Matt Boyett

After getting invited to volunteer at a P4P event almost two years ago by Tim, I got to see firsthand what happens when people put their heads and hearts together to truly better their own community. Though my experience with nonprofits is limited, I was asked to join the board and I couldn't say yes faster. I was given the opportunity to be part of an organization with ambitious and driven people who are just as desperate as I am to leave this world a better place than they found it, so how could I even consider saying no?

Why did I join a nonprofit, let alone P4P?  Well, to the question I just posed for myself, here’s a cheesy answer: to actually help the homeless community.

People so often write off the homeless community and the homeless epidemic that has a grip on our nation. There’s a level of separation in our culture between the homeless community and everyone else and there's a key fact of our society that I think a lot of people miss: the homeless community IS our community. They are people who deserve just as much patience and respect that we give to those at the upper echelons of society. They are people just like us who got hit hard by life in one way or another or weren’t even given a chance to have the life we have.  

Nonprofit and volunteer experience: A&M Breakaway "Shalom" fundraiser, Boys and Girls Club, Dell's Environmental and Social Governance organization, and food drives for various ministries.