Setting Goals To Get Back On Our Feet: Benji’s journey with BoMF
“In life, goals are fundamental. Whether it’s a faster race time or an additional day of sobriety, progress in one area strengthens progress in another. By continuing to set both spoken and unspoken goals with our members, we take meaningful steps forward together. In doing so, members, volunteers, alumni, and community partners alike move closer to getting back on our feet. “
—Benji, Back on My Feet Dallas, Volunteer
Be Like Water & Continue to Flow: Artemas’ Journey
“The workshops were tremendous. I was computer illiterate. I didn’t know anything. What they taught me at the workshop prepared me to take classes online while I go to school.”
— Artemas, Back on My Feet Dallas, Alum
From Homelessness in Dallas to Paying it Forward in Boston
“The people in life that glow are the people that are always helping someone else. You can see how special they are. I’m trying to be that. But it’s not about me being better than anyone else. It’s about the people who need the help now that I needed then.”
— Tim, Back on My Feet Alum
The Power of Dignity & Found Family: Jaime’s Story
“People from Back on My Feet text me all the time to see how I’m doing. It’s real family.”
— Jaime, Back on My Feet Dallas, Alum
Fortino’s Journey to Redemption: How a 4th Chance Sparked Transformation and Hope
“The person suffering from addiction is the person I knew. The person I’ve grown to be is new to me. The drive I have today is overwhelming in the best way.”
— Fortino, Back on My Feet Dallas, Alum
How Volunteering with Back on My Feet Gave Nate a New Perspective on Homelessness
“It is alarmingly easy to dehumanize people experiencing homelessness or addiction. It is also easy to think that there is nothing that you can do to make a difference as an individual.”
— Nate, Back on My Feet, Dallas, Volunteer