Dave Hanson

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  Pastor Dave Hanson The Vineyards Church

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  Dave Hanson, the director of Yakima's extreme weather shelter program, worries he might have to turn people back out into the streets if he runs out of beds and volunteers. This weekend, he said, "We're probably going to see a higher number of people."
  
  The extreme weather shelters, staffed by community volunteers, offer homeless men, women and children a place to sleep from approximately November to March, when it's typically 32 degrees or colder overnight.
  
  Hanson, an assistant pastor at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Yakima, predicts frigid temperatures on Saturday night and Sunday will draw in more people, stretching the shelters' staffing numbers.
  
  Sunrise Outreach, a ministry at Vineyard Christian Fellowship, contracts with the Homeless Network of Yakima County to run the three shelters. The network represents about two dozen organizations that advocate for the homeless.
  
  "We desperately need volunteers," said Hanson, who serves as executive director of Sunrise Outreach.
  
  Earlier this year, he estimated he needed 250 volunteers to run the program, which is in its third year. With the recent opening of a third shelter -- and possibly another one later this winter -- he now estimates he needs 300.
  
  So far, 160 volunteers have been trained. But "a lot of them are working for a short period of time, and we need them for a longer time commitment," Hanson said.
  
  The shelters are in particular need of male volunteers to staff the two men's shelters at First Baptist and Englewood Christian churches. First Baptist has 16 beds; Englewood has 12 and the potential to expand to 20.
  
  Hanson predicts the extra beds will be needed. In fact, he might even need to open a fourth shelter. But, he said, "I can't even think about that until we have more volunteers."
  
  "It's the holidays.
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  Information: Dave Hanson, 453-2343.

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  Dave Hanson Director of Youth Ministries
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  Dave Hanson

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  Dave Hanson, Youth Pastor

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  "Basically, if we see somebody, we make sure they have food," says Dave Hanson, executive director of Sunrise Outreach and assistant pastor at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Yakima.
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  "This picks up where the shelters leave off," Hanson says.
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  "It's a collaboration," Hanson says.
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  • For more information, call Dave Hanson, executive director of Sunrise Outreach and assistant pastor at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Yakima, at 509-453-2343.

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  "Nobody gets turned away," said Dave Hanson, assistant pastor at the Vineyard Church.
  
  Hot meals and toiletry packets will be handed out at both shelters, said Hanson, who was hired by Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health to head the shelters for the Homeless Network.
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  "We're taking people as they are," Hanson said.
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  Church groups led the project last winter, but Hanson said he wants to open participation to the nonchurch-affiliated individuals, businesses and nonreligious groups.Two more training sessions are scheduled for Nov. 27 and Dec. 8.
  
  "Our mission at this point is to mobilize the community," Hanson said.

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  "If we have too big of an influx that happens too quickly and we're not giving them any solutions then we're forcing them to do what they have to do to be able to sustain," says Dave Hanson, Yakima's Homeless Network.
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  "We can turn the other way and if we ignore the problem it'll get worse," says Hanson.

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  If you have questions or thoughts, please contact Pastor Dave
  
  Dave Hanson - Director of Youth Ministries

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  Dave Hanson
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  DAVE HANSONDIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRIES

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  "It's really urgent that we get more people," says Dave Hanson, an assistant pastor at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Yakima. He organizes the shelter program. "We can't open the shelters if we don't have the people to run them."
  
  The next training is tonight, and Hanson is optimistic: "Our community will come through."
  
  The biggest need is for overnight volunteers. Other helpers include shelter directors, food and transportation coordinators, and those willing to serve dinners.
  
  The shelters offer homeless men, women and children a place to sleep during extreme weather -- 32 degrees or colder. This is the third year of the program. And Hanson expects to serve more people -- "maybe as many as 300" -- than the past two winters.
  
  "My sincerest hope is that we can get through a year when we don't have to turn people away," he says.
  
  Last season, about 250 people were served, and only a few were turned away because shelters were full, he says.
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  And the capacity could increase; three more churches are considering getting involved, says Hanson, the executive director of Sunrise Outreach.

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