The state adds more than 400 collection points for clothes and blankets
A lowering of temperatures In St. Paul done the state government reactivate the emergency shelter at the Pedro II station, on Line 3 – Red from Metro company (Subway), to protect the homeless in the capital from the cold. The space will open on the nights of Friday 16 and Saturday 17, when the city’s thermometers should record, in the early hours of Sunday 18, a minimum of 8ºC, according to the Civil Protection alert – the shelters are open when the forecast indicates a temperature minimum equal to or lower than 10°C.
According to the São Paulo government, the space will have the capacity to accommodate up to 100 people a day, including animals accompanying the homeless. The place should be open from 19:00 to 8:00 the following day and the people hosted will receive mattresses and blankets collected by the Warm Clothing Campaign, as well as winter clothes, socks and sleeping bags distributed by the San Paolo Social Fund. Bom Prato restaurant will help you with meals for dinner and also for breakfast.
The State of São Paulo has more than 400 collection points for warm clothing and blankets for the Warm Clothing campaign. Donated materials are redistributed to the most vulnerable people.
In the capital and Greater São Paulo, donations can be made at all Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) train and metro stations, as well as at the bus terminals of the Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo (EMTU) and Sabesp and Poupatempo units.
Within the state, materials are received from Poupatempo units and from municipal funds that have joined the campaign. This Thursday, 15, the cities of São Lourenço da Serra, Juquitiba, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Francisco Morato and Itapecerica da Serra, located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, also joined the Warm Clothing Campaign and now have Donation.
The complete list of official collection points can be found on the State Government website here.
The Social Fund indicates that the most needed items are warm clothes, socks, caps and gloves, and that old or dirty clothes should not be donated because they are not feasible for distribution.
There is also the possibility to help with cash donations to the official account of the Campaign for Clothing at Banco do Brasil (data below) via pix or bank transfer.
Where to donate the sweater campaign?
- In the capital and Greater SP: railway stations, metro, bus terminal and Sabesp and Poupatempo units.
- Inside: Poupatempo unit and municipal funds.
- Complete list of official points: click here.
- Cash donation to the official account of the Winter Clothing Campaign at Banco do Brasil: current account nº 19.771-8, agency nº 1897-X, CNPJ/MF nº 44.111.698-0001/98, or key Pix: doacoesfussp@sp.gov . br.
What more do you need to donate to the campaign:
- outerwear
- Socks
- caps
- Gloves
Source: Terra
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