Project Home Connect
Planning Meeting
April 26, 12 Noon
Co. Commissioner’s Conference Room

NEXT PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT PLANNING MEETING SET

The next planning meeting for the 2013 Project Homeless Connect event in Newport is scheduled for Friday, April 26 at noon. The meeting will take place in the Commissioners’ Conference Room at the Courthouse in Newport.

“This will be the seventh Project Homeless Connect event in Newport and the ninth in Lincoln County overall,” said County Commissioner Chair Bill Hall. “But this is an event that’s in need of constant renewal in order to stay viable. We need new volunteers and new resources, both cash and tangible goods.” The first Homeless Connect event was held in 2007 to coincide with the launch of At Home in Lincoln County, the ten-year housing and homelessness plan. Based on a successful model used in hundreds of other communities, Project Homeless Connect brings together on a single day in a single location a variety of resources for individuals in crisis.

“The first Homeless Connect served 125 customers, and last year we set an all-time record with 223 people attending, so the need is clearly still there,” Hall said. One of the many troubling trends in recent years has been the growing number of homeless families rather than just single adults, he said.

Several dozen state, county, nonprofit and faith based organizations come together at Homeless Connect to provide information about their programs, as well as direct services like a hot meal, urgent dental care, health screenings, immunizations, haircuts and personal hygiene items.
The date of this year’s event has not been set, but it’s traditionally been held in early October.

For more information, contact Hall at 541-265-4100 or bhall@co.lincoln.or.us

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Deadline for goods at the drop off locations is October 4th.
Anyone who needs their donation picked up can call Brad Taylor: 541-264-6153.

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Brad Taylor photo

On May 17th, an army of volunteers, donors and service providers delivered vital assistance to nearly 100 homeless and disadvantaged Lincoln City area people at Project Homeless Connect’s second annual event at St. Peter The Fisherman Lutheran Church.

Individuals and families found a wide spectrum of helping hands in one convenient location demonstrating that people of all walks and stations in life care deeply about our fellow human beings.

Thanks to the following entities who generously reached out:

ANIMAL MEDICAL CARE, BEACH CUTS, BIMART, BOSS RADIO, CALDWELL’S UPHOLSTERY,CASH & CARRY,CHAPEL BY THE SEA PRESBYTERIAN, CHINOOK WINDS CASINO RESORT, CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,DEPOE BAY THRIFTWAY, DR. ATHENA BETTGER, DR. JAY FINEMAN,DR. JEN MALTER, DR. JIM RANSOM, DR. KENDALL HORN, DR. KRISS HOFFMAN, DR. SANDRA MEMENIS, ELEMENTS SALON, FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, FEED CORRAL, GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC, H.E.L.P. PROGRAM, LCSD, HISTORIC ANCHOR INN, JALEA’S SALON AND SPA, JILLIAN’S HAIR SALON, KBCH RADIO, KENNY’S IGA, LAKEVIEW SENIOR LIVING, LINCOLN CITY ANIMAL CLINIC, LINCOLN CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,LINCOLN CITY COMMUNITY CENTER, LINCOLN CITY CULTURAL CENTER, LINCOLN CITY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, LINCOLN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, LINCOLN COMMISSION ON CHILDREN & FAMILIES, LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSONERS, LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSIT, MAYOR DICK ANDERSON, MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL, MIST @ SURFTIDES, MO’S RESTAURANT, MURRAY’S GROOMING, NEWPORT NEWS-TIMES, NEWS LINCOLN COUNTY.COM, NEWS GUARD – LINCOLN CITY, OCEANLAKE, VETERINARY CLINIC, TANGER OUTLET MALL, THE BEACH DOG, WILDFLOWER GRILL, WILLAMETTE DENTAL, OLD NAVY, PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, PRICE AND PRIDE LINCOLN CITY, ROADHOUSE 101, R.S.V.P. OF LINCOLN COUNTY, SAFEWAY LINCOLN CITY, SALISHAN SPA & GOLF RESORT, SAMARITIAN HEALTH SERVICES, SILETZ CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION FUND, SNUG HARBOR, STATION 3 EMBRODERY, ST. PETER THE FISHERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Everett Cutter, Publicity, for the Project Homeless Connect Committee.

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Project Homeless Connect, Lincoln City, Thursday
Photos by Casey Miller, Lincoln County PIO
Clothing picture: Linda Roy, LC Chamber and Rosie Sufficool, Consultant
Stirring the chili: Brad Taylor, News Reporter

Project Homeless Connect figured they served nearly 100 homeless persons today at their services outreach operation that was held at the St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church in Lincoln City. The doors opened at 10am and ran until 3pm, offering food, clothing, shoes, toiletries, dental services, employment referrals, leads on cheap places to live, getting birth certificate information, official ID, and lots more.

Many were appreciative of the community’s efforts to reach out to the them, whose numbers are growing by the day as more homes are foreclosed on those who have no jobs and no hope of even renting shelter that’s even half-way decent for themselves or their families. They especially appreciated the abundance of food for them to partake at the church.

Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson stopped by during the noon hour to see how things were going and he said he was very impressed that the operation was so well organized, especially among the agencies and specialty services that were on hand to help the homeless. “It was going very smoothly,” Anderson said. “I especially admired the volunteers who guided the homeless among the various service providers. They did it with such kindness and caring. They were just wonderful.”

Lincoln County Commissioner and homeless advocate Bill Hall was also on hand watching what he called a very smooth running operation where the needs of the homeless were quickly determined and then fulfilled in short order. He said he was very impressed with the efficiency in the way everything worked so well in the space provided by St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church. He said he looks forward to the next Project Homeless Connect coming up in mid-October in Newport at the Newport Church of the Nazarene on NW 12th.

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