<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>If there is evidence of sizable community participation, Moscow Cares will make a donation of $500 . . . minimum.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Anybody care to join us?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">How 'bout it, Moscow?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Let's show Sojourner's Alliance that . . .</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" </span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On May 5, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Janesta <<a href="mailto:janesta@gmail.com">janesta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Darrell,<div><br></div><div>This is horrible. Have you set up a gofundme account yet? It is an easy way for people to donate.. Especially, people who don't have a lot. If Bernie Sanders could raise as much money as he did with small donations, perhaps Sojourners' Alliance could market donations at $2.50-$5.00 a person.. also, if former clients are willing.. spotlight a few of them with their success story.</div><div><br></div><div>Wishing you the best!</div><div><br></div><div>Janesta</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Darrell Keim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Immediate Release</span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5/5/16</span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contact: Steve
Bonnar, <a href="tel:208-883-3438" value="+12088833438" target="_blank">208-883-3438</a>, <a href="mailto:piratesteve@juno.com" target="_blank">piratesteve@juno.com</a></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Title: Local
Homeless Shelter Loses Funding</span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sojourners' Alliance
was informed Monday they will not be receiving the $100,000 Moscow
Transitional Housing Grant that has sustained their operations for the
last 19 years.</span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"I'm just
shocked. Breathless," said Steve Bonnar, Executive Director.
"There had been discussion that HUD was changing their priorities over the
next couple of years. We've been planning for a transition on that
timeframe." The agency now has to begin filling a $100,000 gap by
June 1.</span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"We have plans to
switch to the newly preferred HUD model," said Bonnar. They can't do
it with thirty days notice. "We need a chance to catch our
breath."</span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Latah County
Commissioner Tom Lamar is deeply concerned. "People aren't aware of
the breadth of services they offer. They have programs for homelessness,
mental health, addictions..." Sojourners' Alliance provides shelters for
men, women and families. </span><b><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Based on funding availability,
Sojourners' Alliance has provided rental and utility assistance to those in
crisis.</span></b></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 6.75pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"I've pulled together representatives
from the county, hospital and other concerned parties to help them fill the
funding gap. If we don't succeed thirty of Latah counties most
fragile residents could be homeless as early as June 1."</span></p>
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