Gimme Shelter 2020

On any given night in our  community, hundreds of men, women and children do not spend  the night in their own homes.  They stay with friends and  relatives, in shelters, and in cars.   And many sleep outside - seeking  whatever warmth and shelter from  the elements they can find.

Gimme Shelter is an event hosted by Phoenix Community Development Services to raise awareness of the challenges faced by those in our community without homes and to give our citizens an opportunity to help end homelessness.  The event will be held outside the Peoria Civic Center on the evening of March 6, 2020.  Each participant is asked to raise $1,000 for the “privilege” of spending the night, from 6:00 pm in the evening until 6:00 am the next morning, in a cardboard box. 
 
Gimme Shelter will bring our community together, raise awareness of the plight of those with nowhere to call home, and provide a powerful opportunity to learn more about homelessness.  Participants will experience a bit of what it might be like to be outside, overnight, in the Central Illinois cold.  Proceeds from Gimme Shelter will benefit Phoenix Community Development Services  and support our continuing efforts to end homelessness in our community.  The event will also feature educational presentations focused around the topic of homelessness and the challenges it poses for our society.