Meet 24 year old Veronika Scott, whose business, the Empowerment Plan, provides homeless people in Detroit with coats that morph into sleeping bags - and whose company only hires homeless workers. She says, “People told me, ‘You’re never going to get a homeless person to show up to work,’ but I did. I did it by hiring parents who wanted better life for their kids. Quote source: https://thegreatdiscontent/interview/veronika-scott Video: https://youtube/watch?v=mo-kvh1w60w#t=133 This article provides good background as well, especially in explaining how she was able to succeed so quickly - with major donations of equipment and supplies from Carhartt and General Motors. america.aljazeera/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/12/25/detroit-veronikascotthomelesscoats.html
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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