Meet Jim

Jim is from Dorchester. He’s a veteran. He’s also a father and grandfather. He makes tasty spaghetti sauce and loves to grill in his backyard.
But for more than five years, Jim didn’t have a backyard. He didn’t even have a home.

Every day, he waited in line with other homeless people for a shelter bed. Some nights he got one, other nights he didn’t. This was his routine for more than 1,800 days. As a result, he was sick and in the hospital “all the time.”

But not all was lost for Jim. Thanks to MHSA and Home & Healthy for Good, Jim now has his own bed in his own home.

He has a place to treat his emphysema, a bed to rest in and most importantly, he’s connected with his family and regained his independence.

He’s learning to use a computer, too. A typical grandfather, he’ll boast about his grandson any chance you give him (who, by the way, is 11 years old, has a red belt in Taekwondo and is taking advanced math).

Jim is proud of his healthy new life. We, at MHSA, couldn’t be more proud that we helped make it happen for him.

Please make a gift to MHSA today so that together, we can help more people like Jim begin their journeys to success.
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