About 35 people participated in the CEO Sleepout at K.R. Barkman park in Steinbach Thursday night in support of Today House, a local homeless shelter. RCMP Staff Sergeant Harold Laninga says the numbers were down a little bit from last year but he adds it was still a very meaningful event, as participants spent 12 hours as homeless people, including sleeping in the park overnight.

“This is our fifth year and the fifth one that I’ve been involved with. I’m on the board of Today House so that’s one of the reasons I get involved. It shows us how some people who are homeless, just how they are living. We spent the night outside and you don’t have your creature comforts. It was just an incredible night of education and informing us what this is all about.” View more at https://steinbachonline.com/local/community-leaders-experience-homelessness