By James Peters

Organizers say 2018 Camp Out End Youth Homelessness raised more than $50,000

Jan 30, 2019 | 2:13 PM

KAMLOOPS — Organizers of last month’s Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness say the event raised more than $50,000.

A Way Home Kamloops says more than 60 people participated in the December 14 event, helping raise $52,521.16.

Participants spent the night in cardboard boxes to raise money for Safe Suites in Kamloops, a “bridge from the streets to housing with built in supports.”

Executive Director Katherine McParland says the total means the organization will be able to launch Safe Suites this spring.

McParland says there were 113 people between 13 and 25 who experienced homelessness in Kamloops last year, and that number is on the rise.

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She notes three of those young people died in 2018 without the opportunity to access the housing supports provided by Safe Suites.