GoFundMe Account Created for Homeless Man Assaulted by McDonald's Employee in Drive-Thru in Detroit

Oak Forest, Illinois, November 11, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The video is difficult to watch: a homeless man is lured over to a McDonald's Drive-Thru window in Detroit, by the promise of food; to add insult to injury, not only does the man not receive any food, but he gets a cup of water thrown at him by a McDonald's employee.  "I was virtually speechless.  How cruel of a human being can you possibly be?" asks Calabrese.  Feeling only little vindication after learning of the employee​'s termination, Calabrese knew more had to be done.

She immediately took to the internet and established a GoFundMe account, http://www.gofundme.com/forwilly, to raise $10,000 for the homeless man.  "Homelessness is a tricky dilemma, kind of like the proverbial Chicken and the Egg: you want to immediately find the homeless employment, but they need a place to sleep, eat, bathe and do laundry...which is exactly what these funds are designed to address, short-term."

"...we will be able to make something wonderful come from this deplorable incident."

Christine Ciana Calabrese, Good Samaritan

Calabrese is currently working with a few local pastors around the Chicagoland area to establish different churches and organizations in Detroit to assist Willy directly after their financial goal is met; "A support system will be of critical importance for this man" Calabrese states. She goes on to add, "I'm confident that despite the malice I witnessed on that video, there is more benevolence in the world, and we will be able to make something wonderful come from this deplorable incident."