Tagged: homeless shelters

12:06am

Thu November 25, 2010
Sharing Abundance

A Thanksgiving welcome for Tent City campers

Some Maple Leaf area kids intent on extending a warm welcome to the residents of the newest Tent City/Nickelsville site in northeast Seattle are hand-delivering Thanksgiving breakfasts today.

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9:36pm

Wed November 24, 2010
Winter Weather

After the thaw, will added shelter sites remain open to homeless?

Credit Paula Wissel/KPLU

Bitterly cold temperatures are expected to give way to rain and highs near 40 degrees Thanksgiving Day. In Seattle, the city’s severe-weather shelters have been offering the homeless a warm place to spend the night. But what happens when it thaws? 

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2:36pm

Tue November 23, 2010
Winter Weather

Cold snap hard on the homeless

Credit Liam Moriarty/KPLU / KPLU News

The recent icy winds and frigid temperatures have been making life uncomfortable for pretty much everybody. But for folks without a place to call home, the cold snap can make an already-difficult life miserable.

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