Reggie's Sleep Out
Carrie McGrean Staff Reporter Many people gather at Drake Stadium to help raise money for homeless men,women, and children. The event it dedicated to Reggie Kelsey. Photo credit Carrie McGrean. Reggie’s Sleep out is Saturday, October 17, at Drake Stadium. This event takes place on a usually chilly evening and it is intended to raise money for homeless youth to transition into a better life. Last year there were many youth with no place to call home; the number reaching around 1,500 in Polk County alone. Many can’t go to school or even get anything to eat. They sleep out on the cold streets. Every October for 10 years people of the community gather in Drake Stadium and build a place to sleep out of cardboard boxes in memory of a young man by the name of Reggie Kelsey. Kelsey aged out of the foster care system in 2001. Within three and a half months he passed away from exposure...