Little Boy’s Incredible Reaction to Seeing Homeless Changes Thousands of Lives
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A new movie tells the harrowing and heartwarming story of a mother and son who turned their pain into a powerful movement to help the homeless and destitute. “5,000 Blankets,” which hits theaters nationwide Dec. 12 and 13, tells the real-life story of the Bunch family’s quest to collect thousands of blankets for the homeless. The film specifically explores mom Cyndi Bunch’s plight after her husband had a mental breakdown and she and her young son, Phillip, went to find him. As they took to the streets of Fort Worth, Texas, to search for him, they saw the homeless in desperate need — and that eye-opening experience sparked a movement of compassion. Cyndi Bunch, the real-life inspiration for the movie, told CBN’s Faithwire how it all came to fruition.
“My husband was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and he quit taking his medicine,” she said. “And so he started disappearing.” Bunch and Phillip, who was just 5 years old at the time, started looking for him — a quest that sent them through the homeless district. What they saw was truly jarring. “I was just like, ‘Whoa. Wow.’ I mean, thousands of people just laying on the streets,” she said. “And Philip had never seen anything like that, ever.” Bunch, who was working two jobs and struggling at the time, remembered going home and feeding her young son dinner. As she was tucking him in, he asked a series of questions that changed everything.
“He asked me, ‘Mom, are you warm?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, baby, I’m warm,'” Bunch recalled. “And then he said, ‘Well, do you think daddy’s warm?'” The question took her by surprise, but she told her son she truly hoped his dad was warm. But that wasn’t the end of Phillip’s inquiries. “He goes, ‘Well, mommy, what about all those other people on the street? Are they warm?'” she said. “And … I told him the truth. I said, ‘No, baby, they’re not warm.'” The little boy, intently looking at his mother, said, “Well, we need to get lots and lots of blankets so we can warm ’em all up.”
And the roots were set for Phillip’s Wish, the family’s homelessness organization. The next day, Phillip emptied his piggy bank and had just around $7. He proceeded to tell Bunch he wanted her to use the money to go buy 5,000 blankets — something clearly impossible with such a small amount of money. Despite her own struggles, Bunch knew she had to take action to make her son’s quest a reality. Here’s the incredible real-life story that inspired a movie.
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