This year s solemn event was the 32nd annual in the city, coinciding with National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day and the winter solstice the shortest day of the year followed by the longest night.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Next Monday, Dec. 21, will bring the longest night of the year, likely cold and dark as early as ever. Those are the conditions Donna Burklo, program director with Bend’s Family Kitchen, told NewsChannel 21 Central Oregon s homeless face every winter.
An upcoming vigil on that night will puts all who take part in the position of feeling what it is to be in the dark and be in the cold,” Burklo said Monday. “You know, that’s a very good time for this vigil to be held.”