This was the first incident to give shelter for Illinois Valley Public Action and the organizer Sally Van Kura was not sure what to expect. Will many people come? Will pads come close to your goal?
“Oh, it’s amazing.” I did not expect many people to come. ,
– Lloyd Chapman, Ottawa
He does not need to be worried. While yoga is still pending, Ottawa downtown will have success on the coldest night of the year held on Saturday. Outreach coordinator Van Cura for Illinois Valley pad told a crowd of around 400 walkers that they met 133% and counting from the organization’s target of $ 20,000.
“Thank you,” Van Kura told Throng. “What a great reaction.” Does everyone realize that this was our first year, and we came fourth in the nation? ,
The fourth of those organizations are the most cold -cold night funds, ie. Although this was the first for Illinois Valley pads, the homeless advocates collectively choose a crisp winter night to remind those with homes who remember without shelter.
Carroll Alcorn, Executive Director of Illinois Valley Pads, said, “Tonight, each of you gets to go home and go to your bed, but you don’t want to go to a park bench and spend the night.” “Or you cannot be under the bridge on the river or canal tonight. We serve the population that sometimes has to do so. ,
Technically, it was not the coldest night of Saturday 2024. This distinction is on 14 January, which reaches the lower level of the night of minus -7 degrees. But Saturday’s temperature slipped towards a bottom of 18 degrees, which was cool enough to run the house at a point: everyone needs a warm space to live.
Dozens of families and voluntary groups took steps to keep the pads of the pads enough and serve the increasing number of homeless. Alcorn counted 500 customers in the current season – a record for Peru and Ottawa Shelter – and he does not decline significantly in demand.
A group of car enthusiasts arrived at ten volunteers from La Sale County Cruisers who have supported long pads while not modifying their engine.
“We accept mental health issues and poverty issues in this city and people really need help with inflation,” said Craig Glogovsky, president of Ottawa club.
Ottawa’s Lloyd and Dianne Chapman kicked the city’s Jordan block for a walk with Simon and Garfankal’s “Bridge Over Table Waters”. Lloyd Chapman performed a miracle on the size of the crowd in support of the homeless.
“Oh, it’s amazing,” he said. “I didn’t expect many people to come.”
Sunny Skyz may have helped Bacon in some walkers, although the temperature was 5 degrees up until the starting running.
“This is a little chili, especially looking at the weather, we had the last few days,” Steve Vrabelski, the Superintendent of the Salle-Peru High School, is a board member of which Alcorne is a board member. “Being homeless is a national issue (and) it is a very big local issue for us.”