Ridgeites, community board urge locals to volunteer for 2017 Hope Count
Attempting to help the homeless.
Liam McCabe, founder of the Willie McCabe Memorial Run, held a press conference on Tuesday, January 10 alongside Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann and Nanci Roden, a board member of the Willie McCabe Memorial, to encourage more Bay Ridge residents to volunteer for the annual Hope Count.
“The Hope Count takes place every year and it’s an opportunity for volunteers to go out and get a count of the homeless throughout the city,” said McCabe, who holds the Willie McCabe Memorial Run each year in memory of his father, who was once homeless. “Obviously the homeless population has really exploded in the past.”