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206 sleeping bags line CityDeck as #GreenBay church spotlights #homelessness

by Eric Morris,FOX11News
Sun, November 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Updated Mon, November 9, 2026

#GreenBayWI -- "A Green Bay church spent Sunday morning drawing awareness to homelessness in the city. Remnant Church laid 206 sleeping bags on Green Bay's CityDeck.

"We started laying them out this morning and like that's a lot. Like that's a lot. It's one thing to look at the number, it's one thing to hear a news story, it's one thing to drive by St. John's Park and say, oh, there's a bunch of people. It's a whole other thing to say end to end, side to side, what does that number look like? So, it's too big to ignore," said Pastor Scott Eastman.

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"All 206 bags will be donated to local organizations to distribute. The display also resonated with people who just happened to come across it.

When one woman was walking down CityDeck and saw the 206 sleeping bags, she asked what was going on. When she learned, she decided to add to the donation pile by bringing ten more sleeping bags and an additional bag of hand warmers.

Eastman says the work to help the unhoused can't stop here. He believes one of the most important things is to have conversations.

" 'I don't know how you could ever hear a story and just say 'tough luck', right. We have to stop not asking questions. We have to stop ignoring. We need to start asking questions to treat people like human beings,' said Eastman.

"For Eastman, each bag represents not just a human being, but a story that needs to be shared."

Read / watch:
https://fox11online.com/news/videos/on-green-bays-city-deck-remnant-church-lays-out-206-sleeping-bags-to-spotlight-homelessness

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#DetroitMI - #CovenantHouse to hold annual #SleepOut to raise money to prevent #YouthHomelessness

Covenant House’s 13th Sleep Out brings together community leaders and professionals for one night on the streets

by Jay Scott Smith, November 9, 2026

DETROIT – "Youth homelessness has risen nationwide over the last five years, particularly in Detroit. On Nov. 19, Covenant House will host its yearly 'sleep out' to raise money to help change that.

" 'I always believe that in a city like ours and a country like ours with the resources that we have and the people that care, there should be no reason that anybody sleeps without a bed,' Meagan Dunn, Covenant House’s CEO, said on Sunday. 'I know that with some support, with some intervention, there’s opportunity to really make significant impacts for homelessness.'

"Hundreds of Metro #Detroiters — including local professionals and community officials — will trade their warm beds for cardboard boxes, tarps, and the cold pavement to spend a night on the streets to help raise money and end youth homelessness. It will be the 13th year the Sleep Out has been held in Detroit.

" 'This is more than an event: It is truly a movement,' she said. 'It’s about awareness and how we can help challenge the community to understand what homelessness could look like.'

" 'It’s not necessarily only the person that’s standing on the side of the street,' she added. 'It’s truly people that we see every single day, that we interact with every single day that are #unhoused or challenged in some ways to find a safe place to sleep.'

"The Sleep Out will be held at Covenant House, 2959 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., in Detroit. Last week, the organization held its second sleep-out in #GrandRapidsMI.

"The particular focus of the Sleep Out will be on the issue of youth homelessness here in the city, which has drastically increased over the last 5 years."

Read more:
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/11/09/covenant-house-to-hold-annual-sleep-out-to-raise-money-to-prevent-youth-homelessness/

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#SupportiveHousing #HousingForAll
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#ReadingPA - Make a Difference Monday: #SolidarityWalk in Reading aims to highlight #YouthHomelessness

Nov 9, 2026

READING, #Pennsylvania - "November is #YouthHomelessAwarenessMonth , and a #BerksCounty organization is inviting you to step up and show your support.

"The Berks Coalition to #EndHomelessness will host its second annual Solidarity Walk.

"Organizers say this event brings together local leaders, service providers, and community members to amplify the voices of young people experiencing #homelessness — and highlight the critical need for safe, supportive #housing in Berks County.

"The walk is this Saturday, November 14, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Reading Public Museum, and it's free."

Source:
https://www.wfmz.com/community/make-a-difference-monday/make-a-difference-monday-solidarity-walk-in-reading-aims-to-highlight-youth-homelessness/article_343fc1fc-0e55-4fac-b852-d7be13357d35.html

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