Invitation to open house, potluck at ‘Nickelsville’ on Saturday

It started with an idea in the WSB Forums, and tomorrow (Saturday) is the day it happens: The homeless encampment that calls itself “Nickelsville” is inviting visitors to an open house, 2-6 pm, with a potluck at 5 pm. Everyone is welcome, and tours will be offered, as well as information on the camp’s future plans, according to WSB Forums member Mike, who has been living there since shortly after the camp returned to West Seattle last month. He says you can even find out about their “Small, Simple, Sturdy, Sleeping Structures.” The camp is at the southeast corner of West Marginal Way SW/Highland Park Way SW (map) – if you get lost, you can call 206-450-5268. And if you’d like to pitch in some last-minute help for the potluck – this is the newest WSB Forums thread, detailing the last few things organizers were trying to round up.

Dorli Rainey June 19, 2011 (9:31 am)

Thank You West Seattle Bloggers and the Nickelodeons. This was the best party in the greater Seattle area. It was a fun filled afternoon even if it did sprinkle occasionally. Great music and so much delicious food made this party a total success.

miws June 19, 2011 (2:04 pm)

Yes, huge thanks to angelescrest for coming up with the idea of a potluck, and everyone else that made it possible by contributions, and participation.

My only regret, besides the weather, (although it warmed up and stayed dry just in time for the potluck) was the fact that so many WSB’ers were unable to attend due to other commitments. I greatly appreciate those that were able to, and chose to contribute to the potluck even if they couldn’t attend. Thanks too, to all involved in coordinating drop off points for contributions.

I think it would be accurate to state that we had some mighty happy tummies in Nickelsville yesterday evening!

Mike

Pleb Bob June 22, 2011 (8:37 pm)

I’d love to conduct an interview with someone to talk about Nicklesville. This is a moving story, I don’t know if my last post made it because of a link, please look and see if you someone would be interested. I’d give them a national audience to speak about this movement. This is truly inspiring.

WSB June 22, 2011 (8:59 pm)

Pleb, you can find plenty of people to talk to either through Nickelsville’s site http://www.nickelsvilleseattle.org or through the WSB Forums, which are frequented by folks who have been helping the camp, as well as one of the newer residents who is a longtime Forums member – look for the threads at https://westseattleblog.com/forum – Tracy (WSB editor)

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