Business executives, volunteers trade night in bed for night on the streets to bring awareness to youth homelessness

📆 11/21/2024 10:19 PM
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After Houston Mayor John Whitmire outlined his plan to reduce homelessness in the city Thursday, another organization is also bringing awareness about the issue.

Business executives, volunteers trade night in bed for night on the streets to bring awareness to youth homelessness

For 13 years, the Covenant House has been holding a sleep out, an event where volunteers and business executives trade a night in their beds at home for a night on the streets to bring awareness to homelessness among youth. The event is also a fundraiser for the organization. Broussard was surrounded by executives from major corporations like Starbucks and Phillips 66, where Chief Economist Sean Maher team raised $90,000, all to help Covenant House meet their fundraising goal of $1 million.

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