MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — A local church and doctors with UAB’s Street Psychiatry program teamed up Wednesday night to help unhoused residents in northwest Montgomery as temperatures dipped into the 40s.

Volunteers from Wesley Church’s Tuesday Morning Men’s Bible Study group grilled dozens of burgers, providing a hot meal to about 60 people facing food insecurity. At the same time, Dr. Will Rutland, residency director at the UAB Montgomery Campus, demonstrated how to use Narcan — a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses caused by drugs like heroin and fentanyl.

“We wanted to come in and do what we could to educate the population about how to use it to save a life if they get the chance,” Rutland said. “We did that around some good-looking burgers and a lot of fun people, s

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