The community comes together to remember lives lost in our homeless community, while volunteers prepare for the annual point-in-time count, a one-night effort that helps determine funding for local homeless services.
We see these people every day — they live right here in our community. And during the winter months, many face cold, hunger, and uncertainty. I spoke with a homeless woman we’ll call Mary, who knows the harsh reality of living on the streets.
Mary is just one of the many part of the homeless community, and she says, “Sometimes they don’t have families. They don’t have people to remember them. They don’t even have anything. You say, ‘Hey, where is Sharah?’ And you find out, ‘Sharah died of pneumonia.’ It’s so sad. Right now I have a cold, and I’m scared. I need to get to the doctor, but I don’t even have insurance or medical care or anything like that.”…