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MICHAEL DUNNE: I’m Michael Dunne. There are many words we can use to describe the situation in our community where so many people live unhoused, crisis, catastrophe, depressing, etc. Yet there are other words we could use that illustrate the frustration of having so many people living with homelessness in the richest nation on earth and in a community like ours that’s so giving avoidable, preventable and unconscionable, just to name a few, today in the show, we’re going to talk about homelessness from the perspective of two well-known community institutions that are key to the ultimate solution, the Egan Warming Centers, which provide lifesaving shelter from weather, and the Eugene Mission, which seeks to not just offer stabilization, but provide education and skills to help people place homelessness behind them, you’ll hear what they’re doing and how they see homelessness impacting our neighbors and family. December can be an extra cruel month for people in our community living without stable shelter. The cold and the wet aren’t just uncomfortable, they can kill today on the show, we look in upon two institutions that are doing everything in their power to help those living unhoused during winter and the rest of the year. First, we talk with the Eugene mission, whose mission is to help people forever escape the clutches of homelessness. Sheryl Balthrop, who is the Executive Director of the Eugene mission, thanks so much for coming in and talking to us…