A helping hand for homeless San Diegans was offered outside the county administration building downtown Friday.

Comfort and care services were provided free of charge, for .

“We got haircuts, manicures, pedicures, acupuncturists, doctors. Things to help you get better. Less service focused, more like, ‘Hey lets try and have one good day out of the year,’” said John Brady, executive director of and the main organizer of the event.

While the daytime portion was a time for support, he said it also led up to an evening of remembrance, with thousands of flameless candles laid out on the ground in what Brady called “the Street of Souls.”

He said, “It's a representation of all 3,756 lives we lost in the streets over the last 12 years.”

Brady said that number comes from the .

The candles are

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