Hoodies for the Homeless today
Hoodies for the Homeless
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PORTSMOUTH Many people drive by a homeless person and don’t think a thing about what it must be like for them, but a Portsmouth business owner, Tyler Crisp, took seeing so many around his business area and some who come into his place, Bar Benders Gym and Supplement Shop on 614 Glover Street in Portsmouth last year and wanted to do something about it.
“It started out, I was just gonna drive around and pass out hoodies because it was super cold, and people were out walking around without any way to keep warm, they were freezing and I thought it would be a good thing to do and see how many hoodies I could get, and it turned into a bigger thing,” Crisp said. “We did 125 hoodies last year, we did toboggans, gloves, socks, blankets, some toiletries, and it was catered inside this big tent where they could eat and get warm. This year, of course, we can’t have a tent or meal. We will be handing out som