As temperatures prepare to drop this weekend, two neighbors in Aurora are racing to get blankets, clothing and care kits into the hands of people who have nowhere to go.

Nieves Ministries, a community outreach group, operates out of a small office stacked with pallets of blankets, donated clothes and hygiene kits.

For founder, Alex Nieves, the mission is personal.

The organization was inspired by his friend, James Feller, who was helping him build the ministry before dying from an overdose.

"These are actually his clothes right here," Nieves said. "We just got them from a friend who washed them for us. James helped us set all this in motion."

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Nieves has experienced homelessness himself - the cold, the uncertainty, and the reality of trying to survive while managing trauma and los

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