'We are all the community. All of us.'
While the United States suffers from COVID-19, some communities are more vulnerable than others. As people in Downers Grove, Illinois, shut down their social lives and adhere to social distancing, one woman is asking her community to contribute to the town's ever-present, yet somewhat ignored homeless population.
In a post on the Downers Grove Nextdoor social media app, Cantrall asked her neighbors to help deliver water bottles and food to the downtown parking garage, where the Downers Grove homeless population sleeps in elevator banks overnight. The post resulted in between five and 10 Downers Grove residents visiting the parking garage to leave resources for those struggling, Cantrall estimated.."I'm not the only one.
This isn't new for Cantrall. She's been supporting the local homeless and low-income population for years, through her parish St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, which is located just outside the downtown area. There, she helps stock and run a local food bank—small in comparison to others in the area, she claims—that hosts weekly"shopping" events.
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