him down. He works Monday through Friday at the corner of 19th and M selling the paper. But his dream is to have his own apartment.<\/p>\n

So – we got the idea to help each other out. I’d help Anthony leave the streets and he would help me stick to a tight deadline of writing. If this sounds easy – keep in mind that I don’t know anything about helping someone get off the streets and Anthony hasn’t a clue about what it takes to get a book published. But that hasn’t stopped us.<\/p>\n

\"nov27signatures\"<\/a>We are working to achieve our goal by the end of 2013 – and with a lot of hard work, collaboration between Anthony and me, and possibly your help too – we just might make it!<\/p>\n

Drop by for updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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