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#TSRPositiveImages: A Honolulu Couple Is Being Recognized For Helping Homeless Communities By Providing Mobile Showers & Hot Meals!

<div>TSR STAFF&colon; Megan E&excl; &commat;meganryan&lowbar;e<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Check this out &num;Roomies&comma; a homeless community sometimes just wants something as small as a meal and a shower&period; A couple&comma; &num;CraigShoji and &num;DanicaShoji&comma; created an organization called &&num;8216&semi;Revive &plus; Refresh&&num;8217&semi; in Honolulu&comma; Hawaii&period; This organization was inspired by the couple’s belief that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;everyone has a story and they wanted the in-need to feel like &OpenCurlyQuote;normal people&period;’”<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to &commat;goodmorningamerica&comma; the couple hosts numerous events in &num;Honolulu and provide &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;showers and hot meals” for the homeless community&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just seeing their faces when they come out&comma; it’s like a different person&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Craig said&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Back in June 2015&comma; the couple was inspired to create &&num;8216&semi;Revive &plus; Refresh&&num;8217&semi; after visiting an underprivileged community in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood&period; Craig recalled walking down a street as he passed by a homeless individual&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just told him&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Good Morning&comma;’ and he was kind of surprised that I said that to him because no one ever says anything to him&comma;” he said&period; That is when Craig and his wife both agreed that it is very important to make people feel like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;normal people&period;”<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Their business first started off as a place called &&num;8216&semi;Laundry Love&&num;8217&semi;&comma; and it was a small business that provided clothes to the homeless community&period; It eventually expanded into a business that provides hot meals and showers for the homeless community&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>When the couple hosts events&comma; they take their trailer with two showers along with them&period; More than 460 people have reportedly attended these events to use the couple’s facilities provided&comma; and there have been more than 250 people who have used the showers&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Each person who takes a shower gets 15 minutes&comma; toilet paper is provided in each stall&comma; and there is also shower and hand gel&period; Those who attend also receive a hot meal&period; The couple said it means a lot to see the attendees faces and reactions when they come out of the facility&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Source&colon; Good Morning America<&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"48199" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsrpositiveimages-a-honolulu-couple-is-being-recognized-for-helping-homeless-communities-by-providing-mobile-showers-hot-meals&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c4f3441ad3"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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