. >>> THIS WEEK WE'RE MARKING THE
THIRD YEAR OF RED NOSE DAY HERE IN THE U.S. AND IT IS A MASSIVE
EFFORT TO KEEP KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM FACING HUNGER AND
TO END CHILD POVERTY. >> ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN HELP
IS BY BUYING THESE RED NOSES. THEY SELL THEM AT YOUR LOCAL
WALGREENS. IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED WHERE
THE MONEY GOES, CHECK OUT THIS FAMILY STORY.
>> TODAY A A GOOD DAY FOR THE WISHON FAMILY.
MAY MAKE LUNCH WITH THEIR KIDS THANKS TO A PANTRY FILLED WITH
FOOD IN A PLACE THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN.
>> THE JOY OF HAVING A HOME AGAIN.
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED
HONESTLY. HAVING A HOUSE OVER YOUR HEAD.
HAVING A BED TO SLEEP IN. HAVING FOOD ON THE TABLE.
>> SEVEN YEARS AGO MARY WAS WORKING AS A BAKER AT A GROCERY
STORE AND ERIC WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHEN HE
SUFFERED A BACK INJURY. HE STOPPED WORKING AND WAS
PRESCRIBED PAIN MEDICATION BUT EVENTUALLY BECAME ADDICTED.
THE FAMILY MOVED AND FOUND NEW JOBS, BUT BEFORE LONG THEY WERE
BOTH OUT OF WORK AGAIN. >> THINGS WERE HARD FOR US.
WE DEFINITELY WERE STRUGGLING TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
>> THEIR SITUATION DETERIORATED. BOTH BECAME INVOLVED WITH
ILLEGAL DRUG USE AND EVENTUALLY BECAME HOMELESS.
>> WE DEFINITELY MADE SOME DECISIONS IN OUR LIVES THAT
WE'RE NOT PROUD OF, THINGS THAT WE WISH WE COULD TAKE BACK.
WE RAN INTO SOME HARD TIMES. WE DEFINITELY HIT OUR ROCK
BOTTOM. >> IN 2016 THE COUPLE DECIDED TO
TAKE THEIR FAMILY BACK TO OHIO. THEIR KIDS STAYED WITH MARY'S
PARENTS WHILE ERIC AND MARY MOVED INTO A LOCAL HOMELESS
SHELTER. >> WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO TAKE
CARE OF OURSELVES FIRST BEFORE WE COULD HELP OUR CHILDREN OUT.
>> THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING WAS EXPLAINING TO THEM WHY
WE WERE WHERE WE WERE. AND IT WAS TO BETTER OURSELVES
SO THAT THEY COULD COME BACK HOME.
>> TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES MEANT FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE
TO HELP. THAT PERSON WAS JACK REAM.
>> WHEN GOD GETS AHOLD OF YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THINGS YOU
NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD DO. >> THE RETIRED MINISTER FOUNDED
OHIO'S FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS SHELTER WHERE ERIC AND MARY
STAYED. THE ACTIVE 86-YEAR-OLD WAS ALSO
A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE GREATER DOVER NEW PHILADELPHIA
FOOD PANTRY. THEY PROVIDED TWO MILLION MEALS
LAST YEAR WITH HELP FROM FEEDING AMERICA FUELED BY DONATION
PROSECUTE RED NOSE DAY. >> WE CAN MAKE PEOPLE THAT COME
INTO THIS FOOD PANTRY FEEL VERY GOOD WHEN THEY WERE SCARED TO
DEATH COMING IN AND EMBARRASSED. >> FOR MARY, THE EXPERIENCE WAS
HUMBLING. >> I WAS AN HONOR STUDENT.
I HAD A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO COLLEGE.
TO COME BACK HOME AND BE LIVING IN A HOMELESS SHELTER IN MY
HOMETOWN WHERE I FELT LIKE I WAS -- I JUST FELT LIKE THIS IS
NOT WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. >> JACK'S SHELTER HELPED ERIC
AND MARY FIND DRUG TREATMENT AND FAMILY COUNSELING PROGRAMS THAT
THEY CREDIT WITH HELPING THEM BOTH GET CLEAN AND STAY CLEAN.
>> ONCE WE STARTED LIVING RIGHT, ONCE WE STARTED DOING THE THINGS
THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE
THINGS STARTED FALLING BACK INTO PLACE.
>> LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER CHECKING INTO THE SHELTER, THE
COUPLE IS EMPLOYED AGAINST AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BACK ONE UNDER
ROOF WITH THE KIDS. ERIC IS SO GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP
HE RECEIVED THAT HE NOW VOLUNTEERS AT THE FOOD PANTRY
HELPING JACK HELP OTHERS WHO NEED A HAND LIKE HE ONCE DID.
>> I KNOW THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE THINGS THAT JACK DOES, I
PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANYWHERE TO GO.
>> AND NOW THANKS TO THE SUPPORT, JORDAN AND BRADEN ARE
HAPPY TO BE HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS AND APPRECIATE ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT HELP GIVE THEIR FAMILY A SECOND CHANCE.
>> IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A NICE HOME AND OUR
FAMILY BACK TOGETHER AND TO JUST HAVE ALL THE FOOD WE NEED.
>> I NEVER FELT LIKE BEING IN A VERY GOOD HOME BEFORE AND NOW I
CAN FEEL IT HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID TO
HELP US. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK
BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE BACK, THIS COULD HAPPEN TO SOMEONE YOU GAVE
BACK TO. >> OH MY GOD.
>> OH MY GOSH. >> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> DON'T FORGET. >> YOU CAN HELP THESE FAMILIES
LIKE THE WISHONS WHO NEEDED HELP PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE AT
DIFFICULT TIMES. ALL YOU DO IS PICK UP YOUR RED
NOSE. >> BE SURE TO TUNE IN