Donation to help provide shelter for homeless
Kevin Bailey of United Way presents check to Karl Petit of Valley Mission
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)-United Way of Southeastern Idaho has awarded an $8,000 emergency grant to Valley Mission in Pocatello. The grant will be used by a coalition of community partners to provide overnight shelter needs for homeless people.
The community coalition has worked to safely house homeless individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, since traditional shelters and overnight warming facilities have not been available.
UWSEI CEO Kevin Bailey said, “We are grateful to be able to provide this funding to a coalition of agile partners who are working together to simply save lives. Covid has presented us with logistical challenges to safely shelter folks and this should help our community alleviate that issue during the cold weather months.”