Author of the article: Jonathan Juha
Publishing date: Dec 28, 2020 • December 28, 2020 • 2 minute read • Sarah Campbell, executive director of Ark Aid Street Mission, one of the organizations in Winter Interim Solution to Homelessness (WISH), stands next to some of the donations the coalition of agencies has received in support to a pop-up shelter on Elizabeth Street. JONATHAN JUHA/The London Free Press
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For the 20 or so Londoners who had checked in by Saturday morning, London’s first pop-up homeless shelter couldn’t have opened at a better time.
Just a day after intake began Wednesday at the 30-bed emergency space, the city was hit by a winter storm that dumped more than 20 centimetres of snow.