Wheeling SleepOut 2021 Slide Show
Posted: 11/18/2021
The 11th Annual Wheeling SleepOut took place Nov. 5 at the Miracle League Field. The event is the culmination of a peer-to-peer fundraiser to help support youth in the Youth Services System Transitional Living Program. These youth have aged out of the foster care system or otherwise facing homelessness, and the TLP provides them with safe and stable housing, connections to resources, caring adults to mentor them, and employment and educational opportunities. Participating teams come together at the event to build structures out of cardboard that are warm enough to sleep in and follow the theme, which this year was Oh, the Places You'll Go. Another facet of the contest is to share resources for runaway and homeless prevention and offer a message of hope to youth. The event takes place each November as part of National Runaway Prevention Month. #nrpm