Bristol Students Participate in Homeless Sleep Out

On Friday, March 23, students from Bay View Academy, Hendricken, LaSalle Academy, The Prout School and St. Raphael Academy held their annual Homeless Sleep Out in order to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness in Rhode Island. 

The students, including four Bristol residents, gathered at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at 7pm on Friday evening. Before going outside to sleep, they heard a presentation by a panel from Voices of Homelessness Speakers Bureau of the RI Coalition for the Homeless and watched a film on the issue. They then attended Mass con-celebrated by the chaplains of the participating high schools. In addition, the group assembled personal care packets to be donated to Emmanuel House, a shelter and day program of the Diocese of Providence, and wrote letters to legislators advocating for affordable housing and bills in the Legislature aimed at preventing homelessness. They have also raised money, through pledges and donations, for the Keep the Heat On Campaign.

The Bay students that participated in this event were:

Katherine McMahon

Bristol

Madison DaCosta

Bristol

Emily Geoffroy

Bristol

Emilie Rabideau

Bristol

Adrianna Cardillo

Cranston

India Timpani

Cranston

Sophia Culpo

Cranston

Gabriela DiNobile

Cranston

Marguerite DiPietro

Cumberland

Morgan Laiter

E. Greenwich

Katherine Asquith

E. Providence

Emily Whittum

E. Providence

Jamie Krause

E. Providence

Audra Caine

E. Providence

Stephanie Brown 

 E. Providence

Jalysa Harrington

 E. Providence

Mariela O’Neill

 E. Providence

Emma D’Arpino

Johnston

Kayla Fleming

Johnston

Audrey Robinson

Lincoln

Kelsey Manfredi

No. Kingstown

Eva Macari

No. Providence

Anarosa Madera

Providence

Hannah Langfield

Seekonk, MA.

Cory Sullivan

Tiverton

Danielle Hattoy

Warwick

Taylor Coffey

Warwick

Shannon Coffey

Warwick

Sarah Kennedy

Warwick

Gabriella Venditti

West Warwick