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We Heart Seattle is a boots-on-the-ground, grassroots coalition who clean the city & provide outreach as a direct action strategy to supplement current methods.
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🤗💚👏🏼 :
Such an honor for We Heart Seattle volunteers to be recognized and validated by Council D7 Member Bob Kettle and President Sara Nelson. Huge shoutout to Christopher Williams at Seattle Parks & Recreation for supporting us from the beginning.
We have even more amazing
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We loaded a 40 yard dumpster today and did outreach under I5- 10,000 lbs removed by volunteers and the folks living here. This is a call to action to volunteer and restore our city and save lives along the way.
@MayorofSeattle
come join us please. 🙏🏼This is harm reduction 💚
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Today there is one less homeless person in Ballard.
After two weeks of daily intensive outreach “Karma” connected to family in Michigan where she learned her Mom has cancer.
She found purpose to give up drugs and tent life on a sidewalk and we arranged a ticket home after
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My neighbor was just randomly punched on 2nd and Wall. Please be safe out there. There are a lot of folks walking to the Kraken game enjoying Helltown … I mean Belltown. Public Safety is on the top of voter’s minds and ballots are due 11/7. We are down 600 + officers and people
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This was the most disturbing boneyard of tragedy I have witnessed yet. Formally a RV Camp along I5 and along the rail. I can’t find the words but the feeling stuck with all of us today. And oh…
@TammyMoralesSEA
@GovInslee
this is on you. And those damn purple bags… This was
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My own WTF moment when I ordered ten pounds of free government supplied drug paraphernalia to my home via a government supported website as an alias and NO recovery buckslip. I wanted to understand the supply chain of used needles in parks and the “needle exchange” program.
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Jacob just released from detox came to our office today asking for long term in-patient care. He was eager to give his perspective on the deteriorating conditions of Seattle.
“Police keep us safe and alive”
“We need intervention through arrest”
“We need to elect new leaders”
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@seattletimes
Gosh this article is so misleading … we all must bifurcate the need for lower income affordable housing and recovery housing solutions for the homeless depicted tying tents up to a fence here. Come walk with us Naomi and interview why people are on the streets, it’s drugs..btw
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I was escorted into a major drug distribution mall today in downtown Seattle. 10 blue pills for $20, complimentary foil and a salon setting to use and meet others. Please get out and vote on November.
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Please watch and share our urge to flex your civic superpowers and elect common sense, compassionate, public safety first leaders who will shape our city for the years to come. Local city council write and pass law that effect your back yard (keep/ remove graffiti or want more
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Part of our 1000 registered volunteer crew cleared 5000 more pounds of debris this weekend from a hiking trail. We have saved the city of Seattle more than $20M in clean up + outreach + housing and detox funds with no acknowledgment. This is earth month 30k lbs will be removed.
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The trash reveals the truth. Today we picked up 3500 more lbs of trash and several hundred needles in the NE Queen Anne Greenbelt that was several years old if not over a decade old in some cases. We have removed 1.2M pounds of trash since late 2020 with over 12,000 hours of
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The only reason left at this point, after this much failure, is that they want it this way. You can't fail this badly and keep going without it being the desired outcome….What’s the solution? Educate yourself as a voter and choose leaders who have courage to change courses.
EXCLUSIVE: I spent a year investigating Seattle's "low barrier" homeless housing and uncovered a nightmare of drugs, crime, chaos, and death. But local lawmakers are doubling down, committing millions to failed "housing first" policies that only compound the problems.
Here is the
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I was doing welfare checks yesterday to connect folks to indoor options and found a man passed away. His tent door was open and it was clear he had been dead for 1-2 weeks. We need a resolution to end the pain and suffering. Learn more here
@NorthAmRecovers
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Since current city council voted down 2.7M to fund graffiti clean up we have decided to take this on.
Folks homeless, in transitional or PSH have joined our clean up team as volunteers. We offer basic need stipends for their participation. This is an excellent program and would
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My friend Mike died this week of an overdose. I met Mike Matzick in 2020 where he lived in a tent on Bell Street. He drank beer only when we first met. He was the first person I housed after founding We Heart Seattle. He went to the brand new 24/7 enhanced shelter run by
BREAKING: Plymouth Housing's Lewiston-Scargo claims another victim. Mike Matzick's lifeless body was found inside this "low barrier" apartment complex in downtown Seattle. His family suspects he died of a meth overdose because staff allegedly turn a blind eye to drug use.
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Overdose after overdose after overdose as people and cars drive on by. Call 9-1-1 please when you see people dying on our streets. We have one outreach person out there daily and each day he is a first responder, calling 9-1-1 , administering CPR until help arrives. 115 OD
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2 weeks ago we responded to a call to neighbors in distress in regards to heavy drug use and camping happening. As I do I went person to person assessing the situation and offering detox opportunities when I was approached by a larger redhead gentleman and asked if I would be
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Don’t freeze, fire!
@MayorofSeattle
@SeattleCouncil
@CMSaraNelson
We can advise on what programs should be defunded in response to the deficit. Failed and expired Needle Exchange, Failed Purple Bag for encampment clean ups, Failed SPU RV Pump, Failing anything that is addiction
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Why are tax dollars paying for drug addiction enabling foil to smoke the
#1
cause of death ages 18-45 in Seattle? I was doing outreach today on 4th ave and asked this man about his experience at needle exchange as he held his free foil they handed out. Shocking testimony. All
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Since it’s now popular to admit criminal behavior and unsanctioned camping go hand in hand I’ll share that an Axe was thrown at me from this camp on a children’s playground. For everyone’s safety I had the man arrested. Neighbors had reported to
@SeattleCouncil
for over a year.
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Dear Project Homeless Team
@seattletimes
@naomiishisaka
Our team at We Heart Seattle, a private-funded, non-partisan, grassroots 501c3 that is a movement restoring public safety, shared spaces such as parks and urban hiking trails, through organized large scale litter picks. In
You can point to a lot of reasons why so many people in Seattle live unsheltered. But here's the bottom line: The rents are too damn high, writes Naomi Ishisaka.
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We found a stolen $150,000 valued contruction forklift in The Jungle today doing outreach + scouting a litter pick. Amazing what you find in the city and how it transforms public opinion on what's working vs. what's not....
@UnitedRentals
We are a private funded 501c3 😘
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A group of small businesses asked us to come assess the situation and within 72 we restored the entire block with an intervention forward outreach model fueld with volunteer hands and feet. They reported this for more than 6 months to the government. Private funded = Results.
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We are so thankful that
@DunnLumber
is a supporter of our movement in many ways. Today
@PrayingPelican
collected more than 5000 pounds of trash from the Queen Anne greenbelt which we have been restoring for years. The garbage runs deep and is decades old. Dunn Lumber donated 60
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I was shocked to see how amazing Matthew looked when I saw him today. Turns out he was in jail, sober , rested and fed! He tells how jail can can work giving a chance to think about a new beginning. Another client of ours is in Prison for three years and calls weekly to say how
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My neigbor shared how she lost 18 friends in 2023 who had housing to OD deaths- She survived two herself. Her answer was “intervene , arrest and a system for recovery”
@kcexec
@CMAndrewJLewis
@CMSaraNelson
Please save these people’s lives!
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Our block was tagged with a grim
reaper and other intimidating satanic messages so we enlisted dealers and homeless to paint over it for us providing them $25 stipends for their volunteerism. Current city Council turned down $1.7 million to clean up graffiti in downtown Seattle
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A lot of people ask if the “homeless” help us pick up the trash. Indeed they do and we offer $25 participation stipends which is a working model + outreach to take steps towards self sufficiency. Empower not enable. Today we cleared 2000 lbs trash in SODO.
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Yesterday volunteers and paid leads came together to clear 4000 lbs of dry garbage and flammables from under I-5. Thank you Rotarians for choosing We Heart Seattle as your volunteer host for the day. We vote for the backyard we want by volunteering but we also need to vote! Why
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Happy Valentine’s Day! 💌💘💝
Instead of getting a box of chocolates today I got a 40 yard box that will hold 20,000 lbs of trash!
A local roofing company has donated these for life! And…..will take to the dump for
@weheartseattle
!! This is huuuuuuge! Thank you Len!!
This
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Thank you
@choeshow
for saving my life by working with
@weheartfounder
to find me housing. Without your reporting and boots on ground journalism I would still be in a tent in Ballard. 💚 Oliver
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Thank you
@KrogerNews
@FredMeyerInc
@FredMeyerNews
@FredMeyerStores
@QFCGrocery
For buying
@weheartseattle
a truck!! Today we picked up our new baby girl and are so excited!
@WeHeartDirector
drove it off the lot and to a camp sight where we were scheduled to house Raymond. No
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Here is our time warp video of 105 volunteers bagging and hiking out 40 yards of debris!
@MayorofSeattle
Thank you to all volunteers who spent their morning with us making Seattle more beautiful and safe for all to enjoy!
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Apparently The Seattle Times Editorial Board lumped We Heart Seattle into the long list of tax payer funded programs occupying 3rd Ave. We do "encampment cleans" they say and seem to think we get paid fat contracts to support mainly overhead.
We are privately funded, in donated
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We removed an estimated 10k lbs of trash today with 105 volunteers in two hours! We volunteered in NW Queen Anne! More to do!!
@CMAndrewJLewis
we sure did miss you!
@MayorofSeattle
Thank you for sanctioning our event!
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@choeshow
Thank you
@SeattlePD
! A nice shout out from the victim’s partner. We need cops!
@SeattleCouncil
💚🙏🏼
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Keep an eye out for a Truth Teller series with
@BrandiKruse
! We had an amazing conversation about the wild and crazy blow back for simply picking up trash and the truth that lies beneath it. Thank you Brandi! 💚🥾🥾🙏🏼
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Still smoldering under I-5! Yikes!
@SeattleFire
@MayorofSeattle
@GovInslee
@SeattleCouncil
we have a huge safety issue under the highway at Eastlake and nobody is covering or reporting but
@WeHeartDirector
🥾🥾😱
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Almost 100 volunteers turned out to clean a greenbelt in Seattle sanctioned by
@MayorofSeattle
#oneseattle
with
@weheartfounder
and
@WeHeartDirector
🧵 of photos!!
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💚: During our scouts and remaining restorative clean + outreach at Maclean Trail we met “Sarah” who’s a 29 year old now pregnant woman who’s been being abused living in tents. Today she told me “ When she heard Tim’s voice it was a miracle”. She is addicted to fentanyl. With her
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Sorry
@lisadaugaard
and your rebranded once Public Defender Association (PDA) now called enabling
@We_ArePDA
(?) Purpose Dignity Action non profit selling services paid for by tax payers in the name of compassion, and harm reduction (failing) is not yielding an end game. Drug
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Saturday we walked from Chinatown to Ballard across 3 voting districts. During our walk we were chased by an unstable man, witnessed 2 overdoses, domestic assault (and of children!) and squalid public spaces. Join or create your own Voting is your Superpower event to get out the
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And this is why I am concerned
@MayorofSeattle
wants to release a $7M surplus to open an over-dose response center (scheduled for March 2025). Blessing is our educator. He is refusing help he needs. Nobody I know in recovery is supporting this without “This or That” option the
Discovery Institute is going Hollywood! Our Senior Fellow Dr. Robert Marbut teamed up with film producer Robert Craig and actor
@BillyBaldwin
to make "Americans With No Address," one of the most important documentaries highlighting the nation's homeless crisis.
@weheartseattle
's
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Just now! Another fire sweeps a camp in SODO. We know the man living here and attempted a clean on Valentine’s Day right off the tracks 4th Ave S and Spokane. Unsanctioned camping is unsafe for all. We are saddened by another ticking time bomb that went off.
@KING5Seattle
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Last week, We Heart Seattle received a request from the SPD to assist a family living in a park, including a 7-year-old boy. Despite earlier involvement with the sweep happening the next day, the Hope team had no available resources. However, we quickly sprang into action,
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My Eastside bestie who hasn’t lost a friend to fentanyl overdose yet suggested I lay off
@POTUS
in asking his team to volunteer while in town with
@weheartseattle
because he’s “80 years old”…My response was Ageism isn’t cool and shared these photos of a dedicated volunteer who
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✅: Concerned neighbors gave us a call about a camp and man in need. He accepted services and is returning home to live with his Dad in San Diego. 💚
He helped break down his camp as well which was appreciated.
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Needle “exchange” …Defund! Our volunteers picked up these needles.
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Today we resolved a homeless camp sprawl situation with no cops, no government and few funds in belltown. If you would like to join us and see what and how we operate come out for the day. andrea
@weheartseattle
.org
@KingCoRHA
@CMSaraNelson
@downtownseattle
@MayorofSeattle
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Anyone in charge?
@MayorofSeattle
@SeattleParks
@SeattleCouncil
@SeattlePD
@SeattleFire
@BHCSeattle
❤️🩹🤔
@fox13seattle
“This is a ticking time bomb.”
Environmental advocates & homeless outreach group, We Heart Seattle, is raising concern about the cabin.
Not only is the man trespassing & vandalising the park, he also has multiple sources of fuel. There’s concern about fire.
@fox13seattle
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@jasonrantz
Sadly libraries have become places homeless addicts go to charge their free phones so they can reach their lethal fentanyl drug dealer—— and 💩 because Seattle won’t fund the actual thing we need most which are public restrooms WITH attendents to clean and manage in and out
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Happy Veterans Day! We cleared out 6500 lbs of trash today from a camp with full camper engagement. We lead with purpose and compassion. Get involved with boots on the ground, friction free, private funded clean + outreach result proven model!💚🙏🏼
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Where does all the money go with often little to no improvement of public camps? We have been reporting for 2 years that people get housing but still like to keep their "chill tent" in the city parks. Being a private funded clean and outreach org allows us to tell this truth.
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Thank you to our army of volunteers who come out every single weekend to do this hard work, on slopes, within 20 feets of tents and in active and abandoned encampments.
@seattletimes
@MayorofSeattle
@SeattleCouncil
@komonews
@KING5Seattle
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RIP Mike. Another friend and neighbor of mine passed away. Please read a testimonial from Mike’s brother:
@PlymouthHousing
We want to help you. We have volunteers.
@KingCoRHA
@SeattleCouncil
In April, my brother Michael who had mental health problems was found dead in his
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We even had to clean up the remains today. Very sad and very hard. This is a pathway thousands will walk through tomorrow. Surprised it was still here today. Vomited 3 times.
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Years of encampment debris removed from the most north end of the west seattle duwamish hiking trail known as Eagle's Nest today with more than 50 volunteers. More to do! Learn more here:
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Thank you as usual for calling out the absurdity when it comes to giving haters and criminals any ounce of credibility 👏🏼 Check out
@BrandiKruse
recent take.
The homeless industrial complex is getting very worried about
@weheartseattle
and Andrea Suarez. Low bail for driver who killed four. Inslee touts his time in office as a period of “significant progress.”
#unDivided
starts NOW:
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Our mostly volunteer crew out there again today at 10 Ave S and Dearborn clearing the remains of a week old burned down camp + outreach. We estimated 8000 lbs staged for city pick up making the 3 day total close to 15k lbs. Mostly flammable pallets.
@JeremyHarrisTV
@komonews
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Last week we received our quarterly donation from
@kroger
, on behalf of the dozens of households who have opted in to the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program and selected We Heart Seattle as their charity of choice. 🥳💚👍🏼
The Fred Meyer Community Rewards program is a simple
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🥾🥾: Dear Volunteers! Thank you so much for cleaning up Seattle, helping the homeless and being a part of our movement. While being nonpartisan we work in the “belly of the beast” as we address homelessness and side effects of suffering, crime, and predatory permissiveness.
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55 students came out today and cleaned along with the homeless more than 10,000 lbs of trash from a public space. Private donations used to pay for dumpster and dump fees.
@CW11Seattle
covered the effort today. 🙏🏼💚 Civic Engagement will save lives and safe our city.
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I'm disappointed that after 8 months off transitional housing and into Permanent Supportive Housing that Mike still lives in squalor and with open sores and no food. I took him shopping and he agreed to let volunteers clean his room tomorrow and freshen up the place ❤️🩹🐣🌷
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Happening right now volunteers are cleaning the Greenbelt along Eastlake and bordering the stunning St. Mark’s Cathedral also occasional host to Tent City 3. We will be here until 3:00pm! 1245 10th. Ave E.
@WeHeartDirector
@weheartfounder
Come join!
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Thank you
@BrandiKruse
for having
@weheartfounder
on today. We need responsible reporting and education for every day citizens who seek common sense solutions. If you are a fan of WHS consider subscribing to
#unDivided
too!
Governor Inslee utters the most offensive line of his three terms in office. Andrea Suarez with
@weheartseattle
blasts narrative around affordable housing. Democrats reject amendment to keep pornographic books out of schools.
#unDivided
starts NOW:
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5100 lbs of trash removed Saturday with several groups engaged including
@SeattleSPU
@WeHeartDirector
@weheartfounder
And what I love most is several volunteers were formally homeless and participate in our program to give back, to have purpose, and for the positive empowering
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Hi
@StoreWithSimply
and
@Starbucks
We Heart Seattle has been removing debris from behind your buildings restoring public safety for your staff and customers. We have identified another 25,000 lbs yet to go in the NW Queen Anne Greenbelt. 🙏🏼💚
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A rare urban hiking trail in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood populated by mostly renters and fixed income retired folks are not able to access due to debris. Who wants to join us for our 5/20 litter pick? More info here:
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Thank you
@BrandiKruse
for having me on today to promote the vote because Voting is your Superpower!
New
@WeHeartSeattle
campaign urges voters to consider true “compassion” on November 7. Local school stands behind trans runner.
@SeattlePD
starts enforcing drug possession law. Decline in education standards.
#unDivided
starts NOW:
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Join the grassroots movement! Come and volunteer to clean up Seattle and help the homeless! No paperwork needed to lend a helping hand up. In this video we are cleaning up Dexter Ave. where we found a corpse, 20,000 lbs of trash and 5000 needles. Learn by doing! All boots on the
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As I was walking home this evening stumbled on another vigil for a man who was given a “fetty rock” ( otherwise innocent hit of crack but laced with Fentynal). The group here whom I have known for years trusted me with information that Tony, now dead, was given and intentional
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Leroy tells the truth! He used to live in a park in a tent and we housed him. Now he not only volunteers for us but works for King Co. and lives comfortably on the eastside with his daughter.
@seattletimes
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Day 1 cleaning The East Duwamish trail uncovering a scenic hiking trail. (Known as The Jungle now over taken by camps (mainly abandoned) and a lot of garbage). We had a couple migrants volunteer with us for basic need stipends and they are committed to cleaning the entire area!
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@BrandiKruse
@GovInslee
Thank you for the shout out. We do end homelessness on a dime and would love to see those seven figure budgets go towards in-patient recovery oriented housing like Battliefield Addiction, Weld Works, Bybee Lakes, Oxford, etc.
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Besides our volunteers having found 8 dead bodies during our clean ups so far, have added hundreds of stolen catalytic converters and construction equipment to our findings. Today we cleaned up Lower Kinnear off-leash dog park and nearby trails.
@CMAndrewJLewis
Where are your
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Volunteers cleared 9000 lbs of trash today and
@WeHeartDirector
provided outreach so elders would not get arrested for trespassing on private land. We fill the gaps. City outreach can’t do anything on private land and cops don’t want to arrest so we provide a solution with
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@komonews
It’s all going to salaries, studies , committees, inflow of Freeattle seekers from red states fresh out of prison, and failed revolving door housing first policy and low barrier enablement drug dens.
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💚: Detox beds always available + stabilization + discharge housing with ITUHA! We have driven multiple people to this incredible sanctuary outside of Seattle. There are recovery resources and we must encourage and fund outreach organizations who push for detox and recovery.
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@AlyciaRamirez3
So we immediately responded to Rex and Josh to help and gave $500 so far. Can somebody explain why I am again being attacked on line? I had hoped to meet Josh and give him shell cards. Since he left without meeting me I now can only do cash app. Take this down or correct your
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Three years ago on this day I sent this marco polo video to four close friends about the idea of starting a grassroots coalition to clean the city. The next day I woke up to what is now We Heart Seattle.
10,000 hours of logged volunteer labor in the course of three years has
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We hosted 30 6-8th graders from Artesia , New Mexico to clean an entire area in SODO owners by rail and the mass transits that had years of debris mounding. Such a great crew and inspiring how community service is filling the missing gap of much needed services in Seattle.
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Seattle’s general election is Tuesday, November 7, 2023. You will get your ballot in the mail the week of October 18th! Vote, because we all 💚 Seattle!
All you have to do is open your envelope, use your “SuperPower” and vote for your preferred candidate(s).
Your ballot will
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68th and Weedin Pl. lives a little 9 year old boy as we witnessed today. We are heartbroken and sickened by the ongoing inhumane unsanctioned camps that are a constellation of concerns and ticking time bomb tragedy waiting to happen. This is bad.
@MayorofSeattle
@KCPubHealth
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@CMTammyMorales
Accomplished?? How many dead bodies have you found during your experience to make such a statement? Sweeps save lives and restore the area and even the homeless look forward to moving off their "heep" of debris and rat nests. Join us on w litter pick and educate yourself!
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10,000 lbs of trash and thousands of needles pulled off this hiking greenbelt and it’s now safe for all to enjoy. Including our host today Juno!
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💚🙏🏼: Volunteers and our second chance work force cleared more than 8000 pounds from an abandoned residential lot in beautiful NW Capitol Hill. Neighbors have been complaining for years about the crime, garbage, fires and illegal camping taking place here. Where is the city
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We had an unexpected shout out from
@CMSaraNelson
at the Rotary4 luncheon last week. CM Nelson spent most of her time talking about the need to publicly fund clean and sober living community homes. She also expressed need for more allies come November to support humane approaches
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All hands on deck today at the Westlake Ave Greenbelt across from China Habor. This is our second load and appx. 8000 lbs removed. One man accepted treatment and he’s doing awesome! He is in a 6 month inpatient paid for my his state insurance. The man told us he just needed a
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More unreported human suffering in the woods. Today a camp burned down and only nearby neighbors were there to help put out fire until
@SeattleFire
responded. We knew this camp well in proximity to “The Jungle”. Unsanctioned camping is inhumane and dangerous for all.
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We are excited to have Patrick join our team 2.5 years later after we ended homelessness for him where he once lived in a tent at Miller Park. Today we did our regular boots on ground street out reach with extra ice. Patrick has already housed two people. No red tape, no
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