Homeless brace for cold nights

Daryl Adams eats dinner with her son, James, 1, in the Brother’s Keeper Soup Kitchen at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Adams is staying in the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter with her son. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
Posted December 2, 2020 | Photography by Bruce Ackerman
On a cold Tuesday, December 1, 2020 those in search of shelter, food and other necessities head to Interfaith Emergency Services and the Brothers Keeper Soup Kitchen.
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- Toni Wilson tries on a pair of shoes that were given to her as she prepares for a freezing night in front of Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Giovianni Gridlock, left, and Toni Wilson, right, fold up a blanket they were taking with them as they prepare for a freezing night in front of Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Giovianni Gridlock tries to keep warm in the setting sun as he prepares for a freezing night in front of Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- April Berg, left, who is staying at the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter, talks with Angela Kinney, right, the Interfaith Emergency Services resident assistant, after Kinney gave her laundry detergent at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Dawn Lovell, right, the mental health counselor for Interfaith Emergency Services, prays with people staying in the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter before dinner was served in the Brother’s Keeper Soup Kitchen at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Kim Burns, 13, right, who is staying in the in the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter, serves dinner to April Berg, left, and other homeless people who are staying at the shelter in Brother’s Keeper Soup Kitchen at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Daryl Adams eats dinner with her son, James, 1, in the Brother’s Keeper Soup Kitchen at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Adams is staying in the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter with her son. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Rashad Lovett, 6, left, eats his dinner with his mother, Kaceria, center, and brother, Prince, 1, in the Brother’s Keeper Soup Kitchen at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The family is staying in the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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- Thomas Hernandez, right, and Joanna, left, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, left, eat dinner with other homeless people in the Brother’s Keeper Soup Kitchen at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Both are staying in the Interfaith Emergency Services shelter.[Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2020.
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