Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Walking in the cold for homeless people

First annual Coldest Night of the Year event raises more than $20,000

The Pink Ladies team stop for a moment during
the first annual Coldest Night of the Year
event to raise funds for Riverside Mission on
the night of Feb. 20, 2016.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

As LeeAnne Gamble walked in the frosty temperatures in the early evening on Saturday, she thought of homeless people.

“It’s funny. You don’t think about it in Moose Jaw. I mean, you think you know there’s Vancouver and Calgary, Regina, you think about the big places and you know that there’s a lot of homeless people but you don’t think about it being in Moose Jaw because you don’t see it in big groups,” she said.

“I’m lucky. I have a warm bed to go to and a home to go to.”

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