In the summer, he and his partner Nicole Smith lost their apartment. He and Smith lived in local motels for a while. We love our cat. They live in a homeless camp near the center of the city. On Tuesday afternoon, in Britland Park, the Rev.
Silvia and other volunteers kept busy, finding gloves and sleeping bags for people, dishing out hot soup, bagging food to go, and figuring out how to activate chemical hand-warmers. Brendan Theriault, who is homeless, showed them. Silvia said he, the Rev.
Blount Fine Foods donated the soup. Main St. Other volunteers manned a table giving away cookies and other pastries, and where even stacks of paper napkins were precious items that visitors asked for and tucked away for later. Zeke, who preferred not to give their last name, said they have a homeless friend living in the area. I was free today. I went to the cafe for coffee and they said they were doing this. Among other volunteers was Mayor Paul Coogan, bundled up against the cold.
Temperatures are expected to remain low for the next few days, with high winds. On Saturday, snow is expected. Smith said she was hoping to get a motel room for even just a few nights, with the polar vortex predicted. Last year, the City Council passed an ordinance to outlaw camping on public property , essentially banning homeless encampments and requiring those living outdoors to take a bed if one is available or face fines.
Arruda said that, despite the extreme cold and the ban, he felt safe living outdoors. Smith was later taken from the scene by ambulance after suffering from a medical incident.
