Ten years ago, Brandon Anderson started a one-man crusade to comfort the neediest of have-nots on Christmas Eve, walking the streets of downtown Raleigh and handing out blankets one at a time.
In the decade since, he expanded into the homeless camps off South Saunders Street or Poole Road, then deeper into the Wake County woods, finding people everywhere.
This year he has already started handing out supplies and makes his annual call for donations, including hats, gloves and jackets, and he sees the job growing steadily bigger…