The Rev. John Cooper Jr., executive director of Niagara Gospel Mission, has finished his 222-mile ruck march to raise funds to expand the RECON recovery program for homeless veterans in Western New York. He raised $16,190.
Homelessness is definitely on the rise in Niagara County, according to public and private social service providers who have informed this newspaper’s current series of reports on the topic.
Extreme temperatures, ice, snow and high winds have made already traumatizing circumstances for individuals experiencing homelessness even worse, said officials at Niagara Gospel Mission.