Support MIPC Students Housebuilding in Tijuana

Here is a link you can follow to learn how you can partner with those going to Mexico to build houses over Spring Break. Thanks for your support! http://www.teensbuildinghouses.org/

Will You Feed the Hungry?

If you had a way to feed the hungry, the formerly and currently homeless in Seattle, would you do it?

MIPC has a way to help you get started in this ministry.

Contact Glo Ceteznik, Director of Missions, GloC@MIPC.org for more information.

Paying Attention to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely
for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people,
but for the appalling silence of the good people."

MLK-Letter from the Birmingham Jail

Asa Mercer Wins Award

There is a new banner in the library this week that proclaims Asa Mercer a "Great School" by the Center for Educational Effectiveness and Phi Delta Kappa International. A "Great School" is recognized as one of the 5% highest improving schools in the state of Washington for reading and math achievement over the past five years.

This is a huge achievement accomplished by sustained efforts over a long time period. MIPC tutors have been at Mercer to help students this year and for the past ten years. Celebrate this good news!

Report on 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness

Nine hundred and seventy eight volunteers with Plymouth Housing Group counted 2,759 people sleeping outdoors in King County-children, adults, and seniors. This number is 5% less than in 2009. This number does not include the 5,800 people who stay each night in emergency shelters and transitional housing.

Some progress in ending homelessness is being made. Last year King County added 1,065 units of housing making a total of 4,111 units. This is the fourth year of the ten year plan to end homelessness in King Country.

Plymouth Housing Group is adding two new houses, Humphrey House and Scargo that should open this Spring. Humphrey House will devote space to Spanish-speaking immigrants who are struggling with mental health issues and chemical dependency. Scargo will focus on the homeless Native American population.