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At Camp Hope, the organization is as warm as the meals. Our “ministry van” has been providing transportation for local COVID-19 patients who need hospitalization. Our director, Mike Kay, brought the van with him when he moved to Yakima from Hillsboro, Oregon. Read the full article on yakimaherald.com

“The Board of Yakima County Commissioners and the Department of Human Services will begin the development of portables to be used by Camp Hope. The Yakima County Department of Human Services received a COVID-19 Shelter Response grant. County Commissioners say it will allow for the funding of the installation of portables to increase capacity and…

“Some people don’t always consider the Yakima Greenway the safest place in town, but a group of homeless people staying at Camp Hope have recently been hired to help make the place cleaner and safer for the community to enjoy. The Yakima Greenway was built as a green oasis, but some have complained of trash,…

“According to Camp Hope, they will be picking up and delivering prescribed medications to better assist at-risk individuals over 60 years old during the COVID-19 stay at home order. Camp Hope’s delivery service startsfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 6 and ends Saturday, April 11. Director of Camp Hope Mike Kay says…

A tent on loan from Union Gospel Mission is pictured at the emergency entrance of Virginia Mason Memorial on Sunday, March 15, 2020. The tent will be used for triage and screening. Read the full article on Yakimaherald.com

The rules are simple: Respect staff, no fighting, no drugs and no weapons. The goals are inspiring: Establish a sense of safety, a feeling of being connected and have a voice. Meet the Good Girls Club, a group of homeless women at Camp Hope who have unified not only in support one another, but to…

Camp Hope, a temporary shelter for those experiencing homelessness, will pack up and move across town. Tina, 55, walks through the day room in the temporary tent shelter at Camp Hope. Camp Hope is getting ready to move to the Union Gospel Mission on Saturday. They’ve had challenges getting heat to 100 people living in…

“The homeless who are now living on Englewood Avenue have to be out by June 30 and are moving back to their old campsite, but they say there is a lot of work to be done in just three short weeks. Executive Director of Transform Yakima Together, Andy Ferguson said Camp Hope residents will be…

“Wednesday marked a day of change for some of Yakima’s homeless as Camp Hope closed. Kheylob Collins, 4, shares a laugh with his mother, Kheyla Collins, in the common room of an emergency winter weather shelter after moving from Camp Hope on Wednesday, November 14, 2017.” Read the full article and other pictures on yakimaherald.com

“A local religious group has settled on a location — one it previously wasn’t considering — for its temporary winter homeless shelter. Transform Yakima Together’s shelter is planned at 1702 Englewood Ave. in northwest Yakima, near the Yakima County Juvenile Court. Owners of the building had been considering making it available to Transform Yakima before…