Wednesday evening, Mayor Hickenlooper will be present for the 13th Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil. The candlelight ceremony will be held on the steps of the State Capitol from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., and will honor men and women who have lived on the streets and who died during the past year.
Similar events are held in cities across the country to remind everyone of the human costs of homelessness. The vigils pay tribute to those who lost their lives as well as to those men, women and children who continue to survive against the odds.
Although there is no official tracking of homeless deaths in Colorado, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless conducts an annual count through a coordinated process involving more than twenty-five homeless service organizations in the seven-county Denver metropolitan area, representing medical clinicians and other healthcare professionals; case managers; outreach and social workers; hospice, shelter and emergency service personnel; housing managers; chaplains; volunteers and others who provide direct assistance for those that are homeless.
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