Tonight I'm taking part in Seattle's One Night Count of individuals and families who are homeless. For 3 hours tonight/early tomorrow, we will walk the streets and highways, underpasses, cars, tents, villages, alleys, and doorways to canvas the city and count the people living in places not recommended for human inhabitation. I'll be up til 6am, but I couldn't sleep in anticipation of tonight. Nerves wrought with a heavy heart weighted by what I'll see during tonight's activities.
To respect the privacy of residents, we are to post no information about the event until tallies are published. Last year, the count of areas included in the previous years count jumped 14%. Inclusion of two new areas increased the population count an additional 7% to show at least 10,000 individuals, including children and babies, are without permanent shelter each night.
For more information, please visit:http://www.homelessinfo.org/what_we_do/one_night_count/
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