Kirkland’s Lake Washington United Methodist Church in Washington state provides a Safe Parking program for women who are down on their luck. They can sleep in their cars in the parking lot and use the building’s kitchen and Wi-Fi. Now, their dogs have a place to run and stretch their legs.
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Fences For Fido is a nonprofit organization that usually builds fences for dogs who are tethered in back yards in order to give them newfound freedom. Recently, they brought their fence-building skills to Lake Washington so that the dozens of women and families who live in their cars in the parking lot have a safe place to let their dogs run around off leash.
Church members donate food and toiletries to the women and they are allowed to come in and sleep on the pews when the temperature falls below freezing. Guests must be able to pass a background check in order to qualify for the Safe Parking program.
Michele Coppola of Fences For Fido told King5:
“The fact that the church has stepped up and is utilizing their facilities to help these women makes it even more important that we step up and help them keep their pets because their pets are their family and their friends.”
You can learn more about Fences for Fido here. You can learn more about the Safe Parking program here.
(H/T: King5)
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