Bethany Lindsay, North Shore News
Published: December 17, 2008
Published: December 17, 2008
As we can all tell it is freezing cold outside, but we have a house to go to and sleep in, now image you don’t have anywhere to go, there is snow on the ground and the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius. This is a hard time for people that are living on the streets, that is why The North Shore Housing Center has put up extra beds for people to sleep in. So far 39 people have taken advantage of these extra beds for the 5 days that it has been open. But there is enough beds for everyone if need be, there are 25 emergency beds in each shelter and 15 more at the North Shore Neighbourhood House. These houses will stay open as long as the temperature is below zero; there is snow on the ground and server wind warnings. The extra funding that is needed at these times comes from BC Housing and private donations. The number of nights the houses have stayed open have increased over the years and they hope it will increase this year if need be. I can’t even imagine what these people are going through, at these temperatures someone sleeping on the streets may never wake up. It is understandable why these people would drink so much, they want to keep warm and be numb from the pain they are going through. It is a great thing what these houses are doing and more funding should be put towards them. We don’t want someone dyeing because we can't donate a little of what we have when they have nothing.
Living in the snow
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