Clapping for Toilet Paper and Jumping for Lysol
As communities across the country are grappling with the spread of COVID-19, people experiencing homelessness (in shelters and unsheltered) face serious threats where the virus is spreading through the community. Those experiencing homelessness have higher rates of acute primary health care needs, including respiratory disease and homeless individuals can be at much greater risk of
infection.
As communities across the country are grappling with the spread of COVID-19, people experiencing homelessness (in shelters and unsheltered) face serious threats where the virus is spreading through the community. Those experiencing homelessness have higher rates of acute primary health care needs, including respiratory disease and homeless individuals can be at much greater risk of
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| Homeless Camp: Photo by Led By His Love |
While our church, Northeast Christian Church, does its best to focus on development in materially poor communities, we are focused on relief during this unprecedented time. Northeast Christian Church has been a hub for snack packs and food pantry items for the past three weeks. While calling various NGOs last week to learn of their needs, we discovered the homeless shelters had an urgent need for toilet paper and cleaning supplies. Last week, our PB&J ministry dropped off toilet paper to St. Johns Center for homeless men and they started cheering when they saw the toilet paper. Today, I dropped off four cans of Lysol (limited on purchase) and various cleaning supplies to Wayside Christian Mission. The gentleman receiving the donations at Wayside was wearing a black mask and black gloves. He was soft spoken until I handed him the lysol and cleaning supplies. His voice became louder as he started jumping up and down saying, "thank you!" He then ran inside yelling, "Look what we have."
Let's continue to love on our most vulnerable populations during this COVID-19 Pandemic.
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