Halifax-area tent encampment hopes new upgrades will help as temperatures drop
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Volunteers providing assistance to those living in a Lower Sackville ballfield have helped raise enough funds to purchase a military tent and wood stove for the area.
As residents living in a Lower Sackville ballpark prepare for freezing winter conditions in the months ahead, several community members are volunteering both time and funds to lessen the burden.
Samantha Banks, vice president of the Gated Community, a group that aims to provide support for residents of the Cobequid Ballfield tent encampment in the Halifax-suburb of Lower Sackville, said they’ve been able to raise enough funds to buy a large military tent and 21 heated ice-fishing tents for the area’s unhoused.
She said there are also plans for a new wood stove to be installed.
“It’s going to be a mad dash to get that done before it’s too cold and we can’t do it,” she said, referring to the recently purchased ice fishing tents that are expected to arrive in a few days. “When it came to the military tent, they (the residents) saw that this was a need … something they could really benefit from.”
Fortunately, she said the tent company chipped in and covered the shipping costs, which proved to be helpful considering the overall price tag of about $6,000.
“Military-style tents are meant for our military to be up north in cold climates, and we needed something to last through wind, rain, and snow,” she said, adding work still needs to be done surrounding the installation of flooring and the wood stove inside.
Stephen Rehbert, who currently resides in a tent at the ball field, said he’s been living in the area for 11 months and is very pleased with the upgraded resources coming into the area.
“I’m blessed that this tent’s coming in,” he said. “I can cook food on my wood stove and make eggs … being able to cook those and not let them go frozen and bad, it’s nice.”
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