Women's shelter gets a new roof!
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Over the years the tendency has been, reserve spending, be cautious in budgeting and be resourceful to meet the needs every step of the way.
Obviously, as a nonprofit, the goal is to conserve and stretch every dollar donated to ensure people are fed with their immediate needs met in daily services and shelter provisions.
So accordingly, one roof layer was added atop another, and another. Finally, we let the structure breathe. The three composition layers have been removed, revealing other needs which are timely in being able to access and correct for the greatest health and wellness of the residents and structure itself.
This property has seen many people in and through its doors, its held the dreams of so many beautiful souls who aim for a brighter future through accomplishments within our shelter support services. This May, the Women and Children's shelter got a fresh deck of sheathing, all new soffit lumbers and flashing that will keep it water tight for years of shelter service to come.
Finally, properly vented, we look forward to many more opportunities to serve the women and children who come through our doors.
Obviously, as a nonprofit, the goal is to conserve and stretch every dollar donated to ensure people are fed with their immediate needs met in daily services and shelter provisions.
So accordingly, one roof layer was added atop another, and another. Finally, we let the structure breathe. The three composition layers have been removed, revealing other needs which are timely in being able to access and correct for the greatest health and wellness of the residents and structure itself.
This property has seen many people in and through its doors, its held the dreams of so many beautiful souls who aim for a brighter future through accomplishments within our shelter support services. This May, the Women and Children's shelter got a fresh deck of sheathing, all new soffit lumbers and flashing that will keep it water tight for years of shelter service to come.
Finally, properly vented, we look forward to many more opportunities to serve the women and children who come through our doors.
Women's shelter sewer upgrade, Ongoing
Right now, simultaneous with the shed build project, noted below, the Women's shelter is having a bathroom relocation/rebuild to satisfy the sewer issue discovered this spring. The residents had vacated the lower living level to make way for concrete upheaval and a full rebuild of the sewer lines. We have learned that overall function of the system is compromised by the original layout of the lines and to get the proper fall and flow in the lines for the system to function optimally, we need to relocate the bathroom entirely to the other side of the space. We have a plan to move forward and are working with the proper departments to attain required permitting to continue the work. Once we are all up to code with the support of a team of professional sewer, plumbing, carpentry and cement experts that are working on this effort to make this space ready to occupy once more, we will get back to full capacity. For now, we are only utilizing the 2 upper level areas of the shelter and have limited availability for beds.
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Also happening right Now
Barbara's House is getting a full facelift, all new exterior paint with long needed repairs to the siding. This will be a benefit to all of Snoqualmie Street. Expected to finish this Fall, Rededication and ribbon cutting ceremony will be scheduled soon.
Before Image
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Storage Shed build underway
A volunteer build project also at the women's shelter. We finally pulled the leaking units out and are putting up a fresh overflow shed. This was a group effort for funding by several community partners through grants to procure the needed materials, the logo images below, are of the financial donors for this project. We are teaming a good group of volunteers together on the build from our Local Carpenter's Union. Images to be posted soon of the progress and special thanks to the Local Laborers Union as well, for removal of the old failing sheds at this site.
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With the amazing support from our community partners, we are able to tackle any issue with confidence. Thank you to the area contractors who are in this with us, to make sure we continue to deliver much needed services without interuption.