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Cleanup under the bridge fosters fellowship among volunteers, homeless
Effort started in reaction to flooding issues at Queen City bridge encampment
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Jerry Deyton, pastor of The Way ministry in the industrial area of Gainesville, helps clean up debris under the Queen City Bridge, where flooding devastated a homeless encampment.
Standing atop a pile of ruined, waterlogged mattresses stuffed into a big dumpster gave Hines a new perspective on the devastation that recently visited the homeless camp beneath the Queen City Bridge in Gainesville. “This is family,” the 60-year-old longtime resident of the camp said while looking out on the 15 or so volunteers who showed up Friday morning to help clean up. “God gonna take care of the bridge.”