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People Who Stick Their Necks Out

by The Giraffe Project

Happy Times - June, 1998

Ray Castellani played the villain in hundreds of TV and movie Westerns, but his career deteriorated and finally disappeared altogether as a result of his drinking. Castellani says he can remember "standing outside 20th Century Fox and not remembering what show I was in, much less what my lines were." He lost his family, his reputation, and his home, then spent several years drifting in and out of homelessness while he battled the bottle. When he finally sobered up, instead of trying to get back the comfortable life he once had, he went to work helping the people with whom he had once shared the streets.

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When he finally sobered up, instead of trying to get back

the comfortable life he once had,

he went to work helping the people with whom

he had once shared the streets.

Big hearted Ray Castellani doesn't judge or preach to the destitute people he helps

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When he finally sobered up, instead of trying to get back the comfortable life he once had, he went to work helping the people with whom he had once shared the streets.

Castellani had his own ideas about how to help the homeless - he gave them food with no rules, no regulations, no scripture - just food. He made up batches of sandwiches and distributed them from the back of the pickup truck where he lived. When his truck was stolen, publicity about the theft brought a flood of volunteers and donations. Now with two trucks, a central kitchen, more than 100 volunteers and a minuscule budget, full-time volunteer Castellani and his Frontline Foundation are cooking and serving nearly 2,000 meals a week. These days the former villain is wearing a very white hat.

The Giraffe Project is a non-profit organization that moves people to stick their necks out for the common good. You can visit their Web Site at:                http://www.giraffe.org/giraffe/