WABC-TV Features Back on My Feet NYC
05/01/2012
Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's nothing unusual about a little morning exercise, unless you're homeless and living at a shelter.
They are participating in Back On My Feet. Anne Mahlum launched the program in Philadelphia after she invited some homeless men at a shelter along her jogging route to join her. That was 5 years ago.
Since then, the program's grown to 9 cities, with New York City joining in April.
The organization does not provide food or shelter, but instead provides a community that embraces equality, respect, discipline, teamwork and leadership. The program claims to have helped about half of its homeless runners move from dependency to an independent lifestyle.
For more information, please visit backonmyfeet.org.