Friday, July 5, 2013

In the News ... "Midlanders get taste of homelessness for a day"

Meredith Moriak, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - Less than 24 hours into Church Under the Bridge Midland's poverty and homelessness simulation, participants' ideas and feelings toward homeless individuals were already evolving.

"This just gives you a whole new respect and you feel more compassionate toward the homeless," said participant Rusty Holt while trying to rest in the shade late Saturday afternoon. "We're going through this for 24 hours and I'm ready for it to be over, but for a lot of people, this is their daily existence and it's unfathomable."

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