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Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust Chairman Ronald L. Book, left, and Darlyne Jean-Charles, Florida Power and Light’s community specialist, distribute items — including gloves, coats, sleeping bags, hand warmers, thermal socks and blankets — for Miami outreach teams to pass out to those who refuse shelter ahead of the cold-weather advisory in effect from 10 p.m. Saturday until 10 a.m Sunday. The distribution was conducted at the Stephen P. Clark Center in downtown Miami on Saturday, January 31, 2026. FPL donated the items.
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As South Florida prepares for temperatures to plunge to the low and mid-20s overnight Sunday, one of the most at-risk communities — homeless individuals — were given a helping hand Saturday in downtown Miami.
FPL and the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust partnered to provide gloves, coats, blankets, hand warmers and sleeping bags to people in need at the Stephen P. Clark Center.
“This is our fourth cold weather outreach event this year with the Homeless Trust, and we do it any time the temperatures are under 50 degrees,” said Lisa Mozloom, a spokesperson for the event.
Dozens received items in preparation for what could be historic low temperatures.
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Zondre Colson, from Liberty City, has lived on the streets for about two years and gone through several cold weather nights, he told the Miami Herald.
Colson usually looks for abandoned buildings during those times, but he was appreciative that shelters would be available this weekend.
As part of the Homeless Trust’s Cold Weather Emergency Plan, supplies will be passed out throughout the county and people will be offered and placed into shelters. As of Saturday afternoon, about 300 people had been placed into a shelter since Friday.
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