St. Louis area nonprofits ask for community's help during cold months

Both City Hope St. Louis and the St. Patrick Center are in desperate need of food and winter clothes.

"The cold really affects our clients. I mean, obviously, if you're unhoused, and you're outside, it is more difficult, and it can be more challenging," she said. While that's the case every year, Laumeyer said, this winter is different. "I've been at St. Patrick Center for seven years, and this is the first time that we are seeing that our supplies, such as our pantry or those winter weather items, are going so quickly," she said.