Imagine sleeping outside on a frigid winter night. That's a reality for dozens of people in the Lehigh Valley.
Now there is help on the way: an anonymous donor has supplied Allentown's Rescue Mission with $20,000 worth of military-style warm clothing.
"We are getting all the items out there," said Tom Mohr of Allentown's Rescue Mission. "It doesn't help me to keep them."
The items donated include warm jackets, snow pants, and sleeping bags.
The Rescue Mission has now donated the items to groups that worlk directly with the homeless like Safe Harbor in Easton.
More than 150 people in Lehigh and Northampton counties sleep outside all year round, according to Safe Harbor.
Jesse Atkinson has been living outdoors in a tent for the past few nights, the coldest night of the winter. He says he cannot afford to pay rent.
He received the donations and tells us he couldn't be more thankful for the gifts of warm clothing.
"I am so thankful," said Atkinson.
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