He's back on the streets, this time to give back
Every week, Gerald Jorgensen fills his wagon with supplies and walks the streets of downtown Ottawa, sometimes providing aid to the same people he knew before deciding to turn his life around.
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![Gerald Jorgensen says it's been almost exactly a year to the day since he walked through the doors of a 12-step recovery program he says has kept him on the straight and narrow ever since. Jorgensen says, before that, he'd overdosed on Ottawa's streets 12 times. He first became homeless in Brockville, Ont., in 2020. A man stands on Daly Street in Ottawa.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7133499.1709592151!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/gerald-jorgensen-march-1-2024.jpg)
Every week, Gerald Jorgensen fills his wagon with supplies and walks the streets of downtown Ottawa, sometimes providing aid to the same people he knew before deciding to turn his life around.