Photos: 'Homeless hero' gives to others

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Joel Hartman, the "Homeless Hero" who returned a woman's wallet he found while digging through trash for food, spent the morning of Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, handing out sleeping bags to the needy.

Tony Golden, a homeless man, embraces his new sleeping bag from Joel Hartman, looking on, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman, dubbed the "Homeless Hero" after he returned a woman's wallet he found while digging through trash for food, spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the needy that were donated to him by well-wishers. After he tracked down the wallet's owner, a guest at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, the hotel found him and rewarded him with a stay, meals and money.

Don Wilson (left) and Tony Golden (center) look over their new sleeping bags from Joel Hartman on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. After Hartman returned a woman's wallet he found in the trash, the Omni Hotel at CNN Center rewarded him with a free stay, meals and gifts of money and clothing. On Dec. 1, 2013, Hartman was sharing his good fortune with other homeless.

Joel Hartman gives away a sleeping bag to Don Wilson, 51, who said he has been homeless for 10 years, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta.

Don Wilson shakes Joel Hartman's hand after receiving a new sleeping bag from him on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman, the "Homeless Hero" whoreturned a woman's wallet he found digging through trash hoping to find someone's leftover food, spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the needy that were donated to him by well-wishers at the Omin Hotel at CNN Center following his good deed.

Joel Hartman, dubbed the "Homeless Hero" after he returned a woman's wallet he found while digging through trash for food, spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the needy that were donated to him by well-wishers. After he tracked down the wallet's owner, a guest at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, the hotel found him and rewarded him with a stay, meals and money.

Joel Hartman hands out a sleeping bag to a man in need passing by on the street on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman is sharing what he has and is advocating for the needs of the homeless.

120 Joel Hartman looks on after handing out a sleeping bag to a needy man passing by on the street on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman, the "Homeless Hero" who returned a woman's wallet he found while digging through trash for food, spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the homeless that were donated to him by well-wishers following his good deed. Hartman is advocating for the needs of the homeless.

A man in need makes his way down the street with a new sleeping bag from Joel Hartman on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the homeless that were donated to him by well-wishers.

Tony Golden salutes Joel Hartman for his new sleeping bag as he leaves on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta.

Don Wilson packs away his new sleeping bag from Joel Hartman on his cart, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta.

Benjamin Story (right), 24, who says he has been homeless in Atlanta for 7 months, sits on a bench outside the Omni Hotel at CNN Center with a new sleeping bag from Joel Hartman on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Story said "the bag sleeps real snug. I did have one but it got stolen. It's hard to stash stuff for too long. This one is amazing."

Homeless man Benjamin Story, shoulders his new sleeping bag from Joel Hartman and hits the street outside the Omni Hotel at CNN Center on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta.

Joel Hartman walks the streets handing out sleeping bags to homeless men on Marietta Street on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman, the "Homeless Hero" who returned a woman's wallet he found while digging through trash, spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the needy that were donated to him by well-wishers.

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Tony Golden, a homeless man, embraces his new sleeping bag from Joel Hartman, looking on, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Atlanta. Hartman, dubbed the "Homeless Hero" after he returned a woman's wallet he found while digging through trash for food, spent the morning handing out sleeping bags to the needy that were donated to him by well-wishers. After he tracked down the wallet's owner, a guest at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, the hotel found him and rewarded him with a stay, meals and money.

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