2020-01-27 18:12
Camp Unity Eastside is now [as of January 27, 2020] located at St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, 17856 NE Woodinville Duvall Rd. THANK YOU to the 24+ volunteers who helped… Read More
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Greater Seattle Cares ("GSC") envisions a world without homelessness in which communities come together to promote a better quality of life for those in need.
2019-03-20 21:38
What makes snow beautiful to us? I often wonder whether we would find it so pretty if we weren’t able to get warm and dry. During the recent snow event, at Tent City 3, many tents coll… Read More
2019-02-18 03:23
It’s time again on March 1 and 2 to move Camp Unity Eastside! We depend on volunteers like you to help us in packing, moving and setting up the community and personal tents, plat… Read More
2018-05-03 15:43
What’s New? Camp MovesTent City 3 is moving this weekend to the “Church by the Side of the Road, “located at 3455 S. 148th St. Tukwila WA 98168.Camp United We Stand is pla… Read More
2018-03-02 18:00
What’s New?Camp MovesWe are happy to report that Camp United We Stand has had their stay at St. Dunstan’s church in Shoreline extended until May. The will move to the Haller Lake… Read More
2018-01-19 18:00
Greater Seattle Cares: What’s New?Our GSC BoardWe are excited to introduce two new Board Members. Alice Marshall is our new Board president and brings many years of experience working… Read More
2017-07-27 06:14
By Christy Houghton Christopher CarterOn a chilly Sunday morning last spring, I sat down with Christopher Carter, one of the residents at Camp United We Stand (CUWS). After graciously a… Read More
2017-07-07 00:02
By Christy HoughtonI signed up for Homeless Advocacy 101, a workshop sponsored by the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH), to learn something new about helping the homeless… Read More
2017-06-08 17:55
By Christy HoughtonAdditional Property for Camp Second ChanceThere were only 14 residents at Camp Second Chance before the city added another parcel of land in March, making room to grow. Th… Read More
2017-05-04 15:03
Last week you heard from Greater Seattle Cares blogger Christie Houghton about the wonderful new partnership between GSC, Medical Teams International, and the Husky Health Bridge: together w… Read More
2017-04-27 15:27
By Christy HoughtonWho likes to go to the dentist? Nobody I know! But Greater Seattle Cares (GSC) and Medical Teams International (MTI) have a new partner that is helping make that visit to… Read More
2017-04-06 17:11
Recently Greater Seattle Cares volunteer David Baum did a radio interview with Mind over Matters of KEXP 90.3 FM.David is the founder of his own non-profit called Rumblecrash, and in this ar… Read More
2017-03-29 15:44
Dear friends of Tent City 3, Tent City 3 moved last weekend to private land on the southeast corner of S 129th St. and Martin Luther King Way, an easy jump off of I-5. Many residents abando… Read More
2017-03-23 14:00
By Christy Houghton 8:00 AM"Camp United We Stand, it's 8 AM on Move Day!", someone shouts from the middle of the homeless encampment. "Camp United We Stand, it's 8 AM on Move Day!… Read More
2017-02-23 23:38
By Christy Houghton I’m a new writer for Greater Seattle Cares (GSC). This is my first article. Before volunteering with GSC, my experience with the homeless came from the… Read More
2017-02-19 20:37
02/19/17: Camp Unity Eastside needs the following. If you can provide any of these items, please drop them off at Camp Unity Eastside, St. Jude Parish, or call Greater Seattle Cares to… Read More
2017-02-06 21:04
Shoreline City Council was considering passing an ordinance that would have made hosting an encampment nearly impossible for most churches in Shoreline.GSC's President, Cindy Roat, wrote an… Read More
2017-02-06 20:35
Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness is conducting workshops on Advocacy!Per their website,Our workshops are fun! We'll discuss the funding proposals for shelter, housing, and sup… Read More
2017-01-24 04:52
Highlighting homelessness in the Puget Sound Camp Second Chance gets a second chance When Camp Second Chance moved onto unpermitted public land on Meyers Way in July of 2016, the n… Read More
2016-11-20 04:36
To all our faithful supporters! Two of our camps have some special needs. Can you help? If so, you can deliver directly to the camps, deliver to our President’s home in Shoreline, or w… Read More
2016-09-30 23:35
SHARE's Shelter Board has asked us to share this information:The Shelter Boardpresents the14thAnnual Harvest Auctionand DinnerSaturday, October 8 Doors open at 3:30pmMountaineers Club7700 S… Read More
2016-09-30 23:34
Jack London, in 1903, wrote a book titled, "People of the Abyss."You can find it here. It includes pictures -- black and white, but pictures -- of the deplorable conditions found there.In ov… Read More
2016-08-30 03:00
Here are the current locations of the camps we formally support and some needs that we are aware of.Please remember when the weather gets hot, that all the camps can use ice.Tent City 3 (TC3… Read More
2016-08-22 22:53
Tent City 3 is moving, August 27, 2016, from St. Joseph's on Capitol Hill, to George Center for Community on 125th Street.They're going to need help! Call 206-448-7889 or 206-399-0412 for mo… Read More
2016-08-12 20:17
I'm not sure this really needs explanation.You don't need a home to vote Read More
2016-06-13 22:40
Tent City 3 is moving on June 18! to St. Joseph's Catholic Parish on Capitol Hill (19th & Aloha).Moving is one of the hardest things any camp has to do, and the larger it is, the ha… Read More
2016-05-05 16:40
A big thank you to everyone who Gave BIG yesterday (and the day before)!Greater Seattle Cares raised $2,130!Seven donors contributed, and we met our matching grant challenge.With this financ… Read More
2016-04-25 17:45
The Seattle Times ran this story on April 13.The story: "The tech giant will let Mary’s Place, a nonprofit dedicated to helping homeless women and their families, run a shelter ho… Read More
2016-04-22 19:07
Greater Seattle Cares is participating inGiveBIG this year.On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Greater Seattle Cares is joining thousands of nonprofits in the Puget Sound area in raising money to help… Read More
2016-04-13 17:52
The 3 camps we formally support have all recently moved.Here are their new locations and some of their immediate needs and concerns:Tent City 3 (TC3) University Congregational United Ch… Read More
2016-04-13 17:26
The National Alliance to End Homelessness has issued its 2016 report on the State of Homelessness in America. You can download it here.Overall, homelessness in America decreased by 2%… Read More
2016-04-01 23:02
SHARE has established Tent City 6 around the King County Administration Building, in protest of King County's decision not to fund encampments (although they did establish a contract with Bi… Read More
2016-04-01 22:33
Camp Dearborn is staying at 2314 E Spring St, at Umoja Fest Peace Center.Yesterday, they and the primary tenant received a notice of eviction. A picture of it is shown (it's posted on the Fa… Read More
2016-03-22 22:44
SHARE is having financial troubles again.From sharewheel.org:... although we have been working on this to get more funding our efforts have fallen on deaf ears. ...Unfortunately, we ha… Read More
2016-03-19 16:00
What's the Number One need of the homeless?At a conference on March 11 in Tukwila, a number of leaders from cities around King County asked that question of three formerly homeless people.An… Read More
2016-03-19 06:18
News of "Occupy Camp Dearborn"We knew what was going to happen as soon as we heard the news. The Dearborn location of Nickelsville decided to fire Scott Morrow (he was their staff person) an… Read More
2016-03-19 05:43
Are the homeless all drug addicts?In 1989, 75% of a particular population group reported being addicted to drugs1. In2003, the studies said 38% of the homeless regularly used drugs2.&nb&hell…Read More
2016-03-19 05:42
Why Housing First?Why do the supporters of Housing First believe that substance abuse should not be a bar to housing?The Housing First model originated with a psychologist who discovered tha… Read More
2016-03-19 05:41
In 2013, a report about homelessness was presented to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. You can find a copy of it here. There's a pile of data in that report, and it's very interesting… Read More
2016-03-09 20:23
It is not easy to make a noticeable dent in the homelessness that plagues Seattle, but with the help of the community around you, one can make a difference.A few months ago, Olivia Dunkley a… Read More
2016-03-09 20:14
Greater Seattle Cares Board members participated in the one night count. The count has gone up from the year before by 21%. A lot of effort is made to make the count accurate.We know that… Read More
2016-03-09 19:31
From the Press Release by Columbia Legal Services:HB-1682 will make Washington the first state in the nation to implement a new and innovative grant program to promote the creation of state… Read More
2016-03-08 00:55
Saturday was a special day at Tent City 3.Medical Teams International once again brought their mobile dental clinic to the camp.Under the skillful coordination of MTI Royalty Ellen Broyles… Read More
2016-03-05 23:12
Seattle reports that 60% of people in “unauthorized homeless camps” refuse shelter. A question many people ask is this: “Why don’t they go into shelter? Are they… Read More
2016-02-22 00:47
I hear from the residents of Tent City 3 that the camp has found a host for March 5 -- the University Congregational United Church of Christ, at 4515 16th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105.Nickelsvi… Read More
2016-02-15 00:54
The qualifications in King County for Basic Food recently changed.Before January, 2016, anyone in the county below a certain income threshold could obtain food stamps.After January, 2016, Ab… Read More
2016-02-14 21:44
Many homeless do not receive medical help until it's too late. Many of them are afraid to seek medical help, for fear they'll become victims of untoward medical experiments, or they'll get s… Read More
2016-02-13 09:48
A common thought I see repeated by many commenters is that Seattle is a magnet for the homeless because it is "soft" on the homeless.Salt Lake City puts the chronically homeless in housing… Read More
2016-02-13 09:47
What causes homelessness?There is one cause and that's the lack of affordable housing. But what causes people to be unable to afford housing?There's a long list:Greedy landlords raise the re… Read More
2016-02-13 09:47
The One Night Count found 4,505 people living outside in King County. 2,942 of those were in Seattle proper.In Seattle, that's only a 4.5% increase. Some news stories make much of this, like… Read More
2016-02-05 23:03
Today I went to a City Council committee meeting, convened by Sally Bagshaw, of a number of homeless service providers and homeless advocates from the City of Seattle. The Human Services Dep… Read More
2016-02-03 17:36
4,505 homeless outside in King CountyPhoto from wikimedia commons, of people sleeping in Steinbrueck Park(I added the number). Original photo by Joe Mabel, 2011.That's how many we coun… Read More
2016-02-03 17:36
Photo from wikimedia commons, of people sleeping in Steinbrueck Park(I added the number). Original photo by Joe Mabel, 2011.This may be in the "more than you wanted to know" department.The O… Read More
2016-01-28 04:49
The King County Medical Examiner's report on homeless deaths in 2015 can be found here.There were 91.6 were homicides. I count 28 that I can link directly to drugs and alcohol (acute toxicit… Read More
Mayor Murray To Deliver Special Televised Address On Homelessness Tuesday Evening On Seattle Channel
2016-01-26 18:11
2016-01-25 05:44
Tent City 4 is moving to Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish on February 6, 2016. Moving an encampment is hard. It's the hardest thing SHARE/WHEEL's tent cities do. They're like… Read More
2016-01-23 19:02
Does helping people harm them?This has been discussed in connection with foreign aid programs, parenting, and helping the poor. Peter Greer of Hope International talks about it with Forbes M… Read More
2016-01-12 02:54
Everett Housing forum hosted Lloyd Pendleton at their November meeting.He is the architect of the efforts in Utah that housed 98% of their homeless population.We can learn a lot from their… Read More
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