{"id":101992,"date":"2025-12-20T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101992\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:28:07","slug":"after-several-deaths-fresno-community-is-trying-to-keep-its-unhoused-population-warm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101992\/","title":{"rendered":"After several deaths, Fresno community is trying to keep its unhoused population warm"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Even before two people died because of plunging temperatures earlier this week, Fresno Mission was working to provide beds and shelter to the local unhoused population.<\/p>\n

The deaths<\/a> — caused by a warming fire started inside a tent — add to a list of tragedies in recent years due to winter conditions.<\/p>\n

This year, Fresno Mission partnered with local hospitals to combat the issue. Community Health System announced Friday it donated $100,000 to Fresno Mission, in addition to more than 60 boxes of coats to hand out to those in need.<\/p>\n

“This time of year, we do get a lot of individuals coming in with cold-related illnesses, a lot of untreated wounds,” said Lucky Malhi, COO of Community Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

Malhi told Action News many of those individuals are the same people the Fresno Mission serves, so it’s important to him that they continue to receive care.<\/p>\n

Fresno Mission said they don’t just want to get people through the night, but to also reduce homelessness by helping them become independent.<\/p>\n

Recently, a mother and her five children wound up there after being abandoned.<\/p>\n

“That family left our care just a short while ago. But when they left, they left with a mother who had gone through a series of parenting classes, they left to go into a stable home. The children had been enrolled in our charter school,” said Fresno Mission CEO Matthew Dildine.<\/p>\n

By providing not only beds, but services to help people who want to improve their lives get back on their feet, Fresno Mission says it’s also limiting risk.<\/p>\n

But it’s something that will require continued support as they brace for more need through the rest of the winter.<\/p>\n

If you want to donate or volunteer, you can do so by visiting Fresno Mission’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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