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Fair play: Soup kitchen volunteer raises thousands of euro to keep homeless people warm




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Temperatures have plummeted and we are regularly waking up to frost and freezing conditions. If you’re homeless it can be impossible to stay warm at night. That’s where Grace Dooley has stepped in.

The soup kitchen volunteer realised that in addition to a hot meal, Dublin’s homeless people need to be able to keep warm at night. She’s raised thousands to buy sleeping bags that are suitable for temperatures as low as -5 degrees and so far this season, the 30-year-old has handed out 300 sleeping bags around the city with amazing team

Grace says ‘I can’t change the world but I can make a difference’ and indeed she has having raised more than €11,000 so far. Grace told The Liberal that she also delivers essential clothing like underwear, hats, gloves and socks.

If you’d like to contribute to this very worth cause, you can do so by clicking on the GoFundMe page here.

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