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Conn. lane "‘ . _‘ 7 ' : rq'fltf.dayr1ti}ghts h a r g . » is; ”’ its; Mitchell says it's obvious ‘ ' ' a-_.'.i‘5:'f; z;;- " ere is no way t ey e at is after so many sites dropping {fit 4 l fl could possibly run the full 7- ? surf Out of the Cold that the i ‘ " t to t. , . Monday night program. so ' we ' reQ'onneethtostepup. “HIM?“ " _w.“,‘;>_‘r,"‘_.“ MMUnkeddmpped if "lthinkwhatitshows is - '- â€"~v , OmofdieColdtheydidn’t ; $55; thatwehavetofindanother F v- 91 â€"w ‘l ” hawmtididafim'dtesaid. - 357i waythan Out oitheCoId." Stewart Savage said in the ; Q she said. adding services I'm-ill “1 ' a ‘ - ‘ I-m- .spring, the Out of the Cold ' i a need to be better (to-ordinat- ""‘ _ __’ _ asked all the sites whether Douglas Ba olomew- ed so that when shelter beds , t' ' , they would commit to the Saunders, the Region of are available. they can be a» ' 2014/2015 program and the Waterloo’s commissioner of filled by people who would 4 threethathavedroppedout sodalservicessaidSLlohn’s beusingOutoftheCold i ' * didn't state their commit- Lutheran Church had “The number one thing , A , merit. She doesn’t expect to expressed concerns that Out we need is housing with supâ€" __,_ " . : ‘- um --â€" lose any more sites as the oftheCoiddoes notco-ordi- ports 4 t . ifwe could get the um JEANS mm was” remaining seven have com- nate with the region's pro- money for that it would go a ‘ '-â€"m s mitted to the program for the grams. Which aim to provide long way,” Mitchell said. 0 m 31 w 1 % upcoming season. more permanent housing The region also needs to I M But with only four nights solutions to homeless pen~ plan for increased demands ‘ ‘ - , _ ‘ h A a week covered by the volun~ pic. on shelters and put suppons leer-run program. Stewart Trinity United's decision in place this year because of surf-r . Savage said she is worried to drop out of the program the decline of the Out of the t ‘ ' _ about the guests who will be echoed 3 Similar theme. (Iold sites, said Coun. Sean ” left to fend for themselves on Their plan is to instead pro Strickland. W m.“ themeenhiswinter wide their services to the “The problem is notgoing -""'- ' in Mm "Man ofthe pie who re ion's homelessness to to go away. Our existing ”at "a, L“.- . - are cornying to gift of the hoising strategy. social services network is w | i F ' FF Cold now have never been “There's lots in place and going to have to come M . homeless without Out of the there's lots of opportunity for together and meet that , o .. - - A - Cold program. so for them us to move into different increasing demand for the r 7 ._ ._e. a ., it's going to be a hum shod." supportive roles, We found coming year and that's going 5 ' I l I ‘. she said “For some of the old that to be something we feel to he a challenge." he said. 5 i l hands who remember when called to do at this point in Out of the (bid has been ‘ ' i we started and what it was time.“ (iota said. searching for a new Tuesday ' ' ‘ ‘ 5 like, I know they are fearful “Thnity is looking at this site since Ray of Hope ‘ for what will happen this as very much a snows story dropped out of the program an“ winter." in the sense that we and earlier this year to noavail. “up! n '” um MargaretrAnne Tan? other churchesrespondedto Michael Savage. who a“ ‘i-gvf g m mssee.wfx>wastheco-ordiâ€" acrisisandin iSyearswe've helped launch Out of the “1 nator for St. lohn‘s Thursday turned it into something far Cold. said they are advems mm : f ”m ‘ J v w night program. said a rise in greater that the community ing and asking local organi ._..._. __g -. n..â€" A- drug use and mental health at large. througi their gover- stations to step up and fill the issues among the homeless names, is addressing and void. but the response has ’ people using the program doing increasingly better been minimal put volunteers at risk. They every year" With files from ’ are simply not equipped to While the decision was lama lat-km"