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As temperatures drop people without homes can be in serious danger when it comes to frost bite and hypothermia. A group of volunteers, nurses, and doctors in Omaha spent the day providing unhoused patients and neighbors with necessities to keep warm and available resources.
“It’s about to get super crazy cold okay, so were just trying to make sure everybody has what they need to survive or has a place to go,” said Neunefeldt.
Heal Omaha Street Medicine is a non-profit and volunteers spent their Saturday making rounds to unhoused neighbors.
“So we need to make sure that they know that the weather is coming and its going to get a lot colder and we want to make sure they are prepared to survive if they have access to some place inside to stay for the next several days,” said Neunefeldt.
Melissa Neunefeldt, a registered nurse has been looking after unhoused neighbors for nine years.
The non-profit is providing hand warmers, coats, gloves, blankets, snacks and a list of resources.