Seattle: Nickelsville Tent City Updates n News

[Ibu Oni]

Personal comment from me as an individual, what was way cool was that not only Nickelsville got its permit the same day but the City employee was really kind and waived the 500$ permit fee

[Ibu Oni]

http://www.king5.com/news/Nickelsvil...-75196687.html
God bless rev Jeffrey and his congregation

[Dominic]

That was a great story Ibu, thanks for sharing.

[Ibu Oni]

Greetings Friends and Supporters:

First and foremost we would like to announce that at 11 AM on Monday
December 21, we will be holding a joint press conference with our
partners at SHARE/WHEEL as well as with our partners at Real Change.
At this press conference we hope to rebut certain erroneous assertions
made in the Seattle Times today by Danny Westneat and others.

Also at this press conference we will be releasing our Homeless
Manifesto so that the City and State are aware of what homeless people
as a group need and desire from the City and State.

Finally as a reminder, we are still in need of funding for our
dumpster and Porta-potty bills. Our current bills stand as follows:

Garbage Removal: $592.13
Honey Bucket & Sink Maintenance: $1,400.23

Also, as you are aware the temperatures have taken a severe plunge
which is dangerous for those homeless people who must sleep either
outside or in tents. So we are asking that those who have extra
blankets or sleeping bags would consider donating them.

Thank you to those who have donated so far and to those who are able
to donate in the future.

Sincerely,
Your Friends at Nickelsville

[Ibu Oni]

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[beatonthestreet]

Dear Friends, Allies and Supporters.

Greetings from the Nickelodeons.

First and foremost, we would like to thank all our friends who helped us move on May 5h. Our move to Skyway went smoothly and we are now located at S 129th Street and MLK S.

We would also like to thank Pastor Kenneth Ransfer and his congregation at Mount Baker Baptist Church for their gracious hospitality over these past three months.

We will be holding a car wash June 5th and 6th (Saturday and Sunday) from 9am to 5pm at the 7/11 across the street from our current site. The proceeds will go to paying for sanitation (port a potties and dumpsters) as well as for our camp cell phone. The owners of the 7/11 generously agreed to let us use their parking lot and water for this event and we are grateful to them.

We are also in need of wood, tents, tarps and bus tickets. We do have a paypal for monetary donations on our website http://www.nickelsvilleseattle.org/

We will be moving again in ten weeks on August 4th to our permanent site. We have not heard from Mayor McGinn since our meeting with him on 04/27 and we are asking our friends to keep writing to him and urge him to keep working with us and help us find a permanent site. His email is mike.mcginn@seattle.gov.

Last but not least, two of our campers, Mark and Sherri are renewing their marital vows tomorrow (05/27) after our 6pm camp meeting. You are all cordially invited.

We would like to thank you once again for your continuous support and we hope to see you soon at Nickelsville

(via Ibu)