Bethesda Stories

Sam

Sam is the resident artist at Bethesda North Broad, a permanent supportive housing residence for 49 formerly homeless men and women.  Always drawing, painting, or telling jokes, Sam relies on Bethesda Project staff to help him cope with the impact of childhood trauma.
 
When Sam was just five, he and his sisters came home from school to discover their mother had passed away suddenly.  Overwhelmed and angry, Sam immediately leapt from a second-story window.  Three... Read More

Country

Country is a traveler. After graduating from high school, he moved to Las Vegas with his parents. While some find good luck in Vegas, Country wasn’t so fortunate. He was doing drugs and drinking in Vegas. And after two years, he found himself homeless.

Country got it together long enough to move to Colorado where he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and spent a year in a psychiatric facility. From Colorado he moved to Yakima, Washington, San Diego, Alaska, and finally to... Read More

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