Rick Stoker drove up 17th street in Wilmington in a white van, pointing to a bus stop along the way.
“There’s a man that’s been living at that stop for seven years,” said the CEO of First Fruit Ministries, who’s in charge of the nonprofit’s street outreach efforts to serve Wilmington’s homeless population.
A few miles further, he points out a man standing on a street corner, who recognized the white van and waves.
Somewhere along Market Street, Stoker sees a man without shoes he knows in a small lot. He pulls up alongside him, asking if he needs anything.
It was an exciting day for people in the community as they got a glimpse in to the first “tiny House” at Eden Village. A new community being developed here in Wilmington that wants to give the homeless a forever home.