GoFundMe Account Created for Homeless Man Assaulted by McDonald's Employee in Drive-Thru in Detroit

Realtor Christine Ciana Calabrese of Classic Realty Group in Oak Forest has created a GoFundMe account in response to a viral video of a homeless man named Willy becoming the target of a cruel joke in a McDonald's Drive-Thru in Detroit.



Oak Forest, Illinois - November 11, 2015 - (Newswire.com)

The video is difficult to watch: a homeless man is lured over to a McDonald's Drive-Thru window in Detroit, by the promise of food; to add insult to injury, not only does the man not receive any food, but he gets a cup of water thrown at him by a McDonald's employee.  "I was virtually speechless.  How cruel of a human being can you possibly be?" asks Calabrese.  Feeling only little vindication after learning of the employee​'s termination, Calabrese knew more had to be done.

She immediately took to the internet and established a GoFundMe account, http://www.gofundme.com/forwilly, to raise $10,000 for the homeless man.  "Homelessness is a tricky dilemma, kind of like the proverbial Chicken and the Egg: you want to immediately find the homeless employment, but they need a place to sleep, eat, bathe and do laundry...which is exactly what these funds are designed to address, short-term."

Calabrese is currently working with a few local pastors around the Chicagoland area to establish different churches and organizations in Detroit to assist Willy directly after their financial goal is met; "A support system will be of critical importance for this man" Calabrese states. She goes on to add, "I'm confident that despite the malice I witnessed on that video, there is more benevolence in the world, and we will be able to make something wonderful come from this deplorable incident."




Contact Info:

Classic Realty Group
2A 15000 S Cicero
Oak Forest
Illinois 60452
United States

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