Callaway County's homeless population wants to be acknowledged as people who are just as valuable as everyone else.
"The worst part of being homeless is being shunned," said H.M., a homeless Fulton man who asked to remain anonymous so as not to embarrass family in the area.
According to statistics from the Our House section of the Callaway County United Way website, approximately 200 people are homeless on any given night in the county, and as many as a third of them are younger than 18.
Want to help?
Director Linda Clemens said Our House, especially Wiley House, can always use donations of paper goods, cleaning products, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and non-perishable food items such as peanut butter and bread, or foods that can be prepared in a microwave.
For more information on Our House, or to make a donation, call 573-642-6766 or 573-642-6065.