Help David Out of Homelessness
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I see the yard signs around our beautiful neighborhood: “Black Lives Matter and Love is Love”. Today there is an opportunity to lend a hand to one of our neighbors. Many of you recognize David Majak who has been, until late, a relatively constant presence at Wallingford and 45th. He is a sweet young man with a shocking history. Before becoming homeless, he was a third year student at University of Washington, and before that a foster child in Tacoma, and before that one of the Lost Boys of Sudan living in a refugee camp in Kenya. David witnessed unspeakable violence as a young boy. In 2001, the United States welcomed 3,800 young Sudanese refugees. Many have been successful in their new country, while others have suffered setbacks. I got to know David by stopping to chat from time to time like many of you, and then one day asked him how I could help.
David is now on his way out of homelessness. He is a patient at Neighborcare Health at 45th Street and the Community Psychiatric Clinic on Stone Way. He has been accepted to the Aloha Inn transitional housing and is now waiting for a room. After a short hospitalization in December, I didn’t have the heart to put David back on the sidewalk so I checked him into a motel. Since December 14, I have paid for his motel room and helped David with food and other expenses. As we wait for a room to become available, I would welcome any contributions to help David sleep off the streets for perhaps another six weeks. I am trying to raise $2,000 for approximately six weeks of housing and another $1,000 to pay for his citizenship application and other expenses. If you know David and would like to help him on his way to “Aloha” please contribute.
David is now on his way out of homelessness. He is a patient at Neighborcare Health at 45th Street and the Community Psychiatric Clinic on Stone Way. He has been accepted to the Aloha Inn transitional housing and is now waiting for a room. After a short hospitalization in December, I didn’t have the heart to put David back on the sidewalk so I checked him into a motel. Since December 14, I have paid for his motel room and helped David with food and other expenses. As we wait for a room to become available, I would welcome any contributions to help David sleep off the streets for perhaps another six weeks. I am trying to raise $2,000 for approximately six weeks of housing and another $1,000 to pay for his citizenship application and other expenses. If you know David and would like to help him on his way to “Aloha” please contribute.
Organizer
Ann Marie Sheridan
Organizer
Seattle, WA