Austin sangha member Brennan McDonald recently spearheaded an effort to gather blankets, coats, and other warm clothing to donate to the estimated 4000 homeless persons who sleep outside on our cold winter streets. Her efforts were extremely successful, with coats and blankets piling up quickly at the Austin Shambhala Center in a matter of days.

On January 12, Brennan delivered 21 blankets, 11 coats/jackets and several stocking caps to ARCH, the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless. ARCH is a downtown facility that provides an overnight shelter, day resource center, and health clinic for homeless persons. ARCH is operated by Front Steps, an Austin organization dedicated to the belief “that all people deserve the dignity of a safe place to call home”. (http://www.frontsteps.org/)

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