Shay Jefferson, the director of a nonprofit called Family Resource Center in Belton, Missouri, recently appeared on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' to discuss her organization's mission of providing essentials such as baby supplies, food, and clothing to those in need at no cost.
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Standing at the entry to the woods where she s been checking on her houseless friends, Shay Jefferson believes Belton, her hometown, won t approve a permanent shelter.
Advocates in Belton concerned about their neighbors, who live in camps surrounding the city, are frustrated officials have not built a permanent shelter.
Soon after one of our subzero winter nights, there was a post on a Belton, Missouri Community Facebook Group with an image of a man huddled under a blanket in the corner of a storefront on Belton’s Main Street.
Trisha Moore posted the image originally on her personal page. She’s a volunteer with the grass-roots group Free Hot Soup, which delivers food and other supplies to those living without houses in and around Belton. Next to her name she attached a sad emoji with the words “feeling heartbroken.”