Dangerously cold weather is gripping Metro Detroit, and more families are struggling just to stay warm and keep a roof over their heads.
Watch Carolyn Clifford’s video report:
Pontiac shelter saved by $100,000 donation
In Oakland County — the second-richest county in Michigan— nearly 2,700 people are waiting for emergency shelter. That’s why New Birth International Church in Pontiac opened its doors to house the Safe Tonight shelter for women and children.
But after taking in 50 families, a failing furnace and roof put everyone at risk. That’s when I put the power of 7 to work.
Inside New Birth International Church, every room has become a place of refuge. Families with nowhere else to go are escaping the cold and searching for safety. The church is housing more than 70 people, the majority children, in its emergency Safe Tonight shelter…