Well, our last post was way back in November and a whole lot has changed for us!
First, we said good bye to our co-staffer Liz. She's moved on to the all the glitz and glamor of the Seattle Downtown Emergency Shelter system. Needless to say, she will be missed by all of us, especially our guests.
Our community has grown though as we welcomed Tom, Dylan Carol and Kevin into the ranks of our full time volunteers. Tom has years of experience with B&R, Dylan is a former star intern turned advocacy worker, Carol is our delightful church liaison and Kevin is a long time friend of B&R having worked with EGYHOP almost since it's inception.
Because of the fire at our Guest House last year, we had to close half of our transitional housing spaces. I'm happy to report that the "far side" has since been rebuilt and is now home to up to two families at a time totaling the whole unit out to 12 possible spaces, 6 women and 2 families.
We're in the middle of partnering with the Mason County Literacy Program to begin an Adult Literacy Program out of our Advocacy Center. We had some lovely Americore volunteers come by for a week and help us put up shelves for a new library and we're on the verge of getting a new paint job!
All this has been a TON of work, and there's still more to do. The housing crisis is hitting Thurston County pretty hard and we're seeing record numbers of people coming into our Advocacy Center. Every year it seems, there's more and more need. Thankfully, we've got an awesome group of interns who are up to the challenge.
I know I'm leaving millions of things out, but this should get you pretty up to date. Check back often as this Blog is coming back to life!
Take care!
Bread and Roses Advocacy Center
This is where we get things done
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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my stuff is your basement please hold on to it for me. the boat hasn't left yet. and day labor hasn't sent me out yet. i have no money to call ya so i hope this works. ya got anyone coming to seattle maybe ya could send my bags with them. i could meet them. rhondaradomski@yahoo.com
Hi Bread and Roses Staff and clientel!
Keith and I are in Simi Valley,Ca. We are doing alright.We miss everybody and hope everyone is doing well.I will include our my space pages to really find out what we've been up to.Keith is in a band right now,looking for work and making Deciple Crosses to sell. I help with the Deciple Crosses and am currently looking for work.We have an Austrailian Sheppard named G-Narles-
(pronounced Ga narles) or Narly for short.We live in a cool area although the job search is hard because of economy and soooooooo many people here. It is beautiful.
Feel free to write us @
P.O Box 940568 Simi Valley,CA.93094
Our email addresses.
ladykailea2000@yahoo.com wildmusicman@yahoo.com
call us@(805)791-8192
Check out our photos!
My space pages
www.myspace.com/ladykailea
www.myspace.com/wildmusicman
Know you are in our prayers and we miss you a lot. I know if it is this tough here it has to be close to hell in Olympia. What has been going on there? Who is still around? Is the police still jackasses? I bet they DON'T miss me! ha ha ha! Take good care of yourselves.
IF anybody sees Jean Schneider-AKA Sylver, Please have her call me I'm worried sick!
Be safe I love and miss you alot.Keep in touch!
XOXO KEITH AND CAROL :-)
P.S We are going to be Grandparents
in July 25TH 2009 by my Daughter Courtney.Cool huh? Bye for now.
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