WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
MY CAT SO YOU WANT TO STAY TUNED
FOR THAT.
CAN'T WAIT.
WELL, THE MINNESOTA STATE
FAIRGROUNDS ARE, OF COURSE,
USUALLY KNOWN FOR THE GREAT
MINNESOTA GET TOGETHER, RIGHT?
TODAY, IT'S THE SITE FOR A
SLEEPOVER FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
KATE IS LIVE AT PARK WHERE TEENS
ARE DOING AN ANNUAL SLEEP OUT.
GOOD MORNING.
A LITTLE CHILLY FOR THAT SLEEP
OUT TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION.
IT IS, ALLIE.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO BE QUIET
BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
TEENS SLEECHING OUT HERE IN THE
PARK TODAY.
IT HAS FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
THIS IS THE ANNUAL CORD BOARD
MOKS CITY EVENT.
I'M HERE WITH ONE OF THE
VOLUNTEERS.
WHY DO YOU GUYS DO THIS
ANNUAL SLEEP OUT?
THIS EVENT HELPS TO RAISE
AWARENESS FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR
CONGREGATION ABOUT THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS.
MANY OF OUR CONGREGATIONS ARE
SOLD IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ESHZ.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE THINK
OUR KOUT CAN BE PART OF SOLVING
THIS ISSUE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CELEBRATE THE FACT THEY RAISED
OVER $10,000 FOR TONIGHT BUT
ALSO FOR THOEM TO CELEBRATE THAT
FUND RAISING, AND THEN TO
EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE
TO BE COLD, TO BE IN THIS BOX
TONIGHT THEY ARE WEARING MINIMAL
CLOETS BUT EXPERIENCING WHAT IT
MIGHT FEEL LIKE TO BE HOMELESS.
IT'S BEEN A COOL NIGHT.
YOU HAD OVER 400 TEENS REGISTER
THIS YEAR, WHICH IS AMAZING.
IS IT SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO
TALK MORE ABOUT, HOMELESSNESS?
I THINK IT'S EASY SO MANY OF US
WE HAVE A BED.
WE HAVE A WARM PLACE TO SLEEP.
YOU SAID SO MANY OF THE SAME
KIDS KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS?
ABSOLUTELY.
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE
ATTENTION THAN IT HAS BEEN
GETTING.
WE NEED MORE FUNDING.
THESE KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT
THESE ISSUES THAT THESE ARE
FRIENDS THEY GO TO SCHOOL WITH
WHO ARE ALSO STRUGGLING.
ONE LOSS OF A JOB OR ONE
ACCIDENT COULD MEAN A PARENT
DOESN'T HAVE INCOME AND THEY
DON'T HAVE HOIZING ANYMORE.
THESE KIDS KNOW OTHER KID WHO IS
HAVE THIS ISSUE, AND THEY WANT
TO HELP BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
YOU SAID YOU RAISED MORE THAN
$10,000.
THOSE BOTH GO TO HEALTH NAEMS
THAT ARE HOMELESS.
CAN PEOPLE STILL HELP OR DO THEY
GO TO HELP?
YES.
EITHER PROJECT HOME OR FAMILIES
MOVING FORWARD OF BEACON
INTERFAILT HOUSING COLLABORATIVE
WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP
WITH DIRECTING OF THOSE FUNDS.
WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION UP
ON OUR WEB SITE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
WITH US.
I KNOW IT'S COLD.
I'M SO IMPRESED BY ALL THESE
TEENS OUT HERE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
TALKING TO A COUPLE OF THEM THAT
ARE JUST WAKE UP THIS MORNING
FOR US IN THE 6:00 HOUR.
YOU ISLE WANT TO CHECK BACK FOR
THAT
DID YOU FIND YOUR TENT OR
SLEEPING BAG?
TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS.
KATE IS LIVE AT BALDWIN PARK AT
THE MINNESOTA STAIR FAIRGROUNDS.
KATE, THIS SLEEPOVER IS JUST
ABOUT WRAPPING UP.
YEAH, IT IS, KIM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BOXES ON
THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS
THIS MORNING.
THIS IS -- AN ANNUAL SLEEP OUT
THAT TEENS DO TO RAISE MONEY AND
AWARENESS FOR HOMELESSNESS.
I'M JOINED BY TWO OF THEM.
YOU'VE HAD A LONG NIGHT, I KNOW,
SLEEPING OUT HERE.
THIS IS MICHELLE.
THIS IS BOTH YOUR SECOND YEAR.
TELL ME WHY YOU GUYS DO THIS
EVENT.
WHY DO YOU SLEEP OUTSIDE?
WELL, I THINK IT'S A VERY
GOOD THING TO, LIKE, FIND OUT
HOW HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY
LIVING, NOT JUST, LIKE, HEAR
ABOUT IT.
YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND
EXPERIENCE IT.
I KNOW YOU BOTH SLEPT OUTSIDE
LAST NIGHT.
IT'S CHILLY OUT HERE.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO?
DO YOU BUILD THESE BOXES
YOURSELF?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE INSIDE THERE?
WE CONSTRUCT THE BOXES AND
PUT TARPS OVER IT, AND STHEN WE
HAVE, LIESHGS DIFFERENT BLANKETS
AND LOTS OF SLEEPING BAGS TO
KEEP US WARM.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT MORE TEENAGERS NEED TO BE
IE WARE OF?
I THINK THEY SHOULD
DEFINITELY BE AWARE OF IT AND
PARTICIPATE IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S
SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO JUST,
LIKE I SAID, JUST KNOW ABOUT IT
AND TO EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ALSO GET
TO HAVE -- YOU HAVE A SOUP
KITCHEN HERE THAT I KNOW WE WERE
CHECKING OUT EARLIER SO YOU
RAILLY DO KIND OF EXPERIENCE
WHAT SOME OF THESE HOMELESS
FAMILIES GO THROUGH.
YEP.
WE GET DIFFERENT SOUP, AND WE
ALSO GET THE BREAKFAST THAT THEY
GO THROUGH SO IT'S REALLY A GOOD
EXPERIENCE TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY
GET TO EAT COMPARED TO OUR
NORMAL BREAKFASTS.
NOW, IN ADDITION TO RAISING
AWARENESS, SHE SAID YOU RAISED
MONEY, TOO.
YOU'VE BEEN RAISING MONEY OR --
YEAH.
WE -- I KNOW OUR SCHOOL, WE HAD
TO DONATE $15, AND THEN THAT
WENT TO THIS FOUNDATION.
THAT IS SO GREAT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD RAISED, I
HEARD $10,000 JUST IN YESTERDAY
ALONE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION UP ON OUR WEB SITE,
TOO, WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO MAYBE SOME
STUDENTS OR TEENS THAT MIGHT BE
WATCHING THINKING I MAYBE WANT
TO TRY THAT NEXT YEAR?
I THINK THEY SHOULD
DEFINITELY TRY IT.
IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE JUST
TO -- I DON'T KNOW.
I ENCOURAGE, LIKE, ANYONE
THAT WANTS TO DO IT JUST TO TRY
IT.
IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT CAUSE
OBVIOUSLY.
SO MANY FAMILIES DO STRUGGLE
WITH THIS AS THE COLD WINTER
MONTHS COME.
GREAT JOB TO YOU GUYS.
I KNOW YOU RAISED A LOT OF
MONEY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LINK ON
OUR WEB SITE WHERE YOU CAN STILL
DONATE IF YOU WANT TO FIND MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMS
THAT IT'LL GO TO TO HELP
HOMELESS FAMILIES.
BUT, YEAH, WHAT A GREAT CAUSE,
AND I THINK THEY ARE ALL GOING
TO BE WAKING UP HERE SOON AND
WARMING UP.
KATE, HOW COOL IS IT THAT
THESE TEENS, THEY'VE GOT THE DAY
OFF FROM SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE
CHOOSING TO SPEND THEIR TIME
RAISING AWARENESS FOR -- FOR
SOMETHING LIKE -- SO IMPORTANT
AS THIS.
WELL, IT'S AMAZING.
I THINK THEY SAID OVER 400
REGISTERED THIS YEAR SO THAT IS
JUST -- IT'S SO GREAT.
THAT IS VERY COOL.
HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR THEY ALL