Tag: homelessness

People Who Inspire: Jon Jackson on a mission to Keep Yinz Warm

Keep Yinz Warm - Jon now with bags cropped - main photo

Five years ago, Jon Jackson was a 12 year old passenger in his mother’s car when he looked out the window and saw something he had never seen before. It was a homeless man, lying in a fetal position under a bridge. The image left an indelible impression.

“I had heard of homelessness, but I had never seen it,” he said. On this bitter cold, January day in Pittsburgh Jon knew it wouldn’t be the last time either. Continue reading