SOFTER STREETS, INC. CONTINUED TO DISTRIBUTE OUR SLEEPING MATS AND OTHER EMERGENCY SUPPLIES TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON THE STREETS OF VARIOUS CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. INCLUDING PORTLAND, OREGAN AND ATLANTA, GEORGIA. IN OCTOBER, HURRICANE HELENE SWEPT THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA AND SOFTER STREETS RESPONDED BY JOINING FORCES WITH GATHR OUTDOORS AND KLYMIT TO GET THOUSANDS OF MATS AND SLEEPING BAGS TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES. KLYMIT DONATED $572,783.50 OF GOODS (NOT CASH) TO US THIS YEAR. WE ALSO RAISED $551.60 DURING THIS CAMPAING TO COVER OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS.