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Supporting veterans with a fundraising campout

Supporting veterans with a fundraising campout

Photo: Contributed/Fifth Street Renaissance


Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – This is the eighth year for one of the big fundraisers for Fifth Street Renaissance, an organization providing help and resources to the area’s homeless.  “Campout 4 Homeless Veterans” starts Saturday, October 18th.  Penny Powell, 5th Street Renaissance Executive Director, and Greg Pacelli of MB Heating and Cooling talk about the event with Will Stevenson on the WTAX Morning Newswatch.

 

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