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Local nonprofit urges county‑run emergency shelter as freezing nights loom
Summary
Deanna Gardner of Mother Love, Inc. told the Oxford board that nearly 100 McKinney‑Vento families and other residents face sub‑zero nights and urged the county to open a reliable emergency shelter at Mary Potter Gym or a comparable city site.
Deanna (Deanna) Gardner, founder and director of the local nonprofit Mother Love, Inc., told the Oxford Board of Commissioners on Jan. 13 that the county faces an immediate cold‑weather emergency and urged the board to establish a dependable county‑run emergency shelter.
“For the next several nights and into the next week, people in our county will be sleeping outside in freezing temperatures, including disabled…
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