The Schoonover brothers, Samuel and Michael, have worked in various jobs across 25 states, from their hometown in Homedale, Idaho to Gilbertown, Ala.
“I’ve done almost everything,” Samuel Schoonover said. “I’ve worked in a restaurant; I farmed for 20 years; there was the cell phone company…”
Their pursuit of work brought them to Meridian, but they hit a snag when Michael Schoonover had to be hospitalized due to complications from chronic heart failure.
Now the men, both in their 40s, stay at the Shelter of Hope, the Salvation Army’s emergency shelter on B Street in Meridian.
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