A local grassroots effort by a few women in Concord are doing what they can to help by providing food and water every single day to their neighbors without a place to call home.
"All we are trying to do is spread kindness with no judgment and it's really working," says McKinley, the founder of the non-profit The number of unhoused people in Contra Costa County has increased since 2020, according to the new official Point in Time count. It has gone up 4% and in Concord alone, the county's most recent homeless population count showed a jump from 160 people in 2020 to 241 this year.
"I would be able to feed 12 people," explains McKinley. "And then I found out I could feed the same amount of people sandwiches as well for five dollars. So then it slowly started getting bigger. But all this food today was completely donated." It is not just food at McKinley's dinners. On the menu for whoever shows up: a hot meal, drinks, food for the next day, hygiene items, plus food and supplies for pets.
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