WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Some nonprofits made it their mission to make a difference Saturday afternoon at an outreach event for those experiencing homelessness that took an army.
Travis Shain, president of the Community Jam Force Foundation , says it started with a vision.
“They’re out there struggling; they’re out there hurtin’, so we just want to be able to come to them and give them a hot meal, some showers, and clean up,” said Shain. “Maybe we could be the voice for them.”
A vision that wouldn’t be possible without the help of volunteers.
“That’s what you got a bunch here. People who have been homeless. I’ve been homeless. We’re not scared to go back into that fire; it’s what you gotta do, is put a handout,” said Nick Starbird, a volunteer at The Phoenix .
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Volunteers who have been in their shoes.
“I’m 13 years clean and sober, you know, and I was on the streets of Wichita in 1984. I know what the homeless life is like,” said Linda Orban, founder of Search & Rescue Outreach Ministries.