Sunday, February 3rd, Whatcom County was blasted by a severe winter storm that iced roads and pelted the ground with over 2 feet of snow. This stormy weather continued for over three days exacerbating winter temperatures. The local shelter struggles to organize and meet the capacity of individuals who are stranded without housing options each [...]
Jim Peterson speaking on behalf of those who are experiencing homelessness. Discussion: Brief history of Homes NOW, people making a difference by shifting false perspectives, housed neighbors engaging unhoused neighbors on a human level, and the importance of government spending for real solutions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W0bUUDjTy8
An Update on Unity Village and the Need for Urgency Unity Village serves as a navigation center for unhoused residents experiencing homelessness. This temporary housing provides a point of stability needed for transition to permanent housing. The facility is divided into two sections: tents and a tiny homes village. The tents are temporary until enough tiny [...]
In the words of a most enthusiastic Homes NOW volunteer "Showers NOW baby!" Below are Homes NOW! volunteers working to bring a vision to life in recent photos of this week's growing momentum to retrofit a truck into a mobile shower unit! The Homes NOW volunteer teams are working diligently each day in all matters [...]
Inaugural Edition Welcome to the HomesNOW! Not Later newsletter. We are excited to provide this as another avenue to distribute information to and about the Whatcom County homeless community. This will be a work in progress as we hear from you, our readers, about what you need in the way of news and information. The [...]
Hello Jim Peterson here, President of HomesNOW Not Later. I would like to talk about where we are at with HomesNOW currently. We have made some progress on some things and very little on others. We started this adventure in June of 2017 and have learned so much in the last year. Some of it [...]
