Steven Phong and Jose Cifuentes are hoping to make a difference by filling bag after bag of trash found along the streets and washes of San Diego.
"I didn't live right for most of my life. So I don't have too much time left in my life," Phong said. So, I'm going to give back to the community just because I didn't live right before."He said getting rejected from jobs pushed him to want to give back -so he took to Nextdoor to get tips from the community.
"I've been through too much. This is not too dangerous for me. I've seen a lot worse. So, this is pretty much nothing," Phong said."It makes me feel like I have a purpose," Cifuentes said."This only takes Jose and I typically two hours," Phong said. Their hard work then turns into this - all the trash bagged up and ready to go to the dump. When they started, they were forking the bill themselves to do all of this. Now, they're asking for the community's help to help them complete their mission.
"We still need our own vehicle. We don't have that right now," Phong said."So, I have all my tools and everything in my car.""Because addicts have a lot to give. A lot of addicts in recovery- they're good. They're clean, but then when it comes, they can't find work," he said."So I myself experienced that. I'm clean. I got rejected from jobs, and that is devastating to an addict.
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