The Come Out of the Cold donation drive is underway. Items will be distributed by Orange County street outreach workers and during the annual Point in Time Count.†The count is a one-night tally of homeless people that is required for federal funding assistance. Service providers count the number of homeless people in the emergency shelters and transitional housing and those unsheltered in homeless camps and other places throughout a community.
Items needed include sleeping bags and blankets, winter hats, gloves, coats and scarves and toiletry kits. All items except for toiletries may be new or gently used.
Donated items are needed by Tuesday, Jan. 26. Drop-off locations are Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership office, 308 W. Rosemary St. (call 967-9440 as you pull up and someone will meet you at the curb) and the Volunteers for Youth office at 205 Lloyd St., Suite 103, in Carrboro. If you need items to be picked up, call to arrange a time.
Contact Meg McGurk at 967-9440 or meg@downtownchapelhill.com with any questions.