Drew Goodall dreamed of becoming an actor from a very young age.
As soon as he was 20 years old, he was already quite familiar with acting. And therefore he managed to get not very big roles in the films “About a Boy” and “Trick”. Being involved in these films, Drew met Brad Pitt and Hugh Grant.
Everything seemed to go well. The beginning of his career was completely successful. But suddenly Drew was left without a job and without money.
Drew was simply drowning in debt. He was even evicted from the apartment – he had no money to pay the rent.
For a long time he was forced to live on the street, trying to find at least some food, experiencing the cold and not the most pleasant attitude of people.
He usually slept on cardboard boxes on the outskirts of the Academy of Theater Arts in London.
It was a difficult time, he was depressed and helpless. In order to earn his living, he offered passers-by a simple service – shoe polishing. In doing so, he risked being punished for illegal activities.
After six months of tidying up shoes, one of Drew’s clients told him that he could do his job not on the street, but at the company’s headquarters where he worked.
This moment became a turning point.
Drew finally got a job (and a paycheck), stopped wandering. Having accumulated a small initial capital, the man thought – why not create his own company that will provide services to large London enterprises.
He named his brainchild Sunshine Shoeshine.
Today, Drew Goodall’s company allows him to earn more than 250 thousand dollars a year. But he never forgets how his journey began.
That is why the man spends a huge part of the money he earns on charity.
But there’s something else that sets this entrepreneur apart from thousands of others: he supports a policy of hiring people without a home and with special needs. About 40 former vagrants work at his enterprise.
One of them, 45-year-old Alan Walton, admits that before Drew took him in, he could not find a job for 15 years.
The reason was serious health problems. Now Alan has gained faith in himself and self-confidence, which means that everything Drew Goodall does is not in vain.
