Raising a roof to raise awareness of homelessness |
Saturday September 27, 2008 Reprinted with permission from the Lewiston Tribune |
 Raising a roof to raise awareness of homelessness Leland Marvin of Clarkston (left) helps Marilee Ford of Lewiston put the roof on her cardboard box house as “Cardboard Box City” rises from the asphalt at Our Lady of Lourdes church Friday in Lewiston. The event, sponsored by Family Promise of the Lewis-Clark Valley, is designed to help raise awareness of homelessness in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. |
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Family Promise of Lewis Clark Valley, Inc.
720 16th Avenue #41
Lewiston, ID
83501
Phone: (208) 798-3349
E-mail: office@familypromiselc.org
Executive Director
Steve Thomas
Lewiston & Clarkston Valley
•The Lewiston School District had 80 homeless students during the 2010-2011 school year.
•There were 283 homeless students enrolled in Clarkston School District during the 2010-2011 school year.
Family Promise of Lewis Clark Valley
• Family Promise of Lewis Clark Valley opened on August 3, 2008 to confront the issues that face families in crisis. Our mission is to partner together to provide positive solutions for homeless families in our community.
• To date, we have served 40 families, including 64 children, that were in crisis in our valley. In 2010, we provided 7,343 meals, provided 11,591 bednights, and worked with over 20 Partner churches and growing.
• The YWCA had 890 requests for services that were turned away from the homeless shelter for all of 2010, and 217 turned away from January – March 2011
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