Lending a Helping Hand
Friday, July 29, 2011 To Temple B’nai Torah 15727 NE 4th St. Bellevue, WA 98008
If so, please ask the person on the desk for details. Phone 206-618-3901
We need drivers, clean up crew, movers, and more. Read more »
We now have a production manager for the recipe book. Please let us know ASAP how many books we can depend on you or your organization sell at $12. . This will allow us to establish a beginning print number. We want recipes to show the quantity to serve. We will include recipes for 2, 4, and up all the way to ones that serve 100. We are not limiting this to only recipes you have prepared for TC4. This book needs to appeal to a large variety of cooks so we can use it to raise funds for TC4.
You can start sending in recipes to www.typensave.com/ on the internet. There you will need to log in.
There will be three boxes. Enter your name as contributor, then group is TC4 and password is kpty3.
ALL QUESTIONS NEED TO GO TO NYLA AT: 425-298-3250 or tc4cookbook@gmail.com. I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN UNTIL JULY 23RD.
Via Kirkland Patch – By Venice Buhain
Tent City 4, a homeless encampment that travels to churches and other houses of worship throughout the Eastside, has gotten the OK to move to Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue later this month.
There is a required 21-day appeal period that ends July 28, which means that the permit would allow Tent City IV to move to Temple B’nai Torah on 15727 NE 4th St. as soon as July 29.
Tent City 4 has been operating since 2004 and has been hosted by houses of worship in Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Mercer Island, and Woodinville throughout the years, usually camping on the grounds on 90-day encampment permits. Tent City 4 is currently at St. Jude Parish in Redmond.
It has been a long time since we had to order tents. The Gigatents we order are lasting over 2 years. Compared to any other tent we have ordered that have lasted only 3 to 6 months. Unfortunately we still need to replace some tents. I just sent the order in for 6 of the 8’ X 10’ tents and 2 of the 8’X8’ tents.
The cost plus shipping (shipping alone is $300.) is 797.67. If you can help with these costs please send a check to Kirkland Interfaith Network with Tent City4 in the notation space. Those checks can be sent with your KIN rep. if your church is a part of KIN otherwise please send the checks in care of Sandra Hunt at 8316 NE 143rd St. Kirkland, WA 98034. Remember to make the checks to KIN or Kirkland Interfaith Network, not to me. Call me, Sandi Hunt, if this is unclear to you at 425-823-1629.
We have put a hold on doing the recipe book until we can find someone with the time to manage the project. We hated to put it on the back burner; unfortunately none of the volunteers were able commit the time it would take. Without the cookbook email is the only method I have until the holiday fairs to raise the money needed for tents and tarps. Read more »
Tent City 4, a tarp-clad encampment for up to 100 homeless people, is due to return to Issaquah in October.
Community Church of Issaquah congregants voted June 19 to allow Tent City 4 to settle on the church’s parking lot, Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition member Elizabeth Maupin said the day after the decision. Under the arrangement, the church provides space and the Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition coordinates volunteers and support for Tent City 4.
The camp also settled in the city in August 2007 and January 2010. Tent City 4 remains in a place for 90 days, and then residents pack up and relocate to another Eastside church.
By SAMANTHA PAK
Redmond Reporter Reporter
As a firefighter with the Redmond Fire Department, Mike Hilley is trained to respond to emergency situations and give medical help to anyone who may need it.
But even as a first responder, factors such as traffic and limited-access roadways may prevent him and his colleagues from arriving on the scene as quickly as needed. An individual needing medical attention may not have those extra few minutes.
Temple B’nai Torah is holding a public meeting later this month to talk about Tent City 4 which they’re hosting beginning July 23rd.
Meeting date: June 23, 2011 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Temple B’nai Torah
15727 NE 4th Street
Bellevue, WA 98008
425-603-9677
If you are interested in volunteering to help Temple B host Tent City 4, please contact them at TC4volunteer@TempleBnaiTorah.org.
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On June 19 the Community Church of Issaquah plans to vote on hosting Tent City 4 again. If the vote is yes (which we expect it will be), Tent City would be arriving in Issaquah on October 20.
CCI provides the space and the Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition provides the volunteers and financial support for the hosting. It is a cooperative venture. Steve Burk is willing to coordinate the meals again. So be thinking about when your congregation, other organization, kinship group, or bunch of pals might want to serve a meal. The slots go really fast in Issaquah!
If you would like to serve on the hosting committee or participate in a particular support project, please let me know what your interests and skills are. We hope to begin forming our committee soon after the church vote.
ISIC’s TC4 committee will be doing informational community meetings. Let me know of any group that is interested in knowing more about Tent City 4 and how it fits into the overall picture of homelessness in the current economy.
The shifting homeless encampment, Tent City 4 will return to Bellevue at the end of July.
Currently stationed in Redmond, the camp will move to Bellevue’s Temple B’nai Torah, located at 15727 Northeast Fourth Street on July 23, according to the Tent City 4 website. City planning documents show that the organizations that run the encampment, Seattle Housing and Resources Effort (SHARE) and Women’s Housing Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL), submitted a permit application this week.
The camp was created in May 2004 and limits itself to places of worship in eastern King County outside of Seattle. It has been housed in Bellevue several times since its creation, most recently in October 2009 at First United Methodist Church.
The encampment, which will house and feed approximately 100 residents for 90 days before moving on to its next location, garners extra law enforcement attention to make sure residents both of the camp and nearby neighborhoods are kept safe.
Via Issaquah Press By Warren Kagarise