by Melissa Roberts

For twenty-five years, Bread & Roses, a small group of volunteers grounded in the Catholic Worker movement, has provided services to poor and homeless individuals and families in Olympia. Beginning with a shelter for women and children, the group has also provided such services as a soup kitchen, men's shelter, and the Bread & Roses Advocacy Center. This Labor Day season, Thurston County residents can join the second quarter-century of community service by contributing via "Work-a-Day for Bread & Roses" held September 12th. This day, Olympia residents work their . . .

"Helping end the cycle of homelessness . . . Work-a-Day for Bread & Roses. Love is an Action. Act. workaday4broly@yahoo.com "