{"id":2260385,"date":"2026-01-31T23:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2260385"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:01:07","slug":"homeless-artist-turns-1-painting-into-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/homeless-artist-turns-1-painting-into-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless Artist Turns $1 Painting Into New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1gKsiZR_NI?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>I went to Detroit and that\u2019s where we met Jed, a homeless artist selling his paintings just to get by.<\/p>\n<p>I approached Jed pretending to be injured. Without hesitation, Jed stopped everything he was doing to help. He wrapped my ankle, made sure I was okay, and showed real compassion, even though he had so little himself.<\/p>\n<p>Through a simple conversation, I learned Jed\u2019s story and surprised him with $1,000 in cash as a thank you for his kindness.<\/p>\n<p>After sharing Jed\u2019s story, our community came together in the most incredible way. I launched a fundraiser, and over $50,000 was raised, enough to cover an entire year of rent and give Jed a real chance to reset his life.<\/p>\n<p>This video is a reminder that kindness shows up in unexpected places, and that when people come together, real change is possible.<\/p>\n<p>Be kind. Love always.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to support our journey and continue giving back and making an impact, donate here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/slingshot.giving\/kindness<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O1gKsiZR_NI\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to Detroit and that\u2019s where we met Jed, a homeless artist selling his paintings just to get by. I approached Jed pretending to be injured. Without hesitation, Jed stopped everything he was doing to help. He wrapped my ankle, made sure I was okay, and showed real compassion, even though he had so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2260386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769900465_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2260387,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260385\/revisions\/2260387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}