CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Carbondale service organizations joined together to offer goods and services to those in need.

Items like food, hygiene items, and winter items were available to anyone who needed them.

Organizations also offered referrals, support, and community resources.

Yolanda Dean with Carbondale United says the event is, “To let the homeless know that they’re not invisible.”

Event Coordinator, Elva Prince, says outreach starts with communication, “If you never talk to them and find out what they need, then you give them what they won’t need, and then it makes them seem like they’re ungrateful. But if you talk to them and you find out what they need, then you can go and ask the community for those items.”

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