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eNewsletter Articles

  • Camp Meetings, Building Community
  • Going Home
  • A Community Grows in a Parking Lot
  • Becoming a Legal Human
  • A Hut To Honor A Son
  • Filling the Camps with Communities
  • Three Generations of Support
  • Life in a Safe Spot
  • The Making of a Safe Spot
  • CSS Services Expand with Camp Growth
  • Partnership with the City
  • Microsites Making A Macro Difference
  • CSS’s Neighborhood Hygiene Station
  • Shields House Opens Doors for Clients and CSS
  • Making a Hut Happen in Redding
  • Leaving a Legacy of Helping Others
  • Missing Rungs
  • Supporting Communities Among the Shelters
  • Challenges in the Transition to Housing
  • Walla Walla Welcomes the “Conestoga” Difference
  • Support From A Community
  • Challenges of Getting a Job While Homeless
  • Homeless Winter
  • Losing More Than A Smile
  • Hope and Randal: Love is Kind
  • Ziggy Lawsha Rediscovers His Optimism
  • From the Streets to a Home
  • Vets Camp Has A New Home
  • Lights On at the Roosevelt Safe Spot
  • Redistribute Wealth Now
  • God’s Challenge: Wesley Church
  • Filling A Gap with A “Godsend”

Hut Residents

  • Stories From Sarah Neil Joseph
  • Randal & Hope
  • Chris and Doug
  • Daniel Roark
  • Vickie
  • Phil Bragg
  • Robin Bloomgarden
  • Erik and Fay
  • Patrick Blaine
  • Patrick Shipley
  • Bryan & Jennifer Bruder
  • Praise

Staff & Volunteer Highlights

  • A Creative Juggler: Carmen Parkinson, Shop Coordinator
  • Jim Schmidt’s Letter to the Tuesday Hut Crew
  • Camp Facilitator Plaedo
  • Development Director Annie Herz
  • Service Navigator Kai Batalona
  • Hut Crew Leadership Team
  • Ginny Weisman
  • Marie Laura
  • Pujita Mayeda
  • Mona Bronson
  • A Family Builds a Hut
  • Eugene Mennonites at Roosevelt Rest Stop
  • FUMC “Superstar Volunteers”
  • Autobahn Imports
  • CSS volunteers are people of action
  • Jim Schmidt & Emmet Band
  • Hank Dizney
  • Fred Wesley
  • Henry Schmald
  • Craig Satein
  • Lee White
  • Charles Castle, Jr.

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The growing houseless population can be a challenge which brings us all together to make a difference and create a highly efficient, solution-based program supported by the whole community.

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