Volunteers at the First United Church make last minute preparations before they open up as a temporary homeless shelter. They opened their doors at 9:00pm.
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Kyle Lomax, 28, enters First United Church on Monday night. He has only been homeless for a month and this is his second time spending the night in a shelter.
Over 60 beds are available at the First United Church's temporary shelter. They operate as a "low barrier" shelter, which means they do not turn anyone away, even if they are drunk or high.
Student volunteers fold pillow cases and sheets, which will later be given to the homeless to use for the night.
A volunteer throws a blanket onto a bed that will later be occupied by a homeless person at First United Church. Each bed was given a pillow, a pillowcase, a sheet, and a blanket.
Volunteers make peanut butter browinies and grilled cheese sandwiches for the homeless in the First Unted Church on Monday.
The volunteers make enough sandwhiches for the projected 60 homeless people who will be there later in the evening.
IU students put together care packages filled with hand sanitizer, waterbottles, and chapstick. The care packages will be passed out the morning after the homeless have spent the night in the church.
Patrick Smith, the Director of FASE (Faculty and Staff for Student Excellence), speaks with a group of student volunteers about their experience volunteering at the First United Church on Monday as a part of IU's "A Day On, Not a Day Off" initiative in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
IU Students work in an assembly line style to assemble care packages. They volunteered at the church Monday and were assigned various tasks including assembling care packages, collecting canned food, and helping to make food in the kitchen.
Phoenix Young holds a candle during a moment of silence for the suicide of Leelah Alcorn at Rachel's Cafe on Thursday. Young is a member of Prism Youth Community, who sponsored the event.
Members of the Prism Youth Community share a moment of silence by candlelight thrusday during the vigil held in memory of transgender teen, Leelah Alcorn, at Rachel's Cafe
Taylor Harmon, left, and Senora Porter, right, ages 14 and 13, comfort each other as various people speak in honor of Leelah Alcorn during a vigil held for the transgender teen on Thursday.
Rachel Jones, owner of Rachel's Cafe, listens as various people share their personal thoughts and experiences at Rachel's Cafe on Thursday. She shared her own personal experiences with gender identity during earlier in the evening.
Phoenix Young, age 16, shares his original poem dedicated to Alcorn during the open mic portion of the event.
Laura Ingram, the youth program director of the prism youth community, gives a speech opening up the mic to anyone who wishes to speak in honor of Leelah Alcorn.
Candles are passed out during the vigil for Leelah Alcorn at Rachel's Cafe on Thursday. They were lit during a moment of silence at the end of the event.
Over fifty people are in attendance at the vigil held in memory of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn at Rachel's Cafe on Thursday. The event was sponsored by Prism Youth Community and Rachel's Cafe.
Phoenix Young, age 16, holds a candle during a moment of silence for the suicide of Leelah Alcorn at Rachel's Cafe on Thursday. Young is a member of Prism Youth Community, who sponsored the event. He wrote and shared a poem dedicated to Alcorn during the open mic portion of the event.
Rachel Jones, owner of Rachel's Cafe, shares her personal eperience with gender identity during a vigil held for transgender teen, Leelah Alcorn, who recently committed suicide. The vigil was held Thursday at Rachel's Cafe.