West Palm Beach man walks to Tallahassee in 27 days to raise concerns about unemployment

West Palm Beach man walks to Tallahassee in 27 days to raise concerns about unemployment

A West Palm Beach man just completed a 400-mile walk to Tallahassee to raise concerns regarding unemployment benefits in Florida.

WALK TO TALLAHASSEE - OVER THESTATE'S PROBLEMS WITHUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S MATTSCZESNY SHOWS YOU HOW HE'S ONEOF A FEW PEOPLE TRYING TO HELPTHE UNEMPLOYED.<< 131132 "THE TRIP WASDEFINITELY WORTH IT " BEAUGUYOT OF WEST PALM BEACHWALKED MORE THAN 400 MILES TOTHE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ONLY TOBE MET WITH FRUSTRATION.(INSTAGRAM DOUBLE DOOR 79)"I'M GUESSING THIS IS THENORTHWOOD LOCATION THAT THEDOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS OF THEDEO SENT ME TO, I'M NOTCERTAIN BECAUSE THERE IS NOSIGN." 131613 "WHEN I GOT UPTO TALLAHASSEE AND SAW THEMAILBOX FULL OF APPLICATIONSJUST SITTING ON A DESK NOTSECURED IT TOOK TWO EMPLOYEETWO HOURS TO COME OUT AND TAKEMY PHONE NUMBER DOWN." BEAUSAYS WHAT HE DID GET OUT OFTHE WALK WAS THE EXPERIENCE OFMEETING AND HELPING OTHERSALSO HAVING TROUBLE WITH THESTATE BENEFITS SYSTEM.

ALSO,HERE IN WEST PALM BEACH ALOCAL DJ HAS GAINED NOTERIETYFOR HAVING A KNACK AT HELPINGOTHERS FILL OUT APPLICATIONS.(NAT SOUND) THAT VIDEO IS ONTHE AMIT KNIGHTLY FACEBOOKPAGE HE WAS LIVE ON MEMORIALDAY.

IT'S PEOPLE LIKE THESETHAT ARE NOW STEPPING UP ANDTRYING TO HELP OTHERS THROUGHA DIFFICULT TIME.

131532 "WHENI WAS ABLE TO SPEND A LOT MORETIME WITH PEOPLE, AND THEIRFRUSTRATIONS WERE GROWING, ITHINK THEY WERE HAPPY THATSOMEONE WAS JUST LISTENING TTHEM." BEAU SAYS HE'S NOT DONENOW THAT HE'S BACK HE INTENDSTO KEEP TRYING TO KEEP HELPINGTHISE HE MET DURIGN HIS WALKACROSS FLORIDA.

IN WPB, MSWPTV NC 5.