Tent City 3 Moves to SPU

Tent City 3 (TC3) comes to 西雅图 Pacific University on Saturday, January 21, for a nine-week stay. TC3 will be located on Wallace Field, east of Royal Brougham Pavilion on West Nickerson Street, from January 21 to March 24. This will be the first time SPU has hosted the group.

Even before they arrive on campus, SPU的学生, 教师, 和工作人员, along with 27 local churches and organizations, have already lined up to welcome and serve the new neighbors.

Some of the SPU community projects include:

每周 论坛 on homelessness and poverty.
Nursing 教师 members and students will host weekly clinics to provide basic health care, 教育, 和推荐.
Sociology professors and students are working on several projects, including a research survey on perceptions of homelessness.
Two basketball home games will have sock and blanket drives.
SPU’s 校园餐厅 services will deliver daily leftovers.

SPU’s website for the TC3访问. 

Hosting TC3 will provide the SPU community a rare opportunity to directly serve, and learn from, almost 100 homeless men and women in 西雅图.

Posted: Saturday, January 21, 2012