A day in the life of the woman helping Camden's unhoused escape the cold

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On March 5, 2021, at her warming center in the Yorkship Family School gym, Tawanda Jones, right, tries to convince a patron known as Sarah Ann to allow Jones to help her rent a room at a boarding house. Sarah Ann had told Jones that if there was nowhere else to go that night, she would sleep in Camden's Evergreen Cemetery. (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
The woman they call “Wawa” should have seen it coming. Tawanda Jones should have known that after housing up to 70 homeless individuals for almost a month at a makeshift warming center — providing hot meals, fresh clothing, assistance with long-term housing, employment and detox programs, and boundless affection — they wouldn’t want to leave.

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