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MEETING THE NEED<br />
YOUR TIME, TALENT & TREASURE<br />
For <strong>the</strong> second year, Captain Ken Chapman, and several hardy volunteers walked 66 miles on historic Route<br />
66 in <strong>the</strong> Route 66 Walk <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Homeless presented by Route 66 Chevrolet. Joining him on <strong>the</strong> entire walk<br />
were, left to right, Luke Swain, Captain Chapman, Isaiah Stegall, Mike Havise and Tom Tommey. <strong>The</strong><br />
first night of <strong>the</strong> walk, o<strong>the</strong>rs from <strong>the</strong> community joined <strong>the</strong> walkers in a campout on <strong>The</strong> <strong>Salvation</strong> <strong>Army</strong> <strong>Area</strong><br />
<strong>Command</strong> ground to bring awareness of those homeless who sleep outside every night. Among those braving <strong>the</strong><br />
cold were Libby Billings of Eloté Café & Catering, Kim MacLeod of <strong>the</strong> City of Tulsa and Noe Rodriguez<br />
from <strong>the</strong> Mental Health Association Oklahoma. Ken Busby of <strong>the</strong> Route 66 Alliance served as honorary<br />
chair of <strong>the</strong> event.<br />
A Summit on Homelessness was held <strong>the</strong> second morning of <strong>the</strong> walk and brought community leaders<br />
toge<strong>the</strong>r to discuss <strong>the</strong> growing need <strong>for</strong> emergency shelter in Tulsa. Quarterly Summits are planned <strong>for</strong> 2018.<br />
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