Jan Wilberg

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Street Angels Save Lives

Help us bring homeless folks in from the cold this winter!

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$3,660 towards $5,000

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Hi everyone,

We need your help!

I first got involved with Street Angels in 2018. I folded blankets at the warming room at Ascension Church. After years of working on the issue of homelessness - doing research and writing reports - I was face to face with people deeply grateful to have a warm place to stay during the incredible cold of Milwaukee's January.

That experience changed my entire perspective on homelessness. People were no longer numbers on a chart. They were friends trying their best to survive from one day to the next.

Street Angels is tiny - only 2.5 paid staff - but we have dozens of incredibly committed volunteers. We do outreach three times a week on two routes that now cover a very large portion of Milwaukee County. Right now, we are seeing 183 homeless friends living outside. Of those, 48 are women and 7 are over age 60.

Winter is coming. It will bring cold, rain, wind, and snow. And people's lives will be put in danger.

I worry about all those friends but I especially worry about the extreme vulnerability of older adults and women.

Your donation will help us keep bringing food and survival supplies to those outside and enable us to operate a COVID-safe warming room for 25 of the most vulnerable friends we serve.

Thank you so much for your support!

Jan

P.S. Proud to be a board member of Street Angels since 2018 and its current president.