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Storm subdues campaign Five Days for the Homeless campaign tested by severe snowstorm B Y J ESSICA C HONG Blogs Editor Queen’s students participating in the national Five Days for the Homeless campaign faced snowy winter weather and unseasonably low temperatures this week As part of the campaign, students are trying to spread awareness and raise funds for the Kingston Youth Shelter. The campaign is based at the corner of University Avenue and Union Street. Beginning last Sunday, between seven to 13 volunteers wearing orange shirts have been living outside, without any resources and surviving off of food donations. Gemma McEachern, ArtSci ’14, the general director of Queen’s Project on International Development (QPID), noted that unlike past years, this year’s volunteers have had to deal with inclement weather, such as Wednesday’s snowstorm. Volunteers, bundled in sleeping
bags, stayed outside during the day, despite strong winds and snowfall. With the temperature dropping to minus 30 degrees Celsius in the evening, however, McEachern said they ended up moving over to Wallace Hall in the JDUC. ”What we did was we left a sign out in the library window [that said], ‘We had support when we needed it, but what about those who don’t,’” she said. “We could have dealt with the snow, but it was the temperature with that 50 km[/hr] wind,” she said. While Queen’s Physical Plant Services provided the group with tarps, the resources were inadequate to cope with the severe weather. McEachern said the decision for the group to move inside was a difficult one, and that recognizing that others don’t have the same privilege is crucial. Monetary donations for
the youth shelter have similarly been generous; she added that several people, hearing about the initiative from the radio, drove to campus to help. one p e r s o n delivered a hundred See Volunteers on page 8
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