MIDDLETOWN -- The formerly homeless man from Columbus with "the golden voice" visited the Hope House, a homeless shelter, during a book signing for his biography.
Ted Williams visit Middletown on Friday as part of the Miami University Middletown Celebration of Service Expo.
The residents of Hope House were transported from the shelter to the university in vans, Snyder said. She said they were "thrilled to get the opportunity" to meet Williams.
Williams, 55, was panhandling on the streets of Columbus when a photographer filmed him in 2011. Video taken of Williams became an Internet sensation.
Williams shared how his mother almost didn't live to see him become a changed man.
"I didn't think she would stay around long enough to see any changes in my life. But I started believing that there was a God and there was forgiveness."
In his book, "A Golden Voice," Williams, a father of nine, talks about how his life started falling apart in 1986 with a combination of drug and alcohol abuse plus a loss of interest in his broadcasting career.
Since his turnaround, he has appeared on "The Early Show" on CBS, the "Today Show" and "Dr. Phil." He has been in and out of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and on May 14, 2012, Williams made an appearance in an interview on the "Today Show." In the interview he said he had been clean and sober for more than a year.
Ted Williams visit Middletown on Friday as part of the Miami University Middletown Celebration of Service Expo.
The residents of Hope House were transported from the shelter to the university in vans, Snyder said. She said they were "thrilled to get the opportunity" to meet Williams.
Williams, 55, was panhandling on the streets of Columbus when a photographer filmed him in 2011. Video taken of Williams became an Internet sensation.
Williams shared how his mother almost didn't live to see him become a changed man.
"I didn't think she would stay around long enough to see any changes in my life. But I started believing that there was a God and there was forgiveness."
In his book, "A Golden Voice," Williams, a father of nine, talks about how his life started falling apart in 1986 with a combination of drug and alcohol abuse plus a loss of interest in his broadcasting career.
Since his turnaround, he has appeared on "The Early Show" on CBS, the "Today Show" and "Dr. Phil." He has been in and out of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and on May 14, 2012, Williams made an appearance in an interview on the "Today Show." In the interview he said he had been clean and sober for more than a year.