CHICO — A mobile shower and laundry unit came to offer services to people camping at Comanche Creek Greenway on Thursday.
Haven of Hope on Wheels from Oroville, founded by Kevin Thompson, arrived Thursday morning, after asking the Chico City Council on Tuesday for permission to come to the park to offer services.
Senior administrator Keesha Hills said, “We saw the need and we’re doing it on our own, hoping that at some point we can partner with the city to be able to continue.”
The unit gave seven minute showers and one load of laundry per person until 2:30 p.m. Hills said the organization had served at least 40 people by 1 p.m. and still had others waiting for services.
The Ampla Mobile Medical unit was also on site to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations and other medical services. Director of Communications Rocio Valdez said services were for anyone 18 and older, targeted at unhoused people, and will be back in Chico in the coming week.
The unit also provides referrals to services at other locations, such as getting therapy, meals and transportation, for state and federal aid as well as countywide services. Medical aid is not necessarily free of cost. But those who don’t have insurance won’t be turned away, but will be directed to enrollment aid for help applying for state marketplace medical insurance, Valdez said.
“It’s amazing for the community feel out here,” camper Donald Robert Leigh said of getting the services at the park.
“The morale has most definitely lightened and all of the amazing campers here at Comanche Creek Greenway with me have been so polite and respectful. This truly is a community and not one the general public and the Chico City Council should hate and try to tear apart.”
Councilor Scott Huber said, “It’s heart warming to see that a service provider is coming to Chico to provide health and sanitation needs just out of the goodness of their hearts, with no endorsement or request from the city.”
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