As temperatures soar to 100 degrees today, many folks have been trying to make sure those in need are well taken care of.

In Toms River, several dozen homeless people have just been notified to remove all their belongings from public spaces.

Members of the Toms River Township Police Department handed out fliers to the people staying inside the municipal parking garage. The fliers notified that as of June 26, all items within 48 hours on public spaces will be removed and stored at the township public works department.

The township is offering free transportation of any items currently on public property to any private place of shelter or storage facility an unhoused individual has made arrangements with.

As News 12 was preparing to show the work the volunteers have taken on, members of the township police handed out the flyers to the people inside the garage trying to stay out of the heat; on it, they were given the warning that by the end of the week, anything left on public property will be removed.

Meanwhile, during the heat wave, volunteers from advocacy groups and members of the public continue to drop off coolers, cases of water, ice, food, and snacks. The notice to remove the items comes less than a week after the township removed items from the garage last Thursday. Advocates say it was their personal belongings while Mayor Dan Rodrick said the items were being left from a U-Haul truck almost daily.

“A lot of outside vendors, churches, etc. Just believe even law enforcement Sheriff's Department have supported us. Came out to give us water ice dealing with the temperatures,” said Michael Rizzuto, an advocate speaking on behalf of the unhoused staying in the garage.

Toms River Mayor Dan Rodrick told News 12 last week he's simply following the town ordinance which prohibits personal items stored on township property.

In a statement released today, Mayor Rodrick said:

”These unfortunate people and their belongings are being brought to Toms River by nonprofits to be used as political pawns in an ongoing lobbying effort for a homeless shelter. Given the heat wave - we will allow these folks and their belongings to remain for 48 hours until the heat wave passes. After that we will enforce our township ordinance. I am also asking residents of Toms River to reach out to their county commissioners and ask them to stop using the Ocean County Library as a soup kitchen and day shelter for the county's homeless.”