IDignity (Website) and Homeless Services Network of Central Florida (Website) will once again host their annual recognition of homeless persons who passed away during the year at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 13 at Heritage Square Park in front of the Orange County Regional History Center.
The Annual Homeless Person’s Memorial Service is a public event where the names of homeless persons who died that year are read aloud, after which a bell will ring and a dove will be placed on a memorial tree in memory of their passing.
This service is held near the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, in recognition of the difficulties that nighttime causes for those who have no home. For many of those recognized, this service is the only memorial of their passing.
