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At the Compassion Services Center in the International District, puppies splashed about in kiddie pools while their unhoused owners relaxed in the shade on Tuesday, the hottest day of the year so far in Albuquerque. Temperatures climbed to 103 degrees that day, placing the city under an excessive heat warning.

The center, which is the only 24-hour homeless shelter in the International District, has opened its doors as a cooling center during the ongoing heatwave. The shelter now offers meals, hydration, air-conditioning, showers, beds and even recreational activities to the population most vulnerable to heat induced illness: the unhoused.

The center even cares for pets, providing water, food and a safe place to play.

鈥淓veryone you see on the streets, comes here,鈥� said Liane Gallegos, who sat enjoying peach tea and a sandwich with her husband under the center鈥檚 shade tent, 鈥渙n this side of Central, anyways.鈥�

She and her husband, Michael Gallegos, have been experiencing homelessness since their apartment complex shut down. They鈥檙e currently living out of a mobile trailer and go to the center every day, not just for meals and a cool place to rest but for companionship, too.

Pastor Joanne Landry, who runs the center with the help of a few staff members and her sons, is spoken about in an almost reverential tone.

鈥淟ike I said, she knows us all personally,鈥� Laine Gallegos said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e able to come and have somebody to talk to, no matter what.鈥�

In mid-August, Landry will officiate the Gallegos鈥� vow renewals in the center鈥檚 garden, lush with sunflowers and surrounded by turquoise blue murals.

鈥淭here鈥檚 been a couple times (while) I鈥檝e been here and I鈥檝e felt like relapsing and I feel like no matter what I can go to pastor Joanne and let her know my problems,鈥� said Andre Burwell, who has been sober for the three weeks he鈥檚 been at the center. 鈥淎nd she does it with an open ear and an open heart and that鈥檚 the reason I stay.鈥�

Landry affectionately calls Burwell 鈥淗atchet-man鈥� because when they first met Landry had to call the police on a woman attempting to strike him with a hatchet, but Burwell refused to strike back. Burwell showed up at the center that night, and Landry recognized him and called out 鈥淗atchet man!鈥�

They鈥檝e been friends ever since, Landry said.

Burwell would eventually end up in jail with a one-year sentence. Burwell called Landry every week and she answered even when she was in the hospital for cancer treatment or on vacation.

The center, which Landry estimated gives out at least 400 meals a day, began humbly on a street corner with a bag full of candy.

Fourteen years ago, Landry started handing out candy and water bottles to those experiencing homelessness outside of the Interfaith Bible Center in the International District. More and more people began arriving, seeking shelter at the church.

鈥淎nd then we knew that they needed more,鈥� Landry said.

Now, her mission to provide for her unhoused neighbors has grown into the center with help from the city and other benefactors.

The city donated an old Albuquerque Public Schools building across the street from the church, where Landry opened the center, first as a day shelter.

In winter 2021, Landry was concerned about people who had to leave the center when it closed and sleep in the frigid temperatures at a park nearby.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 when I went to the city and I said, 鈥楬elp me save their lives,鈥� 鈥� Landry said, 鈥淏ecause they can鈥檛 live out there. They鈥檙e gonna die.鈥�

The city provided additional funding that December, which allowed Landry to open up a 30-person emergency night shelter and hire a security guard.

鈥淭he Center is helping to meet the immediate needs for food, safety, and shelter for our unhoused neighbors while also providing connections to resources needed to exit homelessness,鈥� said Elizabeth Holguin, the deputy director of Homeless Solutions, in a news release last year.

But not everyone approves of the center. Last Saturday, Albuquerque police arrived because they had received a call that someone planned on 鈥渟hooting up鈥� the center, Landry said. The man suspected of making the call was taken to the hospital by police, she said.

Landry believes the caller was a mentally ill man who lived in a house nearby. But this was far from the first time Landry and her guests have been threatened.

Prior to Saturday, someone shot several rounds into the sidewalk outside of the center, Landry said, which caused her to fear for the safety of her guests and move everyone indoors.

Landry said people have also thrown rocks at unhoused people around the center.

While there are, as Landry described, 鈥渉omeless haters,鈥� there are also compassionate community members donating their time and money to the center.

Last December, the Boy Scouts of America built a wooden shade structure at the center and purchased all the required supplies. Donations from other community members and churches allowed the center to purchase bunk beds, which expand its capacity to 50 people each night.

While people rotate through the night shelter as it operates primarily on a first-come, first-serve basis, there are seven long-term residents there, one of whom is Cyndi Lucas. Lucas became homeless when her son-in-law鈥檚 new job fell through.

鈥淲e all had to go into the shelter. For about two weeks, I took care of my grandchildren there. And then they decided to get an RV and go back to Las Cruces and just left me here,鈥� Lucas said in a broken voice. 鈥淗ere I feel like I can go back home.鈥�