Thursday afternoon, four nonprofits came together to create the city’s first-ever movie night for those experiencing homelessness.
“Every day I worry about it because there is so many unsheltered people out there that I don’t know if I’m going to be able to get a mat on the floor," he said.“It’s bitterly cold," he said."I’m a full-blown diabetic, so I have to be careful of body parts. If I get frostbite, I lose body parts.”
"We were able to really get pretty much everyone off of the streets last night who wanted to come in and be warm," said Pastor AJ Bush. “We are told by people on the streets that four to seven died," she said."There were a couple that reportedly froze in front of Gail Miller [Homeless Resource Center], there was a couple by the islands by Rio Grande.”
“I was personally here for 17 hours last night without a wink of sleep, running, not sitting down, so we could use some reinforcements — that’s for sure," she said.
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