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FWF News & Updates

Vancouver’s homeless find themselves ‘kind of stuck’ during pandemic

Bella Lynch feels more worn down these days without the emotional and mental support of her family, especially her grandmother....
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Vancouver-sanctioned homeless camp granted extension

Vancouver’s first sanctioned homeless camp, a temporary tent encampment at Living Hope Church, will remain open through the end of...
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Paddle For Life Vancouver USA

We didn’t have a race, but we managed to help our benefactors in spite of this pandemic. This was our...
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100 Women Who Care SW Washington Chapter

Donations have been delivered for the Spring Quarter’s nominated charities! As we are all aware, we had to do things...
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Living Hope giving shelter at Vancouver’s first sanctioned homeless camp

A new temporary camp next to Living Hope Church intended to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus is...
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Living Hope Church in Vancouver expands shower service amid COVID-19 By Patty Hastings

With the Vancouver Navigation Center open limited hours and many public places closed, resources for people who are unhoused are...
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Project Going Places helps Clark County homeless keep moving forward

When Taira Morin’s minivan broke down near a Jiffy Lube, she had just about given up. She figured the van...
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Shower Outreach Project Helps Homeless in Clark County By Brooke Strickland

Local non-profit organization Food with Friends is doing something unique in Clark County: it’s offering people living on the streets a free...
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Lynch Fund grant to fix up shower trailer for homeless By Patty Hastings

Food with Friends got a $35,000 grant from the Ed & Dollie Lynch Fund that will be used to renovate...
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Letter: Good ideas can solve problems By Greg Flakus, VANCOUVER

I recently have been reading the stories and following a great example of how a group of people with a...
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#MARCHKINDNESS DAY 3: FOOD WITH FRIENDS, SHOWER OUTREACH, HELPS LOCAL HOMELESS BY ERNEST GEIGENMILLER

Vancouver, WA — Cherish DesRochers-Vafeados and Jamie Spinelli work on a shoestring budget each week to help dozens of homeless...
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Shower Outreach Project: filling a gap

Portable showers for homeless In 2016, now Battle Ground City Councilor Cherish DesRochers and her friend Jamie Spinelli, a case...
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Mobile showers helping homeless in Vancouver

For people living on the street, one shower could mean the difference between another homeless night or the first step...
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Nonprofit group offers hot showers for homeless in Vancouver

The group Food with Friends is helping the Vancouver homeless community through its “Shower Outreach Project.” The program had its...
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Shower Outreach Project has new name, momentum

A mobile shower trailer is getting closer to providing hot showers for people living outside — and it’s got a...
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Handy booklet lists resources for homeless

The Pocket Guide is resistant to rain, tearing Being newly homeless is unnerving. Who do you call? What do you...
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Share House reluctantly draws a line on showers, restrooms

Strained facility means nonresidents can no longer shower or use restrooms outside of meal times After sewage backed up onto...
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Program provides feminine hygiene products for girls

BG councilor helps provide 200 feminine hygiene product kits for girls in the Battle Ground school district each month Battle...
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