CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – 36 people who were experiencing homelessness in the Charleston area died this year, according to the Kanawha Valley Collective, which collects data each year on people who are experiencing homelessness.  Not everyone who experiences homelessness and then loses their life is remembered properly through a funeral or memorial service. That’s why on Friday, Kanawha Valley Collective, Bream the Neighborhood Shop and other orga…

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Vigil will remember the homeless lives lost in the Denver metro in 2024

More than 100 people carried electric candles, glowing with orange and white flames, in a vigil for those who died this year in Greater Portland.

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Portland mourns roughly 50 homeless people who died in 2024

DENVER (KDVR) — The We Will Remember: Homeless Persons' Memorial Vigil will be held on Saturday to remember the homeless lives lost in 2024. The vigil will be hosted by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, which has put on the event for 35 years. 
	
		What happens in Colorado if the federal government shuts down? Representative explains	   The organization said that this memorial service may be the only service honoring the lives of these pe…

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People read poems out loud, shared prayers, shed tears and held hands, while community members mourned each other’s losses at an event at the Boulder Bandshell on Thursday to grieve those who have died while homeless or died from the effects of homelessness despite being housed.

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Boulder, Longmont honor 54 who died in 2024 in connection to homelessness

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'Unhoused but not unseen': Honoring the 36 unhoused people in Charleston who died in 2024

On what will be the longest night of the year, those facing homelessness in our community take on the worst of the darkness. And on Friday, those who work with the population honored 23 homeless people who died in 2024.  Dozens of people came together in Perry Square to remember and pray for those who have died facing homelessness. The message? To recognize those who often go unrecognized and unseen. 
	
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Honoring Erie's homeless community who passed away this year

SANTA CRUZ — More than 100 community members gathered in Santa Cruz Friday for the 26th annual Homeless Memorial Ceremony meant to honor the many individuals experiencing homelessness that died throughout the county this year. The event, put on by the county’s Homeless Persons’ Health Project, Housing Matters and local nonprofit Wings, was held on a bright but chilly morning inside the Portuguese Hall of Santa Cruz near Harvey West Park. Attende…

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‘These people are just like us’: Santa Cruz County Homeless Memorial mourns lives lost in 2024

Eyes welled with tears as people lit candles and spoke the names of Santa Clara County homeless residents who died this year at a Friday memorial — a reminder of the harsh reality of living on the streets and the urgency to get more people housed. From Dec. 1, 2023 to Nov. 30, 197 homeless people died in the county, four fewer deaths than the same time last year. Many lived with health conditions, such as cancer or a heart, liver or lung disease…

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'Unhoused but not unseen': Honoring the 36 unhoused people in Charleston who died in 2024

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