03-15-2013, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Originally Posted by Scott McD
Student carrying $3300 in his backpack.
Yeah nothing unusual about that...
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The cash belonged to Bryan Belanger, an ASU student who, distracted in a conversation on his cellphone, forgot his bag. Belanger had planned to use the money to buy a car to replace one wrecked in a recent accident.
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Tally, who had been living on the streets for six years, made news in late 2010 when he returned a sack containing $3,300 to its rightful owner. People familiar with how far Tally has come since returning the money said his story has all the makings of a Hollywood feel-good flick: A man is down on his luck, and one right choice is all it takes to turn his life around.
In January, the 49-year-old moved into his own apartment, choosing a no-frills, five-unit complex across the street from a church where he had slept when he was homeless. Seeing Tally's commitment to getting his life in order, a non-profit, the Tempe Community Action Agency, offered him an internship at a Tempe community garden that it was starting to supply the charity's food pantry with fresh vegetables and fruits. He did so well that he was given the chance to manage the garden full-time.
By year's end, Tally said he had found his dream career. He was in the garden almost every day planting, digging and cultivating food that is distributed to community volunteers and to the food pantry. Recently, he began managing an internship that allows homeless people to volunteer in the garden.
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