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Landscaper Provides Hope for Man Teetering on Homelessness
ROHNERT PARK, CA – It looked as though this Thanksgiving would be
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bleak one for Phillip Hessel. Unemployed, without a phone or electricity, and only a bike for transportation, the possibility of land- ing a job seemed remote. The threat of
homelessness loomed. Although he is experienced in all manner of labor, his search for work wasn’t producing any viable prospects. Enter David Lee, owner of DK Landscaping. After hearing about Hessel from a woman at his church, David met with the man and found him capable and eager to work. With a landscaping project scheduled for the weekend, David put Phillip to work for two days with his crew. He picked Phillip up in Windsor, drove him to the job site, provided breakfast and lunch, paid him a living wage, and took him home at night. Why
did he go to all this trouble? “As a child in Hong Kong, I lived in poverty,” says Lee. “My fam- ily of seven lived in one room. When we came to the U.S., we lived in East Palo Alto, then the murder capital of the country. I’m very thankful that I have a successful business, and I take nothing for granted. This is my way of sharing what I have.” At the end of
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weekend, DK Landscaping employees, including Hessel, received a turkey. Lee also gave Hessel a sleeping bag to keep him warm on cold winter nights. David Mun Lee is president of DK Landscaping, a Rohnert Park-based company that pro- vides maintenance, cleanup and irrigation services. The business, founded 10 years ago, is QWEL (Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper) and WaterSense certified. This Thanksgiving, DK Landscaping is distributing 20 turkeys to those in need.
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