2.8.23 NEWSLETTER

YMSL IN THE HOUSE!

 

Caption:  Members of the Saturday crew from the Young Men’s Service League.

 

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This past weekend saw several young men and their moms joining in service for the tiny home village program.  Young men under sixteen years of age helped LIHI with sorting foodstuffs and other goods for the villages.  Young men 16 and older and their moms helped build and tilt up two tiny homes. 

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This weekend was part of their annual major project.  They will be back with us on the weekend of March 3rd and 4th, and they will be helping in the villages for two weekends as well.  By the end of their service, they will have a greater understanding of why the tiny home village program works so well.

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THIS WEEKEND

This weekend brings more fun and excitement to The Hope Factory.  We will have our third Eagle Scout project in the Paint Department on Saturday.  On Sunday at a special time (11:30 am – 3 pm) a delegation from Spokane will be joining us to learn how to use the jig system.  They will then take their knowledge along with our zip file for our construction system back to Spokane to start their own tiny home village program.  Team Leaders are especially needed on Sunday.  Thanks in advance for signing up.

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THANKS EPIPHANY CHURCH

This week Epiphany Church had a substantial fundraiser for three organizations trying to end homelessness, one of which was us.  Your church has come faithfully every month to build, and we appreciate you including us in your fundraiser.  Thank you! 

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SOUND FOUNDATIONS NW FEATURED ON CM LEWIS PODCAST

Seattle Council Member Andrew Lewis has a new podcast called “All Policy is Local”.  CM Lewis is the chair of the City Council Select Committee on Homelessness and a great advocate of tiny home villages.  Barb got to spend some time with CM Lewis on his podcast addressing our Four Year Plan.  You can find this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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FUNNY, NOT FUNNY

This is a recent cartoon in the Seattle Times.

 

By the way, $884,615.39 would build 206 homes.

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AND SPEAKING OF DATA

LIHI has released some data of its on regarding tiny home villages.  You can find it on this page of our website:  https://www.soundfoundationsnw.org/tiny-home-villages-work-and-the-data-to-prove-it/

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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED THIS WEEK

  • Our “regulars” who are the heart and soul of our organization.
  • “New Crew” members: Pete, Ian, Rowen, and Scott
  • Our wonderful groups: YMSL, Mercer Island Rotary, and AWS/Jocelyn’s Team

 
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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TO VOLUNTEER:

Come build with us this week!  Here’s the link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eacaf2aa0f4c52-week6#/

Please remember to wear painting clothes even if you do not anticipate painting.  Minimum age is 16 years.  Please, no exceptions.
 
Clarification:  If the SignUpGenius says (The name of a Group Build) AND Open Build, this means that you can volunteer even if you are not a part of the group.

TEAM LEADERS IN TRAINING:  If you wish to become a Team Leader in Training, DO NOT SIGN UP for the day you wish to do this.  Email SoundFoundationsNW@gmail.com and we will put you on the list.

We hope to be building with you soon.

Your Leadership Team,

Beatrice, Tom, Bruce, David, Timothy and Barb