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By EJ Haas
Extreme cold conditions between Feb. 14 and Feb. 22 caused MU to cease on-campus operations for a day. ABC 17 News issued a Weather Alert on Feb. 16, claiming “conditions will struggle to improve and temperatures will be dangerously cold.”
As inconvenient as the weather may have been for students, it posed a serious danger to homeless individuals. According to a news release from the nonprofit Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation, some contracted frostbite or hypothermia forcing them to seek medical attention.
At these temperatures, frostbite could occur in as little as 30 minutes.
Resources like warming centers and shelters remained open to the extent they could, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic hindered their ability to accommodate people in need of residence.
Extreme cold conditions between Feb. 14 and Feb. 22 caused MU to cease on-campus operations for a day. ABC 17 News issued a Weather Alert on Feb. 16, claiming “conditions will struggle to improve and temperatures will be dangerously cold.”
As inconvenient as the weather may have been for students, it posed a serious danger to homeless individuals. According to a news release from the nonprofit Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation, some contracted frostbite or hypothermia forcing them to seek medical attention.
At these temperatures, frostbite could occur in as little as 30 minutes.
Resources like warming centers and shelters remained open to the extent they could, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic hindered their ability to accommodate people in need of residence.
Local church raises over $600,000 to pay off utility disconnections for Columbia families Published
The Crossing Church - April 18, 2021
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
According to a release from The Crossing, the funds will pay off the utility debt of over 500 local families.
Out of the $674,121 raised, $202,774.26 will completely erase the utility disconnect list and $197,225.74 will pay off utility debt of residents who are one step away from being disconnected. The rest of the $274,121 raised, will give long term care to people in similar situations through Love Columbia.
The Crossing Church s Pastor, Keith Simon asked parishioners on Easter to donate to help local families in need to help them pay off utility bills.
COLUMBIA- With the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine being pulled from use in the United States, some in Mid-Missouri could be feeling the effects.Â
The Columbia - Boone County Health Department said they were hoping to use the Johnson & Johnson in order to vaccinate certain populations in the county. We think it would be beneficial for vaccinating like our homeless population or those in the jail, but you know we may have to wait on that or use other vaccines, said Ashton Day, Health Educator for the Boone County Health Department.Â
An MU Health Care doctor says that having the Johnson & Johnson vaccine can help with making things easier.Â