{"id":7088,"date":"2017-04-12T21:56:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T21:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=7088"},"modified":"2022-06-28T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T11:15:00","slug":"giving-the-shirt-off-his-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/giving-the-shirt-off-his-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving the Shirt Off His Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leroy, who lives in Arizona, is the brother of a MADD Bay Area San Francisco volunteer. Leroy recently fell and broke his hip and is currently in rehab. He\u2019s a long-time supporter of MADD Bay Area Walks, and he treasurers wearing his many Walk T-shirts.<br \/>\nLeroy was wearing one of his MADD T-shirts yesterday when a wheelchair-bound patient at the rehab facility asked him about the shirt. This disabled fellow has been living in this rehab facility for the past 9 years after being struck by a drunk driver.\u00a0 Leroy offered him his MADD T-shirt, literally \u201cgiving him the shirt off his back\u201d.<br \/>\nThough we can see that the fellow struggles, we were moved by his \u201cthumb\u2019s up\u201d attitude as he proudly donned his new shirt. He has difficulty speaking, but was able to say \u201cGood Deal!\u201d as he was putting his thumb up.<br \/>\nWe just never know how many people we\u2019re reaching\u2026 even thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leroy, who lives in Arizona, is the brother of a MADD Bay Area San Francisco volunteer. Leroy recently fell and broke his hip and is currently in rehab. 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