By Barbara Howell | CEO
Over the past few weeks, BTAC has seen a rise in the number of requests for emergency shelter. This isn't for our regular homeless clients, but for mothers with small children.
Imagine begin a homeless mother, trying to take care of your children. You are on a waiting list for a family shelter, so you have to live in your car. But the past months have been some of the most hot and humid the area has experienced. You've been running your air conditioning so much, that it finally gives out. The shelter calls, and you have a space in a few days. But without the air conditioning, your kids are really going to suffer.
This is just one of the many hearwrenching stories we heard from too many mothers during the hottest weeks of the year. Fortunately, BTAC had funds to provide emergency shelter for these families. Imagine the relief, beiing out of the blistering heat; being able to shower; having a bed in which to sleep. Without your support of BTAC's emergency shelter program, it would not have happened.
Thank you for helping provide these mothers a safe, clean and cool place to stay with thier children.
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