WARM HEARTS FOR WARM BODIES: INTRODUCING PLUS 3 DEGREES

OAKLAND: Benjamin Schick, an Oakland resident and member of the Board of Directors of the Earthville Network since its founding in 2000, is spearheading a new grassroots community program to help our homeless sisters and brothers in the San Francisco Bay Area stay warm and dry this winter.

The Plus 3 Degrees project takes its name from the fact that a three-degree drop in body temperature is enough to cause potentially fatal hypothermia. The cold and wet winters of the Bay Area are a serious threat to the health of the homeless population, so Earthville is pleased to continue its tradition (begun at our center in Dharamshala, India, in 1997) of helping to warm up the winter for our friends on the streets.

You can help spread the warmth by donating bundles of clothes, or by making a tax-deductible cash contribution.

For details, visit the Plus 3 Degrees website.

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