Hundreds of Denver's homeless were offered free movie or museum tickets in advance of the Aug. 25-28 Democratic presidential nomination convention to be held in the Colorado town.
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, a local charity, said Wednesday that it plans to get 500 movie tickets as well as passes to the Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and other cultural facilities for those homeless people.
Bus tickets will be provided for events beyond walking distance, said John Parvensky, the charity's president.
Many day-shelters will have expanded hours during the convention, and big screen TVs are being donated to some shelters so patrons can watch convention goings-on without being caught up in the mayhem.
"We're trying to let folks know what activities are planned, and what other places they'll be able to go without being harassed," Parvensky said.
A two-day voter registration drive is also planned at shelters and health clinics to ensure that metro area homeless people have access to the polls in November's general election.
Backers of the plan say it's a more sanitary and humane way to take care of people.
But not everyone buys it. "It just sounds like another way to get rid of them," said Kayne Coy, 17, who volunteers feeding the homeless twice a week in the city.
The four-day Democratic convention will formally nominate Senator Barack Obama of Illinois as the party's presidential candidate and adopt a political platform for the general election.
Source:Xinhua
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