Winter Survival Kits to be Distributed to SoCal Homeless

The kits will include weather-appropriate clothing, food and hygienic products

A reprieve from recent cold conditions is on its way for some homeless as volunteers begin to assemble survival kits that will be distributed in Southern California this weekend.

Los Angeles-based organization The Giving Spirit is readying their December kits, filled with more than 60 items including clothing, food and hygienic products designed to get the homeless through the winter.

Items included in the kit are a wool cap, umbrella, blanket, soap, shampoo, duffel bag and granola bars.

Distribution is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers will hit the streets in downtown, Santa Monica, San Fernando Valley and other areas in-between to hand out the kits face-to-face, the group said in a statement.

The Giving Spirit said more than 25,000 kits have been assembled and distributed since being founded in 1999. The kits are currently being assembled at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church.

Distribution is set for Saturday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Sunday between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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The distribution comes after the Los Angeles City Council proposed a ban on feeding the homeless in public places and four people died in the Bay Area due to hypothermia-related causes.

 

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