EUGENE, Ore. — Community Supported Shelters is counting on people to stuff their faces Sunday night to raise money to build six more Conestoga Huts. Three have already been built and moved into in the last week. The Cornbread Cafe is donating all of its proceeds from 4:00 to 9 p.m. to construction efforts for … Continue reading »
Egan Warming Center Makes Changes
EUGENE, Ore. — It will be another cold night Friday and volunteers at the Egan Warming Centers are working to make sure the homeless population won’t be left out on the streets. The group missed out on a below-freezing night last week. Egan Warming Center coordinators and volunteers say they feel horrible about missing out … Continue reading »
Inside New Conestoga Huts
EUGENE, Ore. — After the city approved the new Conestoga huts as part of the St. Vincent de Paul overnight parking program, two people moved into their new places this weekend. They finally have their own little something to call home. The occupants are still getting settled in, putting their own personal touches into what … Continue reading »
Warming Centers Closed Despite Cold Temp
EUGENE, Ore. — Controversy is heating up over Egan Warming Centers. KEZI 9 News viewers called us asking how it could be that the centers remained closed Wednesday night despite temperatures being well below their stipulation of 30 degrees. The temperature dropped as low as 20 degrees–that’s the coldest it’s been in about a year. … Continue reading »
Conestoga Huts Under Construction
EUGENE, Ore. — Two homeless Eugene families won’t have to brave the cold much longer. That’s because two Eugene council Conestoga huts will be ready this Saturday. Erik Debuhr with Tiny Life Industries in Eugene is hard at work putting the finishing touches on the huts. He makes all the modular panels, along with the … Continue reading »
Warming Centers Closed Wednesday
EUGENE, Ore. — It’s going to be a pretty chilly outside Wednesday night, and those without homes in town are having to deal with the dropping temperatures. First Christian Church downtown is one of the locations for the Egan Warming Centers. Normally, folks would be heading through the front doors to warm shelter, but that … Continue reading »
SLEEPS Moves On Again
EUGENE, Ore. — The group of activists called SLEEPS is planning its next move after being forced out of its latest location. Members cleared out of the Federal Building Plaza for a second time Saturday night. The Government Services Administration, a division of Homeland Security, ordered the group to leave. Members left peacefully, but two … Continue reading »
SLEEPS Activists File Federal Complaint
EUGENE, Ore. — In response to threats that homeless activists will be arrested if they don’t leave the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, on Wednesday they filed a federal complaint against the General Services Administration (GSA). That’s the agency that threatened to have the protesters arrested. The complaint accuses the GSA of violating the first … Continue reading »
Major Egan Remembered
EUGENE, Ore. — Four years ago Tuesday, Major Thomas Egan froze to death on the streets of Eugene. Members of St. Vincent de Paul and local churches remembered Major Egan. They say his death prompted change in the community, and now homeless people in Lane County have safe and warm places to sleep when temperatures … Continue reading »
Eugene Protest Leads to Arrest
EUGENE, Ore. — Angry protesters headed back to Free Speech Plaza after Lane County decided to put up a fence and close the plaza indefinitely. Thursday’s protest ended with one woman handcuffed after protesters trespassed on the closed property. The SLEEPS protesters were camped out at Free Speech Plaza for two nights when the county … Continue reading »
