Wood-burning stove

Hidden homeless camps in winter

Winter hits West Michigan homeless camps hard. Tent camps on an island in the Grand River and along the river are empty. But the North Camp in Walker is thriving. (Dec. 31, 2012)

A homeless man who calls himself Cookie has a wood-burning stove in the make-shift home he built for himself in one of the Grand Rapids-area homeless camps.

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Wood-burning stove

A homeless man who calls himself Cookie has a wood-burning stove in the make-shift home he built for himself in one of the Grand Rapids-area homeless camps.

Credit: WOOD TV8/Ken Kolker

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Hidden homeless camps in winter

Winter hits West Michigan homeless camps hard. Tent camps on an island in the Grand River and along the river are empty. But the North Camp in Walker is thriving. (Dec. 31, 2012)

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