Milwaukee Repairers of the Breach Christmas lunch warms hearts

MILWAUKEE – The bitterly chilly temperatures made for a busy week for warming shelters. Milwaukee’s Repairers of the Breach was open 24/7 for days, however they nonetheless discovered time to have fun Christmas.  

“Exterior isn’t the place to be,” stated Laquan Mills. 

When it is harmful to be exterior for lengthy, Repairers of the Breach will welcome you.

“It has been some of the difficult occasions, nevertheless it’s additionally been some of the rewarding occasions,” stated Pastor James West, government director of Repairers of the Breach.

The shelter had deliberate to be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Christmas Day at hand out heat meals and provides presents, however this Christmas, the doorways had been open all day.

“We’ve been going 24 hours straight daily to maintain the folks protected and preserve folks heat,” stated Pastor West.

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With the shelter at capability, any overflow was despatched throughout the road to the Purple Cross warming shelter.

Even through the busy week, they felt it was nonetheless vital to have fun Christmas.

“For us to be there for them, give them some pleasure, some cheer, a present,” stated Pastor West. “Those that they’ve by no means seen serving them, letting them know that we’re right here for you.”

For folks like Mills, the gesture served because the begin to a greater 12 months.

“It makes me really feel, you understand what I’m saying, needed, favored, part of them,” stated Mills. “It makes me really feel like I’m at house, a household.”

Repairers of the Breach is at all times accepting donations.