The Place Karen Henschel (left) is an education and employment case manager at The Place. Hunter Locklear is a young person living in the shelter.
In Colorado Springs, The Place is a shelter for young people experiencing homelessness. The pandemic has only increased the number of individuals who are unhoused, but in the early days of lockdowns, The Place’s outreach team had trouble finding youth.
“Many of them didn t come out to the normal places where we could usually connect with them, let’s say, for example, to the library or the parks, because so many things were closed that youth didn t have a reason to come out,” said Shawna Kemppainen, the shelter’s director.
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“Many of them didn t come out to the normal places where we could usually connect with them, let’s say, for example, to the library or the parks, because so many things were closed that youth didn t have a reason to come out,” said Shawna Kemppainen, the shelter’s director.
So the outreach team started searching in different areas, like encampments, which it wouldn t normally do.
“If a young person or any person is staying outside in a tent, that is their home,” Kemppainen explained. “We might not think of it as a home, but for them, it is a home, so we tended to not go up to a tent.”
Bryan Hayes and Grant Routh: Mount Airy hopes to remain unselfish night in, night out
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Mount Airy head boys basketball coach Bryan Hayes and senior power forward Grant Routh met with HighSchoolOT Triad reporter Zack Adams to preview the 2020-21 season. The Granite Bears finished 15-10 overall and 7-3 in Northwest 1A Conference play a season ago.
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good afternoon, everyone. And I welcome back to high school of tea. I m Zach Adams that I m joined this afternoon by a Mount Airy Head Boys basketball coach Brian Hayes, as well as I senior power forward. I Grant Ruth. I thank you all for joining me this afternoon, guys. Thank you. Appreciate it. No problem. First question here is for you. Coach at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association is letting a member schools play 14 regular season basketball games beginning on January 4th with the ongoing pandemic and the variables th