other Resources I want to share Bread & Roses - Olympia - Bread and Roses programs include the Bread and Roses Advocacy Center (BRAC) where advocates serve as friends and guides in assisting individuals navigate the social service system, gain housing, and develop an income. The Voice of Olympia is a street newspaper published monthly by Bread and Roses . It is an alternative to panhandling - Voice vendors make 70 cents on every paper they sell. The Women's Guest House offers 12 warm beds and nurturing community for chronically homeless women working to stabilize their lives. The Devoe Street Shelter houses 35 chronically homeless men. http://www.breadandrosesoly.org  "Bread & Roses is a hub of community, offering opportunities for people to gather around common passions. As a community hub, Bread & Roses bridges the class divide by bringing people of differing class backgrounds together to discover what they have in common, as well as the unique value in one another. By bringing the community together, in all its diversity, Bread & Roses destroys the myths, fears, stereotypes, and social barriers that prevent the community from effectively addressing issues of poverty and homelessness."  EGYHOP (Emma Goldman Youth & Homeless  Outreach Project) - Olympia - street outreach workers provide items and resources to the homeless and low-income populations living on the streets, youth-at-risk and those who self-identify as part of the street population. The outreach workers are available during hours when the street population cannot access traditional services. The mission of EGYHOP is to provide emergency intervention services, a friendly and familiar face to talk with, and needed and requested items which can include, but are not limited to: socks, blankets and sleeping bags, etc. http://www.anti-bush.com/egyhop.html Northwest Cooperative Development Center (NWCDC) - devoted to assisting new and existing cooperative businesses, from daycare centers to credit unions, working to foster community economic development, primarily through the cooperative business model. http://www.nwcdc.coop Olympia Food Coop - operates two stores and offers a wide selection of natural foods and products - but the Coop is more than just a place to buy healthy food. It's a community resource that promotes and practices nutritional awareness, local farming and production, environmental responsibility social and economic justice, collective management and consensus decision-making. http://olympiafood.coop Sound Builder's ReSource - Olympia - diverts reusable building materials, runs a non-profit resale store that provides those materials to the community at affordable prices, and helps fund South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity in building affordable housing for partner families here in our community.  http://www.sbroly.org