The auction opens the 14th

There are thousands of homeless people in NYC holding signs begging for our help. Sadly, they’re seen as an annoyance by most. Behind the Sign sees these handcrafted cries for help as pieces of art that only tell a fraction of the stories behind them.

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RONNIE

"Even if you’ve smoked for 50,000 years and you need cigarette, you will not smoke a cigarette until you get heroin in your body. It’s crazy."

It's difficult to get out of an addiction, help the homeless to start their life again. Bid on Ronnies artpiece behindthesignproject.com

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ANGEL

"I had kids, but I don’t talk to them now. A boy going on 13 and a girl, 16, going on 17. I don’t have any contact with them. I absolutely hope it is going to change when they become grown-ups. I don’t talk to nobody in my family. I don’t have a real father. I have an adoptive mother but I don’t want to talk to her. I don’t like the people, they were bad to me. I don’t want to talk about that."

Help a guy like Angel to get some stability, bid on his one-of-a-kind art piece all money will go to The Doe Fund, an organization built on long-term solutions for the homeless that help them improve their education, enter the workforce, and rebuild their lives.

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We aim to help the homeless by holding auctions for these one-of-a-kind signs, along with miniature books detailing the personally told stories of how these men and women got where they are.

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Each sign was bought for $20 and a new marker, so that a new sign could easily be made.

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DOUGLAS

"I’ve been writing that song, yeah, I’ve been writing that for a little bit. I don’t know if I’m talented and all that, I just love to play. It’s not even about the money, the music – it’s about the people. It’s about the people! The interaction, the conversations that I’ve had, like I said, the musicians that have played my guitar, that 10 year old kid, you know. I make a couple of bucks."

Douglas is on the streets no matter the weather playing his guitar, bid on his sign and get his fascinating story, behindthesignproject.com

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LINA

"I have a high school degree. I studied criminal justice in college, but I had to quit for family reasons. But I still want to go back whenever I have a chance. Nothing is going to happen with my baby. I’m going to have it and raise my kid."

Read the whole heart breaking story of why Lina is sitting on the street and get her sign, behindthesignproject.com

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JAMES & MIKE

"A homeless shelter is just a jail without a cell. It’s like downtown booking without a cell bar. I can sleep on the streets safely. In the shelters you can’t sleep safely. You can get beat up, robbed, they steal your shoes, they’ll get your meds."

Get more info and bid on their art piece behindthesignproject.com

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There are thousands of homeless people in NYC holding signs begging for our help.

Sadly, they’re seen as an annoyance by most. Behind the Sign sees these handcrafted cries for help as pieces of art that only tell a fraction of the stories behind them.

The signs will be auctioned off from Sept. 14th-24th.