[Neighbors] Can you help Cherokee?

[melissa via Neighbors_nobhill-nm]

We may have a place. Will check with my partner and call if he's okay with
this.
On Jan 25, 2016 1:47 PM, "Carolina Yahne via Neighbors_nobhill-nm" <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> We don't have a safe sleeping spot for Cherokee, either. She used to
> accept cash from me. She called it a "donation". But the last time I saw
> her she refused it. She is a gentle soul. I want to support her somehow,
> but I also respect her autonomy. Carolina
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm-bounces at mailman.swcp.com> on behalf of Sara
> Friederich via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com
> >
> *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2016 12:10 PM
> *To:* Carnes Danelle
> *Cc:* neighbors at nobhill-nm.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Neighbors] Can you help Cherokee?
>
> Danelle,
> Thank you for sending this out.  I see Cherokee often when out on my
> walks.  I have given her a pair of sneakers and warm socks, and
> occasionally I give her some cash - I say hello and approach slowly and put
> the cash right in her hand.  She's not up for talk, so I don't try to
> engage her very much more.
>
> As far as sleeping area, we don't have a good place for her- no alley
> access and no privacy.  Sorry...
> Sara Friederich
> Grand & Amherst
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Carnes Danelle via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>
> Can you help?
>
> You've probably seen Cherokee, the homeless woman who has walked our
> neighborhood wrapped in a blanket and with newspaper and plastic around her
> feet for the last 20-30 years.  She has spent the last few months sleeping
> in the side yard of the house on the corner of Campus and Berkeley (Monte
> Vista Christian Church).  Due to complaints from church tenants, she was
> told last Wednesday to move on.
>
> S*he needs a safe place to sleep at night (outside).*  If you have a
> niche behind your garage or the unused back half of a fenced back yard or
> any other somewhat protected place with alley access she could use in the
> evenings, won't you please think about offering it to this woman?  She
> leaves every morning and returns just before dark.  She doesn't ask for
> food or money;  she refuses city services and offers to take her to a
> shelter.  She has no substance abuse problems and seems satisfied with her
> lifestyle and unwilling to make any changes.
>
> If any of the churches in the area have any suggestions, please come
> forward!
>
> Please call Scott Steele at 710-7018 if you would like to help or just
> need further information.
>
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