An early-morning fire at Fort Worth’s Presbyterian Night Shelter on Sunday, Sept. 6, destroyed around $100,000 in items that were to be used by guests and residents over the fall and winter months. An Amazon wish list has been set up to help restock supplies.
Presbyterian Night Shelter via Facebook
Fort Worth’s Presbyterian Night Shelter is asking for the community’s help after a fire destroyed the group’s main storage shed and its contents over the Labor Day weekend.
“These are items we had stored for the coming fall and winter months that our guests will need in the cooler weather,” the nonprofit organization said in a Facebook post.
No one was injured in the fire, but the items lost totaled around $100,000, according to KTVT-TV reporting.
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Tarrant County’s largest provider of homeless services is working to restock nearly $100,000 in items lost during a fire on Sunday, Sept. 6. Presbyterian Night Shelter via Facebook
CEO Toby Owen told KTVT that he learned about the blaze around 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6. By that time, the storage shed was engulfed in flames.
“I was saddened by it, and I was frustrated by it,” Owen said in an interview with KTVT.
The Presbyterian Night Shelter, located at 2400 Cypress St., is Tarrant County’s largest provider of homeless services. In addition to housing assistance and employment opportunities, the nonprofit provides 24/7 emergency shelter at its main facility.
A fire-recovery wish list has been set up on Amazon to help restock needed supplies. Funds can also be donated through the shelter’s website.
The response so far “has been incredible,” staff said in a Facebook update Thursday.
“We will continue to assess the scope of everything that was in the storage unit and will update our needs list as necessary,” the post reads.
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