LINCOLN, NEB. (KLKN) – Once a week, the volunteers at Atlas Lincoln hit the streets to seek out the homeless and provide them with food and other necessities.

The group is doing this despite the frigid temperatures this week, and those helpful handouts are proving to be heartwarming.

“This time of year, it becomes hard because everything feels just heavier because there’s so much risk involved for people who are on the street and don’t have shelter, don’t have housing,” Brody Van Roekle said.

Roekle is the executive director of Atlas, a small nonprofit in Lincoln with only four employees.

Atlas receives food and items through donations from churches, businesses and larger nonprofits in the area. The nonprofit also relies on the commitment of its volunteers for outreach.

“Our volunteer

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