This metro Atlanta teen has distributed thousands of items to help the homeless

ATLANTA — Metro space highschool senior Armani Hamilton spent the final three years doing all she will to assist homeless folks in Atlanta. She even organized college students and lecturers at a number of Dekalb County faculties to affix her efforts.

Channel 2′s Berndt Petersen was in in Midtown Wednesday, the place Hamilton has distributed hundreds of things to assist folks in want. They embody issues like tooth brushes, toothpaste, deodorant, coats and blankets.

Hamilton tells Petersen she actually cares and desires to make a distinction. She stated there are some issues she simply can’t ignore.

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“I see (homeless folks) strolling the streets, looking for a house, tying to search out one thing to eat… or a spot to sleep at evening.” Hamilton stated. “That’s what I see after I stroll down right here. And it disturbs me.”

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Her mother, Selena Hamilton, remembers a visit to town with Armani years in the past.

“She couldn’t imagine it after we noticed folks up below a bridge,” Selena Hamilton stated. “She’s was like, ‘Oh, mother. We have now to do one thing.’”

In 2019, the highschool sophomore launched the non-profit basis Operation Her ATL to assist people who find themselves homeless.

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Over the past three years, she has collected and distributed hundreds of non-public care objects and important clothes.

When it’s time to provide, Armani does it herself.

“I simply need to be the individual to cease by and say, ‘Hey, how’s your day? How’s it going?’ and listen to them out and listen to their tales and what units them aside. Identical to me,” Armani Hamilton stated.

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