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The
William Booth Center provides housing and support
services to homeless men in Seattle. It is a relatively
new facility that demand rendered too small within
a few years. With a goal of raising $1.35 million
through the H.O.P.E. Capital Campaign, The Salvation
Army added 30 beds, classroom space, improved work
space for medical staff, and additional laundry
and shower facilities.
The William Booth Center goal of $1.35 million has
been reached, thank you for your support! |
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success story from the William Booth Center. |
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Jimmy Blackshire,
formerly a resident at The Salvation Army’s
William Booth Center describes himself as
a work in progress. Originally from Shreveport,
Louisiana, Jimmy has lived in Seattle’s
streets on and off for five years. He has
battled addictions to cocaine and alcohol
for six times as many years – thirty
to be exact.
Jimmy found the William Booth Center after
he was released from prison last September
and was faced once again with being homeless.
Jimmy’s parole officer entered him
into the William Booth Center’s Offenders
Accountability Act program and the rest
- as the saying goes - is history. Clean
and sober for the first time in thirty years,
Jimmy was employed as a facilitator at the
King County Administrative Shelter, where
he assisted homeless men whose stories are
no different than his own.
“If it wasn’t for the Booth Center,
I could still be just like the guys I saw
at the shelter.”
He attributes his success story in progress
to his strong faith in God and the stable,
supportive, sober environment he found with
the William Booth Center.
Now Jimmy is on his way back home to Louisiana,
where he has been given permission to finish
out the rest of his parole.
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family notices a positive difference in the
way I talk, the goals that I set for myself.
I have a long way to go before I am a success
story, but with the Booth Center’s support
and my faith in God, I know I’ll make
it.” |
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