Sangamon Digest

With the Oasis Day Center closed, Pastor Phillip Cole has been serving meals to people experiencing homelessness at Decatur’s Central Park on Sundays, when other agencies are closed, WAND reports. He said the Oasis gave people a place to shower and wash clothes so they could look for and keep jobs.

The health department initially stopped the meals over food-safety concerns, but Cole said he has obtained a temporary permit to serve on site and plans to keep going every Sunday until the Oasis reopens.