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Not sure how I missed this, but it\u2019s a great story<\/a><\/strong>. It moved just before Thanksgiving:<\/p>\n

The Passage<\/a>, a charity based in London, has come up with an ad campaign that proves how far a simple idea can go.<\/p>\n
Last year, the organization decided to have\u00a0 its volunteers stand in for the homeless<\/a>\u00a0at London\u2019s Victoria station.<\/p>\n
Incredibly, donations went up by\u00a0 25 percent in a three-hour timeframe<\/a>, according to CLIO Healthcare, proving that visual bias dictates who we give to and who we walk past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Check out this inspiring video below.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure how I missed this, but it\u2019s a great story. It moved just before Thanksgiving: The Passage, a charity based in London, has come up with an ad campaign that proves how far a simple idea can go. Last year, the organization decided to have\u00a0its volunteers stand in for the homeless\u00a0at London\u2019s Victoria station. 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