By Clodagh McGowan Queens
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Amber Drummond returns home sixteen hours after she leaves. Home is a women’s shelter on 148th Street in Jamaica, Queens.
Showing us her living space through her phone, Drummond says some residents have chipped in to make it feel more comfortable like buying a shower curtain and a bath mat for the shared bathroom. But some purchases, like hand soap during a pandemic, are more essential.
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Amber Drummond, a security guard at a Queens homeless shelter, is homeless herself
Drummond works for the Acacia Network, a non-profit social services provider that operates shelters for the city