Walkers, runners hit the street for Coldest Night of the Year
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Hundreds of people took to the streets of Moncton early Saturday evening to help support youth experiencing homelessness.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Moncton, N.B., early Saturday evening to help support youth experiencing homelessness.
Youth Impact Jeunesse held its 11th annual Coldest Night of the Year walk in the downtown area.
The walk takes place every February so participants can get a better understanding of what it’s like living on the streets in the dead of winter.
Walkers had the choice of a two or five kilometre walk around the icy streets of the downtown core to support Youth Impact’s Transitional Housing and Youth QUEST Central programs.
Executive director Mel Kennah said both of those services help young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are struggling with issues of homelessness.
Kennah said there is definitely a need for more youth housing right now.
“I’m sad to say it’s growing and it’s growing rapidly. Just as the city is growing and prospering, so is the complexity of the social issues that go right along with it. We are actually to the point where we’re considering, strongly, actually expanding our transitional housing program because there is such a need,” said Kennah. “That seems to be the direction we’re going in.”
