He’s standing on the corner with a sign that reads “Vietnam Vet - Need Help - God Bless,” or my personal favorite: “Who am I kidding? I just need a beer.”

This is what we think it means to be homeless - stereotypes.

The truth is that most of America’s homeless look more like the single mother with two children who can’t make rent because her husband left with the money. The video we created had to break through the stereotypes and show the real families that Growing Home puts back on their feet.

And so we made this: