Eliseo Jimenez, 17, is walking from Texas to D.C. to raise money for his charity and sound the alarm about what he sees as an inadequate social support system for elderly people like his grandmother.
When 17-year-old Eliseo Jimenez told his grandmother he was going to walk from Texas to Washington, D.C., in her honour, she was absolutely not having it.
But if there's one thing Martinez knows about her grandson: it's that once he sets his mind to something, there's no stopping him. So, eventually, she conceded.Now Jimenez is 34 days and 2,282 kilometres into his 2,650-kilometre journey from his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, to the U.S. capital to advocate for social security reform.
"I really want to meet him and talk about what I'm trying to do, just make a difference," Jimenez said. "This is a very hard thing to do, and it's obviously in people's attention. And I think by doing this, I can get certain bills passed."Jimenez left home on July 12 and, as of Friday, had made it to Roanoke, Va.
He's been relying a lot on the kindness of strangers to put him up along the way, but says he's slept on the streets a few times.Adriana Martinez, left, is the inspiration behind Jimenez's walk. "Most times kids his age don't even want to listen to us … but not Jimenez," she said. "It makes me feel honoured."The bill would eliminate Social Security penalties for retired public servants — including teachers, police officers, state workers, firefighters and their spouses or widows — as well as some people with disabilities, thereby expanding benefits for roughly two million Americans.
Martinez and her husband plan to file for Social Security in January and fear they will face penalties because of her history as a teacher, and because her husband receives a pension payment from a previous marriage
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
MLB trade deadline blog: Orioles land big bat in JimenezThe MLB trade deadline is today at 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT. Follow all the latest news and rumours right here on TSN.ca.
Read more »
White Sox sending Orioles $4 million as part of Eloy Jiménez tradeNEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are sending Baltimore $4 million as part of Tuesday’s trade of outfielder Eloy Jiménez to the Orioles, among 11 deals in the two days before the deadline that included cash transactions.
Read more »
White Sox sending Orioles $4 million as part of Eloy Jiménez tradeNEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are sending Baltimore $4 million as part of Tuesday’s trade of outfielder Eloy Jiménez to the Orioles, among 11 deals in the two days before the deadline that included cash transactions.
Read more »
White Sox sending Orioles $4 million as part of Eloy Jiménez tradeNEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are sending Baltimore $4 million as part of Tuesday’s trade of outfielder Eloy Jiménez to the Orioles, among 11 deals in the two days before the deadline that included cash transactions.
Read more »
How a Texas congregation is supporting its members on the space stationAbout 10 miles from Johnson Space Center, a Houston-area church takes a moment during Wednesday Bible studies and Sunday evening services to pray for two members who cannot be there.
Read more »
California Loses One More Company to Texas, as Chevron Flees the Once “Golden State”California's climate change lawsuit targeting fossil fuel companies added extra fuel to the relocation fire.
Read more »