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Denver church to provide shelter to migrants on cold nights
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Newly arriving migrants who have nowhere to go can turn to a church in Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood who will offer them a place to sleep and a warm meal on nights when the temperature drops below freezing.
Denver Friends Church began brainstorming ways to help in December as migrants created encampments in areas throughout the city. The encampment off of Zuni Street grew to more than 300 people before it was swept by the city last week.
"When we found out about the situation, we just kept asking, 'What are we supposed to do?'" said Keith Reeser, senior pastor at Denver Friends Church. "I’m reminded that at one time, all of us were foreigners, and someone gave us a shot, someone gave us a chance."
Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/sunnyside-denver-church-overnight-emergency-migrant-shelter/73-7d8f6595-205f-4918-bf4e-fddce6080717
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