<div><p>Insurance salesman, Eric Escamilla was tired of hearing about big ideas from small minds - especially when it comes to homelessness. "It's time to stop having ideas about how to help other people. It's time to actually help other people," Escamilla said.</p><p>Escamilla decided to take matters into his own hands by building a "Blessing Box" similar to another project in a nearby city that he had read about.</p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>Residents of his small town, Big Spring, soon caught wind of what he was doing and decided to join his crusade. Soon, Blessing boxes were popping up all over town.</p><p> In less than a month more than a dozen boxes filled with non-perishable foods and household items were available all over town.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Anyone who was struggling to make ends meet could reach into the makeshift outdoor pantry and help themselves to a few essentials.</p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_550px.png 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_650px.png 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3_GH_content_750px.png 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>"That's what I wanted to do!" Escamilla told NBC news. "Let's move together as a community. Let's change this city as a whole." He says he believes that anyone can take part in helping their community by paying it forward in some way.</p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2252595504-3-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>Watch the creation of a blessing box here:</p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="LqqqYnSatUQ"></amp-youtube></div><p><strong>What a great idea! Pass this wonderful message on to bless others!</strong></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p></div>