Base Camp deploys rapid COVID tests for admittance into Bellingham homeless shelter
The Bellingham Herald 12/18/2020 Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Dec. 18 BELLINGHAM The operator of Base Camp is turning to rapid COVID-19 testing to help screen people who want to be admitted to the homeless shelter in Bellingham.
The shelter has been a little over half of its capacity in recent weeks, in part, because of restrictions Lighthouse Mission Ministries put into place after a COVID-19 outbreak was linked to Base Camp and Camp 210, a homeless tent encampment at City Hall and the Bellingham Public Library.
The low capacity was a concern for city of Bellingham and Whatcom County government officials, both of which have contributed funding for the shelter space to allow for social distancing during the new coronavirus pandemic.
From staff reports
ALMOST READY â Greg Harrison, coordinator of the Urban Missionâs Unity Kitchen, put the finishing touches on one of the pans of pork that was to be part of a hot, to-go meal served carryout-style to about 50 people Wednesday. Help with the holiday meal program this week came in the form of a donation of funds from Encino Energy.
(Photo by Janice Kiaski)
LOUISVILLE, Ohio Encino Energy and its employees made major donations from the Encino Energy Community Partnership Program to support several organizations this holiday season, including Urban Mission Ministries.
Encino partnered with the mission to fund 440 holiday meals with a $3,500 donation to support local families in need. On Wednesday, the mission served about 50 hot to-go Christmas meals out of the Unity Kitchen, located at 301 N. Sixth St., where Greg Harrison, Unity Kitchen coordinator, prepared a meal of pork, mashed potatoes and cheesy potatoes, green beans and a dessert.
Use of covid quarantine facility in Bellingham is at its highest. This is one reason why
The Bellingham Herald 12/17/2020 Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Dec. 17 BELLINGHAM The majority of the record 30 people staying at Whatcom County s COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facility are from homeless communities, according to the county.
Exactly how many people linked to two homeless communities are staying at the facility wasn t known, according to Amy Cloud, spokesperson for Whatcom Unified Command.
The quarantine and isolation facility at the former Motel 6 on Byron Avenue in Bellingham was opened in late April by unified command, the multi-governmental agency that s directing local COVID-19 pandemic response.
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THANKS FOR THE HELP â Area families in need got some holiday help Monday as Urban Mission Ministries conducted a drive-through toy giveaway for its registered pantry families. The giveaway continues today. Among those served was Jessi Hodge, driven by her mother, Jeanette Cooper. Janice Kiaski)
STEUBENVILLE Santa and his helpers don’t always put gifts just under the tree.
Sometimes they put them right in the trunks of cars, a gesture that played out most of Monday morning as Urban Mission Ministries conducted the first of its two-day toy distribution, drive-through style.
That continues today at the Seventh Street Plaza parking lot.