DENVER, Colo.—Pastor Bryan Sederwall, CEO of the Denver Dream Center, says he’s used to getting requests to meet the basic needs of the city’s homeless and less fortunate on short notice.
City officials gave him just days to set up a temporary supply center for newly arrived asylum seekers from south of the U.S.-Mexico border.
“We got the call Wednesday [from the mayor’s office]. They know when they call, we try to move quickly,” Sederwall told The Epoch Times.
And move quickly they did.
Newly arrived asylum seekers in Denver’s Reception Center wait for instructions before they disembark by charter bus to other U.S. states and cities. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
Using nonprofit resources, the Dream Center managed to amass pallets of non-perishable food, bottled water and sports drinks, hygiene products, and other necessities to accommodate thousands of new arrivals….