Steve’s kindness towards these animals quickly rubbed off on others; he soon found individuals wanting to assist him along the way.
First there was Alicia Edrington, who felt inclined to stop after she spotted him pedaling through West Memphis, Arkansas.
In part of a Facebook post, she writes:
“God must have put this man on that road at that time for a reason because as I was returning to town i saw him. As I got closer I put on my flashers and slowed down to ask him to come across the road to a business because I had something for him. Once over there I introduced myself and he instantly started telling me all the fur babies names without even introducing himself.”
Alicia reached out to her mother, Mickey, who in turn reached out to her animal loving friends for help. Within hours, hundreds of people had offered a helping hand.
One Good Samaritan put Steve and his animals up in a hotel room for the night, and another drove him the rest of the way to Indiana. When he got there, yet another kind person donated a trailer for him and the dogs to live in. A GoFundMe account has been set up for the family, raising almost $28,000 so far and providing for vaccinations, neutering and spaying of the dogs. The generosity of Americans brings tears to your eyes, and it will be heartwarming to see how Steve turns his life around.
A kind person put Steve and the dogs up in a hotel one night during their journey.
A ride from a Good Samaritan on the last leg of the trip.
Rachel Alexander is the editor of Intellectual Conservative. She is a senior editor at The Stream, and is a regular contributor to Townhall, the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, and The Christian Post, and provides weekend news items for Right Wing News. She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator. She is a recovering attorney and former gun magazine editor. She previously served as a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, corporate attorney for Go Daddy Software, and Special Assistant/Deputy County Attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. As co-president of the UW Political Science Honor Society, she obtained degrees in Political Science and History from the University of Washington, followed by a law degree from Boston College and the University of Arizona. She was ranked by Right Wing News as one of the 50 Best Conservative Columnists from 2011-2017.