To everyone that has been sharing my post and helping in any way they can this is Glenn I wanted to put a face to the amazing wonderful man who is touched my heart in so many ways Posted by Sofia Lorena on Sunday, February 14, 2016

Sofia Lorena was so excited when she won $200 on a scratch ticket. And then she saw Glenn Williams, a homeless man shivering in the cold while panhandling by a stop sign in New Bedford, and it was easy to part with the money.

Lorena, a single mom of three from Wareham, first offered to buy Williams a coffee and asked him where he was going to sleep that night, she wrote in a Facebook post. When he said he didn’t know, Lorena called around to local shelters, but they were all full.

“It was then I knew why I won the $200, God placed Glenn in my path for a reason,’’ she wrote.


Lorena paid for him to stay at the Rosewood Inn in Wareham for two nights, she wrote.

Lorena then launched a GoFundMe page to “help give Glenn a second chance.’’ It’s raised more than $14,000 of a $5,000 goal so far.

When people first started hearing about the campaign, they came to help Williams in person. A local barber gave Williams a haircut, residents came by with warm weather gear, and one child even made him a card for him on Sunday that read, “Know that you are loved this Valentine’s Day,’’ according to WCVB.

“There’s a lot of good people in the world,’’ Williams told WCVB. “I’m overwhelmed with all the help, and I just want to thank everybody.’’