@ Contact
Camp Second Chance gets at least 1 more year
on Myers Way – with church sponsorship
The city will lease the land currently being used for the camp to Fauntleroy Church, which will take on the camp as what its pastor
Rev. Leah Bilinski describes as a “missional outpost.”
-- West Seattle Blog provided images and a video 11/22/2019
on Myers Way – with church sponsorship
The city will lease the land currently being used for the camp to Fauntleroy Church, which will take on the camp as what its pastor
Rev. Leah Bilinski describes as a “missional outpost.”
-- West Seattle Blog provided images and a video 11/22/2019
Update: Camp Second Chance/Myers Way Village
Seattle.gov: November 22, 2019
Human Services Department releases performance data for first six months of 2019
Homeless Service Terminology
Community Advisory Committee Reports
Seattle.gov: November 22, 2019
Human Services Department releases performance data for first six months of 2019
Homeless Service Terminology
Community Advisory Committee Reports
Camp Second Chance gets at least 1 more year
on Myers Way – with church sponsorship
The city will lease the land currently being used for the camp to Fauntleroy Church, which will take on the camp as what its pastor
Rev. Leah Bilinski describes as a “missional outpost.”
-- West Seattle Blog provided images and a video 11/22/2019
on Myers Way – with church sponsorship
The city will lease the land currently being used for the camp to Fauntleroy Church, which will take on the camp as what its pastor
Rev. Leah Bilinski describes as a “missional outpost.”
-- West Seattle Blog provided images and a video 11/22/2019
Sound Foundations launches Go Fund Me campaign
for Camp Second Chance
$60,000 would build 19 tiny houses for the homeless
Mon, 02/18/2019 By Tomasz Biernacki
for Camp Second Chance
$60,000 would build 19 tiny houses for the homeless
Mon, 02/18/2019 By Tomasz Biernacki
Download PDF: Camp Second Chance FACT SHEET
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Camp Second Chance, Georgetown Village, and Othello Village can stay in place for at least six more months until September 2019, Seattle Human Services Department says https://westseattleblog.com/2019/03/camp-second-chance-can-stay-on-myers-way-parcels-at-least-six-more-months-city-says/ > https://homelessness.seattle.gov/update-regarding-camp-second-chance-georgetown-and-othello-villages/ |
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Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Meetings are held on most 1st Sundays at 2 PM at Arrowhead Gardens in B Building Community Room.
- CAC Minutes are at Seattle.gov
- To receive announcements, contact C2C CAC Chair <c2ccacchair@gmail.com>
- West Seattle Blog: Myers Way Parcels - Frequent updates on conditions and meetings.
Registering to Vote While Homeless
A local advocacy group is working to overcome the barriers to voting faced by people experiencing homelessness. New laws passed in Olympia after pressure from advocates are also making it easier to become a voter in Washington State.
A local advocacy group is working to overcome the barriers to voting faced by people experiencing homelessness. New laws passed in Olympia after pressure from advocates are also making it easier to become a voter in Washington State.
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Seattle City
Human Services Department: HSD Extends Permit for Camp Second Chance on Myers Way an additional 12 months, until March 2019 June 7, 2018 by Lily Rehrmann |
West Seattle Blog:
By Tracy Record - WSB editor CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Concerns, costs, data access discussed @ Community Advisory Committee February 7, 2019 West Seattle Blog:
By Tracy Record - WSB editor Would extending encampment’s stay be a broken promise, or ‘unique opportunity’? Here’s how Highland Park Action Committee’s ‘listening session’ went January 24, 2019 4:12 pm |
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CampSecondChance.org
CampSecondChance5@gmail.com 9701 Myers Way S, Seattle, WA 98108 Facebook | 206-578-6551 | Google Map (Legacy Website: Campers for Hire) Code of Conduct on Seattle.gov DONATIONS
Winter needs: Clothing in men’s and women’s sizes – “warm winter coats, insulated shirts and pants, socks, gloves/mittens, scarves, winter boots, long underwear (thermal), sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats” – plus blankets, sleeping bags, hand warmers.
Other needs: Food and kitchen gear; clothing; toiletries; office supplies; blankets and sleeping bags; flashlights; AA and AAA batteries; building materials and tools; hygiene products; volunteer housing advocates. More details in Camp's Needs List AG Residents: Leave your donations at the door of Nancy H. Apt 429A
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Meets monthly on 1st Sundays 2-4 PM at Arrowhead Gardens. Confirm meeting date and time with C2C CAC Chair <c2ccacchair@gmail.com> Josh Castle <jcastle@lihi.org> (206) 957-8067
Reported on West Seattle Blog: Myers Way Parcels Audio recording available on request.
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See also: West Seattle Community Event |
Contact City officials to speak up for Camp Second Chance: Ask to change municipal ordinance to increase time limit beyond two year maximum for permitted encampments that meet performance criteria. Cite the avoidable taxpayer expenses of moving encampments and the disruption of services. Put 'Myers Way' in subject lines. Mayor Jenny Durkan -- Phone: 206-684-4000 -- Email: jenny.durkan@seattle.gov Lisa Herbold City Council District 1 -- Phone: 206-684-8803 -- Email: Lisa.Herbold@seattle.gov Teresa Mosqueda City Council At-large M. Lorena González City Council At-large Human Services Departmet HSD -- Phone: 206-727-8496 -- Phone: 206-386-1001 -- Jason Johnson interim director -- Email: homelessness@seattle.gov Effective September 1, 2017
Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) is the city-contracted camp administrator. 2407 1st Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 443-9935 Josh Castle Volunteer and Advocacy Manager 206-957-8067 jcastle@LIHI.org Richard Horne LIHI Case Worker assigned to C2C Sharon Lee Executive Director City Contacts:
From Lisa Herbold
Three ways to file a complaint regarding (trash, needles, unsanctioned encampments, safety or RV/Car campers):
King County Board of Health
Camp Second Chance Mission Statement November 2017 1. To operate a transitional encampment which maintains a safe and stable physical and social environment to provide shelter for people experiencing homelessness. 2. To help people move into permanent housing (in accord with City of Seattle’s goal of moving 40 percent of camp residents to permanent housing within 90 days) by connecting them with casework and other resources. 3. To build an extended community around the camp including supporters, volunteers, donors, and “alumni” (former residents who have moved out of the camp into permanent housing). |
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More Resources
Data for Camp Second Chance
West Seattle Blog February 6-7, 2019 Lily Rehrmann of HSD replied to part of our followup inquiry: For the third quarter of 2018 (representing data from January 1 – September 30, 2018), Camp Second Chance had a rate of exits to permanent housing of 48%, meaning that of those households that exited CSC 48% entered permanent housing. This is the highest rate for all the permitted villages in the third quarter. The percentage represents 21 households entering permanent housing in the first 9 months of 2018. That didn’t answer the question of how a citizen would routinely access the data, so we repeated it. Rehrmann’s response: The best place for a constituent to ask a question about homelessness results and data is by contacting homelessness@seattle.gov. There is some data that HSD queries in the regular course of business when we report quarterly results, including the below question about exits to permanent housing that we can answer fairly quickly. Some data we don’t pull automatically each quarter and that may be best accessed through a PDR request. We can offer that advice through homelessness@seattle.gov. We report quarterly results at a system level to the Council and on our blog, but I realize that may not be the level of data that folks are interested in. https://homelessness.seattle.gov/human-services-department-releases-2018-first-quarter-results-from-investments/ https://humaninterests.seattle.gov/2018/10/08/results-housing-placements-up-35-in-the-first-six-months-of-2018/ https://humaninterests.seattle.gov/2018/12/19/city-funds-have-helped-more-people-enter-and-remain-in-housing-in-nine-months-than-all-of-2017/ Q1 Report to Council: http://seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=621168&GUID=737949A1-A0EF-4C29-8573-BB17EDED7749 Presentation: http://seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=6666471&GUID=BFABBAB7-0595-41DC-92DA-024E9E5113DC Q2 Report to Council: http://seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=640923&GUID=2F7439F0-4689-402D-8BB0-CC1264F275AE Presentation: http://seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=6656600&GUID=F1F50D25-8721-478B-912D-6E1FFBE7D5D6 FUNDING FOR TINY HOUSES: Arrowhead Gardens resident Diane asked Stenger to clarify the money that’s being spent on tiny houses at C2C. Reply: The church raised $21,000 starting in spring 2016, then through “momentum” of community and church, that “ballooned to $40,000, and we’re kicking off a campaign to raise another $60,000.” One house generally costs $2500 to $3000, Stenger said, depending on what kind of material donations are available, or how much is available at reduced prices. Patacara Community Services
(Note: Patacara was replaced by LIHI in 2017) Camp Second Chance is expanding Cooking for Camp Second Chance Volunteer to Cook Facebook:
Camp Second Chance Seattle Crosscut: Homeless in Seattle
A list of articles about housing the homeless. |
In The News
West Seattle Blog:
By Tracy Record - WSB editor ‘This is the model’: Camp Second Chance supporters gather to make their case for allowing it to stay January 21, 2019 10:22 pm Alki UCC & Friends Build Tiny Houses at Camp Second Chance ... a Look Back by Kathy Herigstad
Naming the people who make CSC tiny houses a reality West Seattle Blog:
By Tracy Record - WSB editor Will Camp Second Chance stay on Myers Way? December 5, 2018 West Seattle Blog:
By Tracy Record - WSB editor Short session for Camp Second Chance Community Advisory Committee November 4, 2018 West Seattle Blog:
What is and isn’t happening on east side of Myers Way post-cleanup, and more @ Camp 2nd Chance Community Advisory Committee October 7, 2018 West Seattle Blog: Housing challenges and other updates @ Camp Second Chance Community Advisory Committee August 6, 2018 More news stories
West Seattle Blog:
‘Camp Second Chance is operating well at this location’: City announces permit-extension decision June 7, 2018 West Seattle Blog - June 4, 2018
by Tracy Record - WSB Editor Camp Second Chance updates: More housing placement; renewal decision soon; unmet needs West Seattle Blog - May 6, 2018
By Tracy Record - WSB editor Policies vs. people, renewal wait, and what else happened at Camp 2nd Chance Community Advisory Committee meeting West Seattle Blog - March 9, 2018
By Tracy Record - WSB editor Change the encampment time-limit rules? That and more @ Camp Second Chance Community Advisory Committee Seattle Public Library providing hot-spots to sanctioned homeless encampments: Seattle Times Internet access changing life for some at Seattle tent cities Sunday March 18, 2018 Pages B1+B3 By Scott Greenstone @EverGreenstone Interview and photo at Camp Second Chance More details on SPL-Hotspot Quickstart Guide Google grant makes wi-fi ‘hotspot’ devices available for checkout at The Seattle Public Library ### Seattle Times Homeless Project
Read articles posted about the status of homelessness in Seattle/King County Region and around the country. West Seattle Blog - March 5, 2018
By Tracy Record - WSB editor CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Renewal, needs, changes, nearby cleanup, and more at Community Advisory Committee West Seattle Blog - Feb 5, 2018 By Tracy Record - WSB editor CAMP SECOND CHANCE UPDATES: Operator wants city to provide a daily meal; neighbors worry about the woods; and more West Seattle Blog - January 7, 2017
By Tracy Record WSB Editor Camp Second Chance: What its Community Advisory Committee heard during first meeting of 2018 West Seattle Blog - March 5, 2018
By Tracy Record - WSB editor CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Renewal, needs, changes, nearby cleanup, and more at Community Advisory Committee The monthly meeting of city-sanctioned encampment Camp Second Chance‘s Community Advisory Committee was complaint- and controversy-free this time around, though there was one big headline, as noted here earlier: The city has announced a March 20th community meeting as part of the process of renewing C2C’s permit to stay for a second year. continue reading ... West Seattle Blog - December 5, 2017
By Tracy Record WSB Editor Camp Second Chance Community Advisory Committee hears about ‘supertents,’ tiny houses, hiring (Meeting was 12/3/2017) West Seattle Blog - November 5, 2017
By Tracy Record WSB Editor Will Camp Second Chance get a second year? Question surfaces repeatedly at Community Advisory Committee meeting Camp Second Chance October Summary Report Prepared Nov. 5, 2017 by David B. Revised Code of Conduct - DRAFT November 4, 2017 LIHI Management Plan 2017-18 LIHI Service Management Plan 10/12/2017 Crosscut - October 25, 2017
Homelessness is Seattle’s public health crisis by Bill Daniell and Ben Danielson Q13 Fox October 12, 2017
Before the sweep: Inside Seattle’s debate over homeless encampments Posted by Brandi Kruse Includes a 6 minute video West Seattle Blog Oct 3, 2017
CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Transition to new operator ‘not very smooth sailing,’ advisory committee told By Tracy Record WSB editor White Center Now
MYERS WAY: Camp Second Chance Community Advisory Committee meets Sunday (10/1) Posted: September 29th, 2017 at 8:40 pm West Seattle Blog August 28, 2017 1:53 PM by Tracy Record WSB Editor CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Residents get drug-and-alcohol-free commitment from new operator LIHI; neighbors voice anger over the rest of Myers Way Real Change News Camp Second Chance splits with supporting nonprofit by Ashley Archibald | September 6th, 2017 ---------- C2C is transitioning it's administration from Patacara to LIHI. Politics and aspirations are described. "Mary Diederichs runs the donations tent at Camp Second Chance. Diederichs knows campers’ sizes and finds clothing for them." West Seattle Blog - August 28, 2017 By Tracy Record - WSB editor "CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Residents get drug-and-alcohol-free commitment from new operator LIHI; neighbors voice anger over the rest of Myers Way." (The meeting was organized by Community Advisory Committee, lead by Willow Fulton.) West Seattle Blog - August 24, 2017 By Tracy Record, WSB editor CAMP SECOND CHANCE: With operator change ahead, residents plead to keep their camp drug- and alcohol-free + Next CAC Meeting announcement West Seattle Blog - August 18, 2017 By Tracy Record, WSB editor Major changes at West Seattle’s city-sanctioned encampment Camp Second Chance West Seattle Blog - July 3, 2017 CAMP SECOND CHANCE: Community Advisory Committee talks ‘tiny houses’ while concert raises $ for them By Tracy Record Northwest Dharma News - March 2017 Breaking Chains and Building Bridges: Patacara Wins Contract for Homeless Camp White Center Now - February 2, 2017 Myers Way encampment: As-it-happened coverage of city-organized meeting |
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with Green Seattle Partnership.
Contact jon.jainga@seattle.gov
to help restore Myers Way Parcels
with Green Seattle Partnership.
Contact jon.jainga@seattle.gov
to help restore Myers Way Parcels
AERIAL VIEWS OF GREEN PLOTS AROUND ARROWHEAD GARDENS AND CAMP SECOND CHANCE
PDF CARD Transcript of Renewal Hearing
on March 20th, 2018 at Joint Training Facility:
Download/Read 44 Page PDF on Seattle.gov
on March 20th, 2018 at Joint Training Facility:
Download/Read 44 Page PDF on Seattle.gov
West Seattle Blog - March 21, 2018
By Tracy Record, WSB Editor
VIDEO: Camp Second Chance residents, neighbors tell their stories as city mulls letting encampment stay another year
By Tracy Record, WSB Editor
VIDEO: Camp Second Chance residents, neighbors tell their stories as city mulls letting encampment stay another year
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
6:30 PM - JTF Joint Training Facility, 9401 Myers Way South, Seattle, WA 98108 https://goo.gl/maps/8Pk4nvn9trx |
Renewal Hearing for
Camp Second Chance You can also submit comments thru April 5, 2018 by email: homelessness@seattle.gov (write "Myers Way" in the subject line) by phone: 206-727-8496 |
Arrowhead Gardens residents bring the gift of warmth - DEC 2017
West Seattle Blog
COMMUNITY GIVING: Arrowhead Gardens residents bring the gift of warmth to Camp Second Chance December 18, 2017 8:19 pm
COMMUNITY GIVING: Arrowhead Gardens residents bring the gift of warmth to Camp Second Chance December 18, 2017 8:19 pm
Every year for seven years now, residents of the Arrowhead Gardens senior-apartment complex collect socks as holiday-season gifts for people in need. This afternoon, they brought their gifts to folks living just blocks away, at the city-sanctioned encampment Camp Second Chance.
Left to right, in the photo above are CSC resident Melissa, AG’s CSC liaison Nancy, CSC manager Eric, and the AG sock-drive coordinator Diane Radischat.
Continue reading at WSB.
Continue reading at WSB.
cAMP SECOND CHANCE HOLIDAY PARTY - DECEMBER 2017
Camp Second Chance holiday party
December 23, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
701 Myers Way S, Seattle, WA 98108
via West Seattle Blog
December 23, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
701 Myers Way S, Seattle, WA 98108
via West Seattle Blog
The residents of Camp Second Chance are hosting a party and YOU are invited! Join us for an afternoon of music, food, and fun at Seattle’s friendliest authorized homeless encampment.
❖ We’ll provide: Cookies, coffee, tea, apple cider, and cocoa.
❖ Bring a potluck item: Finger foods and cookies to share,
❖ Or, bring items of warm clothing to donate: Coats, hats, gloves, socks, blankets, and
sleeping bags.
Come dance, listen, and sing under twinkling lights! Path With Art ’s house band, The Heuristics , will perform their signature combination of rock, blues, R&B, pop, soul, and funk. The Path with Art Singers will perform selections from their choral repertoire. Then, we’ll sing the afternoon away with Karaoke provided by JJ Stein from PwA.
Join us for this celebration of the holidays in the company of newfound friends!
This is a collaboration celebration! Co-hosts include: the residents of Camp Second Chance , neighbors and friends of the camp, Path With Art , the Low Income Housing Institute , Love Wins Love , and rumblecrash . Please carpool if you can and park north of the camp along Myers Way. The closest bus route is the #60, to Arrowhead Gardens, then walk up the hill to Camp, on the right/west side.
Path with Art— www.pathwithart.org is a nonprofit that uses creative engagement to transform the lives of people recovering from homelessness, addiction, and other trauma. PwA will donate 20 silkscreen solar-powered lanterns lovingly created by their community to Camp Second Chance.
❖ We’ll provide: Cookies, coffee, tea, apple cider, and cocoa.
❖ Bring a potluck item: Finger foods and cookies to share,
❖ Or, bring items of warm clothing to donate: Coats, hats, gloves, socks, blankets, and
sleeping bags.
Come dance, listen, and sing under twinkling lights! Path With Art ’s house band, The Heuristics , will perform their signature combination of rock, blues, R&B, pop, soul, and funk. The Path with Art Singers will perform selections from their choral repertoire. Then, we’ll sing the afternoon away with Karaoke provided by JJ Stein from PwA.
Join us for this celebration of the holidays in the company of newfound friends!
This is a collaboration celebration! Co-hosts include: the residents of Camp Second Chance , neighbors and friends of the camp, Path With Art , the Low Income Housing Institute , Love Wins Love , and rumblecrash . Please carpool if you can and park north of the camp along Myers Way. The closest bus route is the #60, to Arrowhead Gardens, then walk up the hill to Camp, on the right/west side.
Path with Art— www.pathwithart.org is a nonprofit that uses creative engagement to transform the lives of people recovering from homelessness, addiction, and other trauma. PwA will donate 20 silkscreen solar-powered lanterns lovingly created by their community to Camp Second Chance.
Emails from LISA HERBOLD 11-29-2017 REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH IN HOMELESS CAMPS
EMAIL FROM Patty Hayes 12-01-2017 REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH IN HOMELESS CAMPS
From: Hayes, Patty <Patty.Hayes@kingcounty.gov>
To: John Walling <wallingconsulting@gmail.com>,
"Burkland, Anne" <Anne.Burkland@kingcounty.gov>
cc: "Perez-Darby, Shannon" <Shannon.Perez-Darby@seattle.gov>,
"Herbold, Lisa" <Lisa.Herbold@seattle.gov>
Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:24 PM
Subject: RE: Follow-up request from Oct-24th Block Watch Ca
Good afternoon Mr. Walling and thank you CM Herbold. I’m connecting you to Anne Burkland who can assist in answering your questions. She is on vacation this week so can get in touch with you upon her return next week. Of note, Public Health has developed the guidelines that the City uses with the City sanctioned encampments. I’ve provided you a copy. The guidelines ensure that health and safety standards are met when the encampment is set up as well as the oversight organization appointed by the City. Thank you again for your email.
PDF: Sanctioned Homeless Encampments Initial Planning and Management Checklists
King County Board of Health
To: John Walling <wallingconsulting@gmail.com>,
"Burkland, Anne" <Anne.Burkland@kingcounty.gov>
cc: "Perez-Darby, Shannon" <Shannon.Perez-Darby@seattle.gov>,
"Herbold, Lisa" <Lisa.Herbold@seattle.gov>
Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:24 PM
Subject: RE: Follow-up request from Oct-24th Block Watch Ca
Good afternoon Mr. Walling and thank you CM Herbold. I’m connecting you to Anne Burkland who can assist in answering your questions. She is on vacation this week so can get in touch with you upon her return next week. Of note, Public Health has developed the guidelines that the City uses with the City sanctioned encampments. I’ve provided you a copy. The guidelines ensure that health and safety standards are met when the encampment is set up as well as the oversight organization appointed by the City. Thank you again for your email.
PDF: Sanctioned Homeless Encampments Initial Planning and Management Checklists
King County Board of Health
- Patty Hayes <Patty.Hayes@kingcounty.gov>
Director of Public Health — Seattle & King County - Anne Burkland <Anne.Burkland@kingcounty.gov>
Board of Health Administrator
Sanctioned Homeless EncampmentsInitial Planning and Management Checklists
Open house - july 2, 2017
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Camp Second Chance - July 2, 2017
Open House & Concert Benefit Photos by Nancy H. from Arrowhead Gardens Left: Tents on platforms Right: Tiny house under construction |
"Open house on Sunday at camp 2nd chance...very nice people...very nice time...impressive # of tiny homes...efficient system of chores" -- Nancy H.
Up to 50 tents on platforms will be replaced by tiny houses before the next snow season of 2017-18. |
Message from polly trout - April 28, 2017
Cross posted from Nextdoor.com 4-28-2017
Forwarding from Polly Trout - Patacara Community Services - http://patacara.org/ :
Dear Community:
Our next Community Advisory Committee Meeting for Camp Second Chance on Myers Way will be Sunday, May 7, 2-4 pm. We will meet at camp at 9701 Myers Way S. Seattle WA 98108. This will give everyone a chance to see recent improvements to the camp, like our potable water cistern and electricity! If the weather is fine and we have enough chairs, we will hold the meeting at the camp. If the weather is foul or we are short on chairs, then after the camp tour we will move to an indoor location. I have not yet secured a room but I'm working on it, and will get back to you with that location.
The official members of the committee have now been selected. If you would like to be wait listed for a spot on the official committee, please let me know. The committee members were selected by myself, committee chair Willow Fulton, and Tom Van Bronkhorst of the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. We prioritized trying to balance membership to include representatives from all four neighborhoods bordering the camp: Top Hat, White Center, South Delridge, and South Park.
These meetings are open to the public, and we will be posting minutes of the meeting online. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to add to the discussion, feel free to email me.
The purpose of this committee is to ensure good communication between the camp and the surrounding neighborhoods, so we can all work together for a safe and equitable neighborhood. Our goals at Camp Second Chance are: to be a safe and ethical community for people suffering from homelessness, to be good neighbors to both housed and unhoused people in our neighborhood, and to move participants up and out of homelessness as quickly as possible.
In addition to this meeting, which will specifically be about Camp Second Chance, the City of Seattle has also organized a public meeting about broader concerns about how homelessness is impacting Myers Way, including the unauthorized encampments outside of Camp Second Chance. Here is more info about that meeting:
Community Conversation re Homelessness at Myers Way
Monday, May 15
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Joint Training Facility
9401 Myers Way South
Thank you all for everything you do to make Seattle a safe and compassionate community for all.
Best wishes,
Polly Trout
Forwarding from Polly Trout - Patacara Community Services - http://patacara.org/ :
Dear Community:
Our next Community Advisory Committee Meeting for Camp Second Chance on Myers Way will be Sunday, May 7, 2-4 pm. We will meet at camp at 9701 Myers Way S. Seattle WA 98108. This will give everyone a chance to see recent improvements to the camp, like our potable water cistern and electricity! If the weather is fine and we have enough chairs, we will hold the meeting at the camp. If the weather is foul or we are short on chairs, then after the camp tour we will move to an indoor location. I have not yet secured a room but I'm working on it, and will get back to you with that location.
The official members of the committee have now been selected. If you would like to be wait listed for a spot on the official committee, please let me know. The committee members were selected by myself, committee chair Willow Fulton, and Tom Van Bronkhorst of the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. We prioritized trying to balance membership to include representatives from all four neighborhoods bordering the camp: Top Hat, White Center, South Delridge, and South Park.
These meetings are open to the public, and we will be posting minutes of the meeting online. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to add to the discussion, feel free to email me.
The purpose of this committee is to ensure good communication between the camp and the surrounding neighborhoods, so we can all work together for a safe and equitable neighborhood. Our goals at Camp Second Chance are: to be a safe and ethical community for people suffering from homelessness, to be good neighbors to both housed and unhoused people in our neighborhood, and to move participants up and out of homelessness as quickly as possible.
In addition to this meeting, which will specifically be about Camp Second Chance, the City of Seattle has also organized a public meeting about broader concerns about how homelessness is impacting Myers Way, including the unauthorized encampments outside of Camp Second Chance. Here is more info about that meeting:
Community Conversation re Homelessness at Myers Way
Monday, May 15
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Joint Training Facility
9401 Myers Way South
Thank you all for everything you do to make Seattle a safe and compassionate community for all.
Best wishes,
Polly Trout
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Application Form - Print version
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Application Form - Print version
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Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Application Form - Electronic version
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Application Form - Electronic version
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News From Camp Second Chance - May 31, 2017
Benefit concert - July 2, 2017
Sunday, July 2, 2017 - Noon to 7PM
Fundraising Concert for Camp Second Chance
Read about benefit concert on Facebook and Real Change News
The event is free (no tickets or registration required), but donations will be accepted at the concert or online.
The event is potluck: Bring a dish to share and get to know the residents of this unique neighborhood.
Fundraising Concert for Camp Second Chance
Read about benefit concert on Facebook and Real Change News
The event is free (no tickets or registration required), but donations will be accepted at the concert or online.
The event is potluck: Bring a dish to share and get to know the residents of this unique neighborhood.