Homeless kids ask for blankets, not toys

For the past couple of weeks, the NightWatch team has been making a stop in the parking lot of a local hotel that is “home” for many folks who might otherwise be on the street. And a lot of them are back outside when their money — or someone else’s generosity — runs out. This week, the team saw a lot of kids at the hotel. We keep some toys on the truck to give to children, but last night, the kids didn’t ask for toys. Each of them had the same request:

“Can I have a blanket?”

I spoke to one of the team leaders today, and he was really touched by those kids. “We had toys, but they didn’t ask for toys, they didn’t ask for PlayStations. They just wanted a blanket,” he said. They got blankets. And toys. And the hearts of the team members, too.