Local homeless shelters across Indianapolis are seeing an increase in need this winter season, and with more cold weather on the way, they’re expecting the demand for their services to continue to grow.
“Most guys just want out of the cold, that’s all they want,” Michael Lema, Director of Wheeler Mission Shelter for Men, exclaimed.
Places like Wheeler Mission have been helping people for years, especially those in need of a warm place to stay during cold winter days, like we saw on Monday. This year, however, Lema told WRTV their numbers have grown, and they expect to see the same as the cold weather continues.
“We wanna make sure that folks are not dying on our streets,” Andrew Merkley, Director of the Office of Public Health and Safety, stated…