Philadelphia Nonprofit Reaches Out To Vulnerable Communities In Kensington Amid Dangerous Heat Wave

CBS Philadelphia

June 21, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - As the dangerous heat wave continues to bear down on the Philadelphia region, people with nowhere to go are particularly vulnerable to the elements.

"It's too hot," Monique Taylor, with the nonprofit Project HOME, said. "We ride around. We have a cooler full of water, ice. Sometimes we'll have rags we dip it in the ice water and we give it to them."

Taylor and her teammate Sam Santiago are special initiative workers with Project HOME. Throughout the week they reach out to hundreds of people living on the streets of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, including many who are battling addiction.

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