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Nice story: Stephen Knight, who provides foster homes for dogs while their owners seek addiction treatment, is CNN’s Hero of the Year
...Knight’s journey began in 2011, when at the age of 51, he had lost everything to meth addiction – his family, his job, his home, and nearly his life. HIV positive, and living out of his car, Knight entered rehab at the behest of his mother.
After months of treatment, and at a delicate time in his recovery, Knight’s life changed when a friend showed up at his door in tears. She had relapsed, and in her arms was her beloved dog, Jayde. Knight’s friend said no one would take Jayde, and she asked Knight for a ride to a shelter so she could surrender her.
“I looked at Jayde, and we looked at each other,” Knight said. “It was one of the most spiritual moments, like ‘I think we might need each other here.’”
Knight soon realized that other people were delaying or forgoing treatment because they could not find safe housing for their pets...
He got clean & found a way to help people in the same hole he was in. He's saved 1200+ dogs, and reunited many of them with their owners once they cleaned up. The recognition comes with 150k. That should buy some kibble. Mazal tov!
...Knight’s journey began in 2011, when at the age of 51, he had lost everything to meth addiction – his family, his job, his home, and nearly his life. HIV positive, and living out of his car, Knight entered rehab at the behest of his mother.
After months of treatment, and at a delicate time in his recovery, Knight’s life changed when a friend showed up at his door in tears. She had relapsed, and in her arms was her beloved dog, Jayde. Knight’s friend said no one would take Jayde, and she asked Knight for a ride to a shelter so she could surrender her.
“I looked at Jayde, and we looked at each other,” Knight said. “It was one of the most spiritual moments, like ‘I think we might need each other here.’”
Knight soon realized that other people were delaying or forgoing treatment because they could not find safe housing for their pets...
He got clean & found a way to help people in the same hole he was in. He's saved 1200+ dogs, and reunited many of them with their owners once they cleaned up. The recognition comes with 150k. That should buy some kibble. Mazal tov!
