How One Officer Turns Showers Into Second Chances

The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Joe De Sena sits down with Matt Prouty, a police officer showing what real community leadership looks like.

When Matt Prouty saw addiction and homelessness destroying his community, he didn’t wait for policy—he built a street team, set up shower programs, and met people where they were. No excuses. No red tape. Just real action. This is a raw, inspiring look at what happens when one person steps up and leads from the front.

Watch now—and ask yourself: where could you step up in your own community?

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:20 Meet Matt Prouty

01:36 What’s Matt’s Superpower

02:56 The Reality of Homelessness and Drug Use

04:15 Faith-Based Community Housing Models

05:44 The Role of Local Communities

07:06 How Matt’s Upbringing Shaped His Mission

09:13 From Law Enforcement to Outreach

10:14 Shower & Laundry Program

11:23 Playing the Long Game in Outreach

12:14 Team-Based Street Outreach Works Best

13:38 The Growth of Police-Led Outreach

15:04 How Can People Help

16:16 How Project Vision Was Born

17:28 How to Donate to Project Vision

Connect to Matthew & Project Vision:

Website: https://projectvisionrutland.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projectvisionrutland

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectvisionrutland

Transcript

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0:00.0	Government's not going to come in and fix anything from what I've seen. We have to do it grassroots locally, street to street, neighborhood to neighborhood, neighbor to neighbor. At some point in time, we have to say, hey, maybe we need to make an adjustment. You know, you wake up every day with 300 problems, but I love my problems, so it works out pretty good. Spartans, listen up. We need to sleep better. So how do you sleep better? Never thought about it before. I met Jack, I met Ascentia.
0:02.0	I had attention Listen up. We need to sleep better. How do you sleep better? Never thought about it before. And so I met Jack.
0:22.6	I met Ascentia.
0:23.6	I had attention to the mattress to sleep on because it's loaded with chemicals.
0:27.6	Recovery, cooling, and pressure relief.
0:30.6	All in one mattress.
0:32.6	Up to 60% more deep and REM sleep.
0:35.6	Less inflammation.
0:36.6	Faster bounce back. No toxins. No EMFs. No BS.
0:41.3	My buddy Jack, over at Ascentia, he's kind enough to give us a code for the Spartan community.
0:46.3	That's DECA, that's tough mother of all of us. Use Spartan 25, get a discount, prioritize your sleep, so you can sleep faster, you can do more burpees, you can train
0:55.7	more, you can get healthy. When you sleep well, you live well. Welcome to the Hardway podcast with
1:01.4	Joe DeCena, founder and CEO of Spartan races. We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles
1:07.5	in your life the same way we teach our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome
1:11.3	obstacles on the course with insight from the smartest must accomplish experts from every
1:15.9	corner of the world get ready to elevate your life today Joe DeSanaheer CEO and
1:22.5	founder of Spartan hosts the Hardway podcast got my buddy Matt Proudy from Vermont on the podcast here.
1:29.3	Welcome aboard, Matt.
1:30.3	Hey, thanks for having me.
1:31.3	Police officer, uniform service is my favorite.
1:34.3	Again, it's a double thanks for having me.
1:36.3	What's your superpower?
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