Rebecca Rogers Figg was one of a few who volunteered to help people check out of a Bloomington motel the day after Christmas. She expected to return home, but ended up holding a stranger's hand that afternoon as a baby entered the world.
The couple's baby was due any day. With temperatures well below zero and winds gusting, they were grateful to leave their tent in the woods for a room at the Best Value Inn for Christmas. program funded this gift to the city's unhoused.
"We couldn't pay for our apartment anymore and we just ran out of places to stay, honestly," she said.This is her fourth child; the others are 16, 7 and 4. They live with her parents. Instead of taking the woman back to her tent home, Figg suggested going to the hospital."I really tried not to go, and then she offered to take me I finally said that yeah, I think I'm gonna have to go."
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