Tent City4 is now located at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Redmond: 10526 166th Ave. NE. Phone is: 425-8834685. To sign up to serve a meal:TC4meals@yahoo.org. They will move to Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue on July 23.
Bruce, who has served as camp coordinator, counselor, and camp bouncer, is leaving Tent City4. He used to say he would stay until he died, but a lady named Robin has changed his mind. They could use our help to find a one bedroom or studio apartment. Costs need to be low hopefully with no large deposit or full last month’s rent. If you have such an apartment, please call Bruce at Tent City4 206-618-3901.
Needs:
Paper cups
Paper bowls
Paper plates
Mayo
Butter
Lunch meat
Tuna (in 7 oz cans)
Mustard
Chili
Coffee & creamer
sugar
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St. Hilda St. Patrick Episcopal Church is collecting all those unused ballcaps that may be hiding in your closets for Tent City 4 Eastside homeless camp. Men’s or women’s, any size, with any sort of logo are fine. They are also collecting gently used jackets and rainwear, all adult sizes welcome.
Ballcaps keep the sun off resident’s heads and protect their eyes from direct rays. Jackets keep them warm and dry while waiting for buses and walking to their jobs.
Please bring any of these items you wish to donate to St. Hilda St. Patrick 15224 52nd Avenue W. Edmonds, WA 98026-4304 by June 12, the Feast of Pentecost. Mark them for “TC4″.
Thank you!
Dear friends of Tent City 4,
Some of you will remember Bruce Thomas who was the camp advisor of Tent City 4 for many years. Bruce now has a lady-friend, Robin, and they are ready to leave tent city. Bruce and Robin hope to find a place near Issaquah, but are not yet able to move into market rate housing.
If you know of a house-sitting opportunity or of someone who could offer them transitional shelter, please contact me (by email or phone numbers below).
–
Elizabeth Maupin, M.Div.
coordinator of Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition
elimaupin@gmail.com
206 453 3903 (home)
206 478 3899 (cell)
Tent City 4 is now located at St. Jude’s Catholic Church 10526 166th Ave NE Redmond, WA Phone 425-883-7685
Donations are coming in; however, they are running out of many items. They have asked me to send out the whole list. Some items usually supplied by SHARE are not coming in as their funds have been severely cut.
Asterisk items are needed most
*Checks for Bus Tickets: Make checks out to SHARE and deliver to the camp or send to me and I will get them there. Sandi Hunt 8316 NE 143rd ST Bothell, WA 98011. They get bus tickets Twenty cents on the dollar discount when they get them from SHARE. Sixty percent of the camp works part or full time, others need bus tickets to get to job interviews, Dr’s appointments etc.
* Copy paper for their computer. 8 ½” X 11” This allows folks to print their resumes.
* Checks to SHARE for Bus tickets
* Paper plates
* Paper Cups
* Paper Bowls
Plastic Forks
* Plastic Spoons
Plastic Knives
* Paper Towels
Paper Napkins
Hand Sanitizer
Towels
Blankets
Scrubby Sponges
Sandwich bags
Ziploc bags qt & gal
* Garbage Bags 55 gal.
Razors
Shave Cream
Deodorant
Tooth Brushes
Tooth Paste
Shampoo (large bottles are fine)
Conditioner
Bath soap
Laundry Soap
Dryer Sheets
Milk
* Sugar
* Hot Cereal (individual servings)
Cold Cereal (big boxes are fine)
Sandwich bread
Lunch meat
Cheese
Butter
Jam
Mayo
Mustard
Catsup
Chili and other canned main dishes
Cup of Soup
Top Ramin
Soups (they get a lot of tomato)
Juice
* Coffee
Creamer
Tea and herbal tea
Hot Chocolate
Cider Mix
Lemonade mix
Ice Tea Mix
Cold and Flu Meds
Batteries AA AAA D
Baseball caps
Coats
Men’s and Women’s clothing
Jeans all sizes men’s and women’s
Men’s and Women’s Underwear
Socks (tube sox fit everyone)
Shoes suitable for hard work
Combs and Brushes
Hair Ties
Rice Bags (dry rice in a tube sock)
Note cards, paper, envelopes and stamps
Sleeping bags
Tents and Tarps
Plywood
“Blue Ice” refreezeables for the coolers
It’s heartening to know that this site is providing value to the tent City 4 community and the people that love them. Here’s a note from Carmen about how it impacts her. Thanks Carmen! If you’d like to subscribe to get updates, click on the link on the upper right.
Hi Admin volunteer: I subscribe to the TC-4 blog, because I live in California, and my brother is a homeless resident of TC-4. I depend on your blog for updates so I can send care packages to my brother who has difficulty keeping in touch. I just want to express my gratitude that you make these updates to the blog, so that we can at least keep up to date with where our loved ones are.
Bless you for your work on this project.
Cheers, Carmen Allan, California
New Location Information
Tent City has moved to St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Redmond and still looking for a site to stay at in June. The address and phone are: 10526 166th Ave NE Redmond, WA, Phone: 425-883-7685 Fax 425-881-2207
New Meal Coordinators and Serving Opportunities
The meal coordinators are Ann Gugat and Mary Wirth. There are some open dates coming up way too soon. If you can get your group together to make a meal for one of these dates call 425-941-8571 or go to TC4meals@yahoo.com and let them know. Open dates needing immediate filling are Monday May 2, May 29, May 30 and May 31. Fill that date May 2 and I am sure you can pick a prize from the donations tent at Tent City4. I will tell Vaughn to expect you.
Needs List
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via St. Hilda St. Patrick Episcopal Church
On Maundy Thursday of Holy Week, we were able to provide some much needed supplies to Tent City 4, who was in the process of moving. Here is the witness provided by the one who delivered the supplies:
Tent City 4 was moving from Kirkland Congregational to St. Jude Catholic Church in Redmond. They are now over-capacity with 102 residents. The current economic conditions are taking their toll. Home foreclosures are forcing many prior homeowners out into the rental market and driving rental fees higher and further out of grasp for many.
I rode my big motorcycle to work today and when I arrived at Kirkland Congregational / Tent City my hard bags and soft luggage were stuffed like cornucopias. As I walked up to the security tent, Jeff, the Kirkland camp move captain, Allen, the St Jude camp move captain, and Vaughan, the camp counselor were discussing the dilemma they were facing with shortages of move materials – and how they could possibly tweak here and there to compensate.
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via Redmond Patch by Jeanne Gustafson Sunny skies contributed to a smooth setup Saturday as a crew of residents and volunteers transported Tent City 4 from Kirkland’s Congregational Church to St. Jude Parish in Redmond.
The City of Redmond has granted St. Jude and Tent City 4 a 90-day permit to host the homeless encampment on the church’s Education Hill property. This is the third time Tent City 4 has been located at the church since its launch in 2004.
The encampment is part of a larger Tent City program across King County that is sponsored and managed by the Seattle Housing and Resources Effort and the Women’s Housing Equality and Enhancement League (SHARE/WHEEL).
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These pics are from last month. Thanks to Rotary Club of Kirkland! Learn about what it takes to serve a meal at Tent City 4
Tent City4 moves to St. Jude’s Catholic Church next Saturday! The address is 10526 166th Ave. NE Redmond, Wa 98052.
For the move they need:
Duct tape
Twine
Nylon rope
8 penny nails ( a box if possible)
33 gallon Trash bags (Every camper’s belongings go into labeled trash bags to move)
½” EMT conduit (they need 200feet of it to make their fence.)
Work gloves
Coffee
Creamer
Sugar
Milk
Packages of hot cereal mix
They could use some folks to ferry workers from one site to the other. Move out begins at 5:30am! Call camp if you want to know when you will be needed: 206-618-3901.
Any available youth, scouts, and willing adults can help in setting up the community tents.
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