CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s been 20 years since Charlotte Hornets player Bobby Phills died in a tragic car accident. Now, his widow and their two children are reviving the Phills Foundation in his memory.
Kendall Phills told Channel 9 about their first event Saturday to help the homeless.
“This will be the Phills Foundation first annual ‘Sleep Out Charlotte’ -- give up our beds to stand in solidarity with the homeless,” Phills said. “They have been pushed out of shelters, and I did not realize this was such an epidemic until I rode by College. I made a decision that I would no longer ride by and see my brothers and sisters living in these conditions.”
She called the homeless situation in Charlotte an “epidemic,” and it has only become more apparent since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
More people have been seen living on the streets -- Friday, many people set up on Poplar Street were forced to relocate so the land could be developed.
The Phills Foundation, alongside Block Love Charlotte, hope by sleeping at the corner of Phifer Avenue and North College Street, they will help raise awareness and money for the homeless.
“I would like to challenge the Charlotte community to come and support, but do your part,” Phills said. “We can’t keep ignoring this crisis. We will be camped out to know what it feels like. We have over 950 churches in Charlotte, this is considered the ‘Bible Belt.’ I challenge churches to maybe just taking one person in.”
They will be starting at 6 p.m. You can drop by and donate or do it online.
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