Another Olympic Tent Village Update from Dave Diewert

The Olympic Tent Village was launched last Monday following a rally for homes. We successfully occupied an empty lot (58 W. Hastings), and have grown since then. We probably have 100 or so tents on the site, with lots of folks coming and going. Initially, we set in place an infrastructure to last us for 5 days, but the community of people who are on the site have decided to stay until the end of the Olympics, and maybe beyond. Perhaps SoJ can coordinate contributing an evening meal or a breakfast for one or two of the days remaining, and some could bring down other items in support (e.g., sleeping bags, blankets, firewood, triple A batteries, etc.). Also, if you are able to come by and volunteer some time, that would be great. The food tent area is always busy, and could use some help in serving, cleaning, organizing, etc. Also, there are 24 hour shifts to make sure the place is safe and secure. If you wish to volunteer for a shift, please let me know. Thanks to those who have been present so far (Letizia, Calvin, Britta, Teresa, Steven, Al, Mia, Judy, Bob, and others I may have missed out due to memory loss and lack of sleep); your presence has been much appreciated.

We won't be meeting this monday night, since the Tent Village is still in operation. I apologize for not communicating more regularly; I have been most of the time at the Tent Village, and so I've been away from home and computer. I look forward to meeting again on Monday, March 1st (7:00 pm at GCBC) and reflecting together on our experience of the past days, weeks, months.