Annual Bench Talk aims to raise $50K

Annual Bench Talk aims to raise $50K

Employees of the Downtown Mission and community members are spending 24 hours outside to raise money and awareness for the shelter. Organizers hope the annual Bench Talk raises $50,000. "We are blessed today, it's a gorgeous day, so we won't fully experience what someone who may be experiencing homelessness in the dead of winter might experience. But we're trying to bring awareness to the fact that there are people who maybe don't have a home to…