St. Andrew Lutheran Church hopes to raise $175,000 for its winter homeless shelter for women and families. Read more… Source: The Columbian
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Is Vancouver’s Share ‘setting people up for failure’?
Tinisha Turner landed a job at Share, Vancouver’s largest homeless service provider, with hopes of offering others the same kind of support that changed her…
Sun, friends and nutrition: Summer meals program feeding kids in Vancouver parks
A line of kids started counting down the seconds until the clock struck noon Wednesday and they could get their free summer lunch at Evergreen…
Those living in west Vancouver’s decade-old ‘Share camp’ say they have nowhere else to go
Eleven-year-old Raina Troupe is used to winding through tents to get to her school bus stop along Jefferson Street in downtown Vancouver. Her family’s little…
‘We will never arrest our way out of homelessness’: Vancouver panel discusses criminalization
The Portland attorney who took a landmark case on homelessness to the U.S. Supreme Court calls fining people for sleeping outside “the leaf-blower approach.” Read…
Donated dump truck delivers for Share’s Talkin’ Trash program in Vancouver
A program that cleans up litter around Vancouver has received a heavy-duty donation that will boost efficiency: a dump truck. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Share Vancouver’s Summer Meal Program feeds thousands of Clark County children
Nine-year-old Otis Chase was excited to reread one of his favorite books, Pablo Cartaya’s “The Last Beekeeper.” But he needed to wolf down his lunch…