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Homeless advocate Pastor Christie Love criticized the arrests, as well as the sheriffs use of old photos showing trash at a different camp.

The program began as an effort to address health disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Area shelters were "very busy, to say the least," last week, said the crisis cold weather shelter coordinator for Community Partnership of the Ozarks.

Volunteers are needed to monitor overnight and day shelters, make meals, transport folks and deliver supplies to those still on the street.

While hospitals will be open and seeing patients, a trauma surgeon with Mercy Hospital Springfield says prevention is the best medicine for frostbite.

Meteorologists are predicting snow, wind up to 45 miles per hour and wind chill at minus 35 degrees on Thursday.

The last white Christmas in Springfield occurred in 2010.

Grace United Church will act as a seven-day meal site with different organizations providing and serving meals at 5:30 p.m.

Giving Tuesday is celebrated internationally as an opportunity to give back to organizations within ones community.

As of Tuesday, a centralized location for evening meals and shelter pick up transportation has yet to be determined for crisis cold weather shelters.