Homeless Count relies heavily on volunteers

Teamwork was in full swing Wednesday night as a mostly volunteer crowd gathered at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to conduct an all night visual count of the homeless population.

Mayor Richard Bloom opened City Hall’s annual Homeless Count, apologizing for the lateness of the hour and thanking the volunteers for attending.

“You are the ones really playing an important role here tonight,” he said.

–snip– Santa Monica resident Shahad Shamji was one of many members of Ismaili Community Engaged in Responsible Volunteering (i-CERV), an Islamic community organization, who volunteered for the count.

This was not the first time that members of i-CERV had been present, and it probably won’t be the last, Shamji said. Shamji attended the 2011 Homeless Count, he added, but this was the first time he had led a team.

“It added to the responsibility,” he said.

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