I got clean when I was 15. I started a company to end plastic and help people and donated 40 acres to build a rehab. Building homes next!
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Learn MoreBoth my parents died by the time I was 35. Both of them were alcoholic/drug addicts and homeless at one point. Homelessness in America is at an all time high. I am 42 now, and want to make a lasting impact. Our country’s current housing situation, wage stagnation and addiction have literally left so many people in the cold. We are on a mission to house the unhoused and the newly sober and sell water! We only use aluminum and glass.
How do you stay motivated?All I have to do is drive through the biggest city in my state, Denver. People sleeping on the streets. Hearing about my friends dying. The fentanyl crisis. The housing crisis. And of course, seeing pictures of beaches full of plastic and reading about plastic being found in the fish we consume drives me nuts.
What would you do with the $25,000?We would be able to rent our first Sober Home/Homeless shelter to house the unhoused and the newly sober while continuing to build our water brand on the other side of the business. Water sales, our mission = changing and helping to save lives while promoting and de-stigmatizing the choice of sobriety for millions of Americans that have trouble with substances and others who want to drink less.
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