{"id":21,"date":"2014-03-27T06:15:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T06:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2014-03-27T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T08:37:51","slug":"the-raven-van","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"The Raven Van"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homelessness in the Western Rockies<\/p>\n<p><em>click the thumbnail to start the story in the captions<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-249-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture1.png\"\n               title=\"A view of \u201cMountain Momma\u2019s,\u201d antique country store, which is located on 2004 S. Reserve Street in Missoula, Mont.  Below, after a full day\u2019s work downstairs in the thrift shop, Shirley Anderson, owner of Mountain Momma\u2019s, emerges with her dog,         \u201c Margie,\u201d traveling close behind her.   \u201c Come on, Margie, we\u2019ve got to go make the millions upstairs now.\u201d Anderson\u2019s shop consists of two upper floors of antiques, and one floor on the lower level, which is where the food bank and the thrift store are located.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture1.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture1.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"27\"\n               data-title=\"Picture1\"\n               data-description=\"A view of \u201cMountain Momma\u2019s,\u201d antique country store, which is located on 2004 S. Reserve Street in Missoula, Mont.  Below, after a full day\u2019s work downstairs in the thrift shop, Shirley Anderson, owner of Mountain Momma\u2019s, emerges with her dog,         \u201c Margie,\u201d traveling close behind her.   \u201c Come on, Margie, we\u2019ve got to go make the millions upstairs now.\u201d Anderson\u2019s shop consists of two upper floors of antiques, and one floor on the lower level, which is where the food bank and the thrift store are located.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture1\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture1\"\n                    alt=\"Picture1\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture1.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture2.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson stands behind the counter in her shop, awaiting customers\u2019 eager to talk. \u201c Now I run a relaxed business,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c If I want to go have a cup of coffee at my house next door, I\u2019ll just put a sign up that says that I\u2019ll be back in thirty minutes, and if they don\u2019t want to stay, or they don\u2019t want to come back that\u2019s o.k.\u201d Most people do think Anderson\u2019s shop is worth waiting for though.  She said she often has dealers from other states and countries coming to her to see if they can get her to lower her prices. \u201c They\u2019re what you call Horse traders,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c I bargain with them because that is a trick from the old days that we still do here.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture2.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture2.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"28\"\n               data-title=\"Picture2\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson stands behind the counter in her shop, awaiting customers\u2019 eager to talk. \u201c Now I run a relaxed business,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c If I want to go have a cup of coffee at my house next door, I\u2019ll just put a sign up that says that I\u2019ll be back in thirty minutes, and if they don\u2019t want to stay, or they don\u2019t want to come back that\u2019s o.k.\u201d Most people do think Anderson\u2019s shop is worth waiting for though.  She said she often has dealers from other states and countries coming to her to see if they can get her to lower her prices. \u201c They\u2019re what you call Horse traders,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c I bargain with them because that is a trick from the old days that we still do here.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture2\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture2\"\n                    alt=\"Picture2\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture2.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture3.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson has time to amuse her customers while they browse, spinning old stories in their presence.  While talking about a pig farm she used to have in her yard out back when her husband was still alive, Anderson began imitating the high pitched call of,                    \u201cSUUUUUUWEEEEEE,\u201d that they used to make to send the hogs running.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture3.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture3.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"29\"\n               data-title=\"Picture3\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson has time to amuse her customers while they browse, spinning old stories in their presence.  While talking about a pig farm she used to have in her yard out back when her husband was still alive, Anderson began imitating the high pitched call of,                    \u201cSUUUUUUWEEEEEE,\u201d that they used to make to send the hogs running.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture3\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture3\"\n                    alt=\"Picture3\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture3.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture4.png\"\n               title=\"\u201cCrazy, I\u2019m just buried in this stuff,\u201d said Anderson bent over a table piled high with clothes in the thrift store in her basement. \u201c It takes so long to sort it and price it.\u201d Anderson pointed out an infants one piece she was going over to the house to try and bleach the stains out of. \u201c It looks like it was stored for a long time,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cLooks like it had carrots or oranges spilled on it or something.\u201d  Every day Anderson washes clothes for the thrift store and says she prides herself on the fact that she can tell the homeless she meets down at the Raven Van that she uses Downey fabric softener to make everything soft.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture4.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture4.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"30\"\n               data-title=\"Picture4\"\n               data-description=\"\u201cCrazy, I\u2019m just buried in this stuff,\u201d said Anderson bent over a table piled high with clothes in the thrift store in her basement. \u201c It takes so long to sort it and price it.\u201d Anderson pointed out an infants one piece she was going over to the house to try and bleach the stains out of. \u201c It looks like it was stored for a long time,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cLooks like it had carrots or oranges spilled on it or something.\u201d  Every day Anderson washes clothes for the thrift store and says she prides herself on the fact that she can tell the homeless she meets down at the Raven Van that she uses Downey fabric softener to make everything soft.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture4\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture4\"\n                    alt=\"Picture4\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture4.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture30.png\"\n               title=\"Strong bear lights up a smoke before heading back out into the night.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture30.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture30.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"56\"\n               data-title=\"Picture30\"\n               data-description=\"Strong bear lights up a smoke before heading back out into the night.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture30\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture30\"\n                    alt=\"Picture30\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture30.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture5.png\"\n               title=\"During the day while she is busy waiting on customers in her antique shop, Anderson also receives phone calls from distressed and needy families with requests for food and clothing. Anderson writes down what they need, how many people are in the family and then heads downstairs to her thrift store and food bank to fulfill the orders.  Families are referred to Anderson\u2019s food bank and thrift store from Glad Tidings, her own parish, as well as from other churches and non-profit agencies around Missoula. Anderson said there are currently only three churches in Missoula, including Glad Tidings that have operating food banks for the needy. Below, Anderson sorts through bags upon bags of canned goods, stocking them on shelves, or getting an order ready for a family to pick-up.  The food bank consists of a small room, but it suits the needs of the families Anderson serves. Anderson said if families need items such as milk, eggs, or meat she has to go out to the store and buy them because she is still in need of a donated freezer.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture5.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture5.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"31\"\n               data-title=\"Picture5\"\n               data-description=\"During the day while she is busy waiting on customers in her antique shop, Anderson also receives phone calls from distressed and needy families with requests for food and clothing. Anderson writes down what they need, how many people are in the family and then heads downstairs to her thrift store and food bank to fulfill the orders.  Families are referred to Anderson\u2019s food bank and thrift store from Glad Tidings, her own parish, as well as from other churches and non-profit agencies around Missoula. Anderson said there are currently only three churches in Missoula, including Glad Tidings that have operating food banks for the needy. Below, Anderson sorts through bags upon bags of canned goods, stocking them on shelves, or getting an order ready for a family to pick-up.  The food bank consists of a small room, but it suits the needs of the families Anderson serves. Anderson said if families need items such as milk, eggs, or meat she has to go out to the store and buy them because she is still in need of a donated freezer.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture5\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture5\"\n                    alt=\"Picture5\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture5.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture6.png\"\n               title=\"Every Friday after closing and locking up \u201c Mountain Momma\u2019s,\u201d Anderson heads down the road two miles to Glad Tidings parish, also on Reserve Street where she, and volunteer, Don Stiner make sandwiches to bring downtown to the Raven Van.  They don\u2019t just make typical peanut butter and jelly sandwiches Anderson said, they also prepare ground beef which is a hit with the people Anderson serves. \u201c I like it myself,\u201d she said. From the church, Anderson heads downtown to park below the underpass of Higgins Bridge where Anderson and her volunteers set up their station with hot soup, sandwiches and deserts and wait for the homeless to arrive.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture6.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture6.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"32\"\n               data-title=\"Picture6\"\n               data-description=\"Every Friday after closing and locking up \u201c Mountain Momma\u2019s,\u201d Anderson heads down the road two miles to Glad Tidings parish, also on Reserve Street where she, and volunteer, Don Stiner make sandwiches to bring downtown to the Raven Van.  They don\u2019t just make typical peanut butter and jelly sandwiches Anderson said, they also prepare ground beef which is a hit with the people Anderson serves. \u201c I like it myself,\u201d she said. From the church, Anderson heads downtown to park below the underpass of Higgins Bridge where Anderson and her volunteers set up their station with hot soup, sandwiches and deserts and wait for the homeless to arrive.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture6\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture6\"\n                    alt=\"Picture6\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture6.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture7.png\"\n               title=\"After parking in their usual spot under the Higgins Bridge to set up the Raven Van, Anderson, front, and fellow volunteer, \u201c Billy,\u201d rear, who was formerly homeless, hurry to unpack the supplies in Anderson\u2019s truck to get them ready for the those who might appear early.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture7.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture7.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"33\"\n               data-title=\"Picture7\"\n               data-description=\"After parking in their usual spot under the Higgins Bridge to set up the Raven Van, Anderson, front, and fellow volunteer, \u201c Billy,\u201d rear, who was formerly homeless, hurry to unpack the supplies in Anderson\u2019s truck to get them ready for the those who might appear early.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture7\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture7\"\n                    alt=\"Picture7\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture7.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture8.png\"\n               title=\"In order to keep warm, Anderson, middle, and her other volunteers rush around trying to keep their blood moving in the dipping winter temperatures beside the banks of the Clark Fork River where they are setting up the tables to serve the Raven Van.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture8.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture8.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"34\"\n               data-title=\"Picture8\"\n               data-description=\"In order to keep warm, Anderson, middle, and her other volunteers rush around trying to keep their blood moving in the dipping winter temperatures beside the banks of the Clark Fork River where they are setting up the tables to serve the Raven Van.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture8\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture8\"\n                    alt=\"Picture8\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture8.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture9.png\"\n               title=\"Raven Van volunteers, Don Stiner, left, and, \u201cBilly,\u201d center, keep Anderson, far right, company as they wait for some visitors to the Raven Van.    \u201cWe\u2019re all set,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c We\u2019ve got everything we need for them, now we just need the people.\u201d\u000bBilly is a homeless woman residing in Anderson\u2019s thrift store basement until she\u2019s financially and emotionally stable enough to relocate, and until she finds a place that will allow her and her twelve dogs she calls her \u201c babies.\u201d  Billy, who asked to remain on a first name basis said she fled from an abusive and estranged husband in Florida who used to often pull knives and guns on her. \u201c In Florida it\u2019s all the women\u2019s fault,\u201d Billy said, shivering.  \u201c So I escaped here to Montana.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture9.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture9.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"35\"\n               data-title=\"Picture9\"\n               data-description=\"Raven Van volunteers, Don Stiner, left, and, \u201cBilly,\u201d center, keep Anderson, far right, company as they wait for some visitors to the Raven Van.    \u201cWe\u2019re all set,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c We\u2019ve got everything we need for them, now we just need the people.\u201d\u000bBilly is a homeless woman residing in Anderson\u2019s thrift store basement until she\u2019s financially and emotionally stable enough to relocate, and until she finds a place that will allow her and her twelve dogs she calls her \u201c babies.\u201d  Billy, who asked to remain on a first name basis said she fled from an abusive and estranged husband in Florida who used to often pull knives and guns on her. \u201c In Florida it\u2019s all the women\u2019s fault,\u201d Billy said, shivering.  \u201c So I escaped here to Montana.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture9\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture9\"\n                    alt=\"Picture9\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture9.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture10.png\"\n               title=\"Volunteer Don Stiner, far right, reads an exert from, \u201c A letter to God,\u201d to other Raven Van volunteers, Randy, far left, and Sean, middle. The photocopies of the \u201c Letter to God,\u201d  were made available for the Raven Van to distribute to readers down at the Raven Van if anyone desired reading material to take with them.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture10.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture10.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"36\"\n               data-title=\"Picture10\"\n               data-description=\"Volunteer Don Stiner, far right, reads an exert from, \u201c A letter to God,\u201d to other Raven Van volunteers, Randy, far left, and Sean, middle. The photocopies of the \u201c Letter to God,\u201d  were made available for the Raven Van to distribute to readers down at the Raven Van if anyone desired reading material to take with them.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture10\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture10\"\n                    alt=\"Picture10\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture10.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-11\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture11.png\"\n               title=\"After setting up the tables for the Raven Van, volunteer, Sean, far left, sips coffee in the meantime, while Anderson, center, and Beverly Robinson keep on the lookout for people wandering nearby awaiting an invite, most to embarrassed to approach the Raven Van without some encouragement to ensure that they are not being set up by local law enforcement for a bust. \u201c Now What,\u201d books, provided for the homeless were purposely placed within reaching distance of the Oreo cookies to gee the people to read about depression and social services available to help their re-integration into society.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture11.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture11.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"37\"\n               data-title=\"Picture11\"\n               data-description=\"After setting up the tables for the Raven Van, volunteer, Sean, far left, sips coffee in the meantime, while Anderson, center, and Beverly Robinson keep on the lookout for people wandering nearby awaiting an invite, most to embarrassed to approach the Raven Van without some encouragement to ensure that they are not being set up by local law enforcement for a bust. \u201c Now What,\u201d books, provided for the homeless were purposely placed within reaching distance of the Oreo cookies to gee the people to read about depression and social services available to help their re-integration into society.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture11\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture11\"\n                    alt=\"Picture11\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture11.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-12\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture12.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson listens intently to a much too familiar story about one of the homeless men she hadn\u2019t seen in awhile. \u201c Some people don\u2019t want to take responsibility,\u201d Anderson said, remembering the man to be somewhat of a loner and a recluse, never telling anyone where he set up his camp.        \u000b \u201cHe\u2019s still sleeping over there in the park, and he says he always carries a knife, too.\u201d Anderson shook her head sadly in wonderment. \u201c You never know what will set them off, do you?\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture12.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture12.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"38\"\n               data-title=\"Picture12\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson listens intently to a much too familiar story about one of the homeless men she hadn\u2019t seen in awhile. \u201c Some people don\u2019t want to take responsibility,\u201d Anderson said, remembering the man to be somewhat of a loner and a recluse, never telling anyone where he set up his camp.        \u000b \u201cHe\u2019s still sleeping over there in the park, and he says he always carries a knife, too.\u201d Anderson shook her head sadly in wonderment. \u201c You never know what will set them off, do you?\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture12\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture12\"\n                    alt=\"Picture12\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture12.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-13\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture13.png\"\n               title=\"Leaving the other volunteers behind to tend to the table, Anderson left her post at the Raven Van to go on her sole mission down to the rivers edge. Equipped with a dim and fading flashlight, each week Anderson heads down the pitch dark banks to encourage people to come eat a hot dinner on a cold winter night.  Just in case they don\u2019t want to accept the invite up to the Raven Van, Anderson always keeps a brown bag on sandwiches under her arm, ready to hand to any hungry encounter in need of a meal.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture13.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture13.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"39\"\n               data-title=\"Picture13\"\n               data-description=\"Leaving the other volunteers behind to tend to the table, Anderson left her post at the Raven Van to go on her sole mission down to the rivers edge. Equipped with a dim and fading flashlight, each week Anderson heads down the pitch dark banks to encourage people to come eat a hot dinner on a cold winter night.  Just in case they don\u2019t want to accept the invite up to the Raven Van, Anderson always keeps a brown bag on sandwiches under her arm, ready to hand to any hungry encounter in need of a meal.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture13\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture13\"\n                    alt=\"Picture13\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture13.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-14\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture14.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson always offers advice for visitors to the Raven Van.  She patted this man on the shoulder and pleaded with him to stay warm. \u201c The wind blows out of this canyon; we nearly freeze to death out here, I don\u2019t know how you guys stand it, \u201d Anderson said, asking if there was anything else she could give to him. \u201c Are you sure you don\u2019t want to take anything else with you, like more blankets or some more hot soup?\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture14.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture14.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"40\"\n               data-title=\"Picture14\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson always offers advice for visitors to the Raven Van.  She patted this man on the shoulder and pleaded with him to stay warm. \u201c The wind blows out of this canyon; we nearly freeze to death out here, I don\u2019t know how you guys stand it, \u201d Anderson said, asking if there was anything else she could give to him. \u201c Are you sure you don\u2019t want to take anything else with you, like more blankets or some more hot soup?\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture14\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture14\"\n                    alt=\"Picture14\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture14.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-15\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture15.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson approaches a homeless man asking to remain nameless, who she had to coax to come closer to the van to pick out some much needed winter clothing. \u201c Why don\u2019t you put your winter cap on instead, and keep your ears warm,\u201d Anderson said. The man just said very slowly, \u201c Ahhhh, but that one is just for special occasions, like Christmas.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture15.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture15.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"41\"\n               data-title=\"Picture15\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson approaches a homeless man asking to remain nameless, who she had to coax to come closer to the van to pick out some much needed winter clothing. \u201c Why don\u2019t you put your winter cap on instead, and keep your ears warm,\u201d Anderson said. The man just said very slowly, \u201c Ahhhh, but that one is just for special occasions, like Christmas.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture15\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture15\"\n                    alt=\"Picture15\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture15.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-16\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture16.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson brought the man over from his perch on the sidewalk to sort through some boxes to send him off with a pile of warm clothing to keep him warm, while other people continued to show up for the Raven Van, administered to by other volunteers.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture16.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture16.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"42\"\n               data-title=\"Picture16\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson brought the man over from his perch on the sidewalk to sort through some boxes to send him off with a pile of warm clothing to keep him warm, while other people continued to show up for the Raven Van, administered to by other volunteers.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture16\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture16\"\n                    alt=\"Picture16\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture16.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-17\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture17.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson often takes special requests from the regulars to the Raven Van. \u201c Well, you asked me for some button down shirts, so I brought some down that I thought you would like,\u201d Anderson said holding up a winter jacket she was making the man try on first. The man wanted to remain nameless as well, and Anderson shook her head at him.  \u201c They never want to give you a real first name or a last name, it\u2019s always a nickname or something.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture17.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture17.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"43\"\n               data-title=\"Picture17\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson often takes special requests from the regulars to the Raven Van. \u201c Well, you asked me for some button down shirts, so I brought some down that I thought you would like,\u201d Anderson said holding up a winter jacket she was making the man try on first. The man wanted to remain nameless as well, and Anderson shook her head at him.  \u201c They never want to give you a real first name or a last name, it\u2019s always a nickname or something.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture17\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture17\"\n                    alt=\"Picture17\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture17.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-18\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture18.png\"\n               title=\"Billy, a volunteer at the Raven Van, middle, grabbed the man\u2019s hand to squeeze tightly before he left, sending him off with another blanket because he wouldn\u2019t accept the winter coat Anderson gave to him, he just wanted the button down shirts she had promised him the week earlier.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture18.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture18.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"44\"\n               data-title=\"Picture18\"\n               data-description=\"Billy, a volunteer at the Raven Van, middle, grabbed the man\u2019s hand to squeeze tightly before he left, sending him off with another blanket because he wouldn\u2019t accept the winter coat Anderson gave to him, he just wanted the button down shirts she had promised him the week earlier.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture18\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture18\"\n                    alt=\"Picture18\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture18.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-19\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture19.png\"\n               title=\"In the center, \u201cPaul,\u201d a homeless man who frequents the Raven Van held out his hand to the others.    \u201c I didn\u2019t come to eat tonight, I just came to say hello and to show you my coin collection,\u201d he said. \u201c I don\u2019t have my seeing eyes on today after all that fun last night that I don\u2019t even remember.\u201d After Paul left, Raven Van volunteer Beverly Robinson, far left said it was the first time Paul had talked to her in two weeks, \u201c We were supposed to meet in front of the shelter at the Povorello Center  two Saturdays ago because he told me he could show me the computers  over at the college that I could use for free, but I forgot and went to bizarres all day with my daughter,\u201d Robinson said. \u201c Before tonight the only words he would say to me were, woman you have no idea what you did to me.\u201d  Paul always refuses coffee when he visits the Raven Van, and now everyone offers it as a joke because he answers the same each and every time he is asked. \u201c You know why I don\u2019t drink coffee, I am not old enough, the one time I did drink it I fell asleep at an opera house with my wife,\u201d Paul said. \u201c But that ,that was a long time ago now, and she is long gone.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture19.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture19.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"45\"\n               data-title=\"Picture19\"\n               data-description=\"In the center, \u201cPaul,\u201d a homeless man who frequents the Raven Van held out his hand to the others.    \u201c I didn\u2019t come to eat tonight, I just came to say hello and to show you my coin collection,\u201d he said. \u201c I don\u2019t have my seeing eyes on today after all that fun last night that I don\u2019t even remember.\u201d After Paul left, Raven Van volunteer Beverly Robinson, far left said it was the first time Paul had talked to her in two weeks, \u201c We were supposed to meet in front of the shelter at the Povorello Center  two Saturdays ago because he told me he could show me the computers  over at the college that I could use for free, but I forgot and went to bizarres all day with my daughter,\u201d Robinson said. \u201c Before tonight the only words he would say to me were, woman you have no idea what you did to me.\u201d  Paul always refuses coffee when he visits the Raven Van, and now everyone offers it as a joke because he answers the same each and every time he is asked. \u201c You know why I don\u2019t drink coffee, I am not old enough, the one time I did drink it I fell asleep at an opera house with my wife,\u201d Paul said. \u201c But that ,that was a long time ago now, and she is long gone.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture19\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture19\"\n                    alt=\"Picture19\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture19.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-20\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture20.png\"\n               title=\"Surrounded by visitors congregating around the Raven Van for dinner, Anderson, center,  and her volunteers laugh at a joke that one of the homeless visitors made while he was waiting in line to be served by Anderson and others at the Raven Van.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture20.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture20.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"46\"\n               data-title=\"Picture20\"\n               data-description=\"Surrounded by visitors congregating around the Raven Van for dinner, Anderson, center,  and her volunteers laugh at a joke that one of the homeless visitors made while he was waiting in line to be served by Anderson and others at the Raven Van.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture20\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture20\"\n                    alt=\"Picture20\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture20.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-21\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture21.png\"\n               title=\"David, one of the homeless men who also frequents the Raven Van every Friday evening accepts a hot cup of coffee from Anderson and embraces the opportunity to converse with Anderson about his religious views after Anderson mentioned to him how poor the Glad Tidings congregation was. When David heard Anderson talking about how often she sees churches with stained glass windows and their pastors driving Cadillac&#039;s and how she wonders who those churches are really helping, he took the opportunity to express his religious sentiments to her. \u201c I could not endure sound doctrine so I had to ban the church,\u201d David said. \u201c But my basic interest is there, wanting to know if there is a god, and if so, where is he and is he listening.\u201d  David looked at Anderson for a response, but she knew he had more to say. \u201c In the world standard, I may be suffering, but it\u2019s not that bad, and not until I was homeless did I begin to believe that the creator has things in store for me,\u201d David said. \u201c I almost believe what the Indians believe in more then the Christians these days because I\u2019ve been mixing and mingling with them down here.  You learn the hard way, and I don\u2019t believe God will ever make me ashamed.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture21.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture21.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"47\"\n               data-title=\"Picture21\"\n               data-description=\"David, one of the homeless men who also frequents the Raven Van every Friday evening accepts a hot cup of coffee from Anderson and embraces the opportunity to converse with Anderson about his religious views after Anderson mentioned to him how poor the Glad Tidings congregation was. When David heard Anderson talking about how often she sees churches with stained glass windows and their pastors driving Cadillac&#039;s and how she wonders who those churches are really helping, he took the opportunity to express his religious sentiments to her. \u201c I could not endure sound doctrine so I had to ban the church,\u201d David said. \u201c But my basic interest is there, wanting to know if there is a god, and if so, where is he and is he listening.\u201d  David looked at Anderson for a response, but she knew he had more to say. \u201c In the world standard, I may be suffering, but it\u2019s not that bad, and not until I was homeless did I begin to believe that the creator has things in store for me,\u201d David said. \u201c I almost believe what the Indians believe in more then the Christians these days because I\u2019ve been mixing and mingling with them down here.  You learn the hard way, and I don\u2019t believe God will ever make me ashamed.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture21\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture21\"\n                    alt=\"Picture21\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture21.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-22\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture22.png\"\n               title=\"Anderson is amused by David, far right, and Mike, who were indulging in what was placed before them.      \u201c For now God has us living off the fat of the land, but it won\u2019t always be that way,\u201d David said. \u201c Lots of times we drive by the alley and there is something in the dumpster like the brand new Gap scarf I found there the other day,\u201d to which Mike responded quietly, \u201c Well, you know what the man says: If he asks you to walk a mile then you walk a mile.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture22.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture22.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"48\"\n               data-title=\"Picture22\"\n               data-description=\"Anderson is amused by David, far right, and Mike, who were indulging in what was placed before them.      \u201c For now God has us living off the fat of the land, but it won\u2019t always be that way,\u201d David said. \u201c Lots of times we drive by the alley and there is something in the dumpster like the brand new Gap scarf I found there the other day,\u201d to which Mike responded quietly, \u201c Well, you know what the man says: If he asks you to walk a mile then you walk a mile.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture22\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture22\"\n                    alt=\"Picture22\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture22.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-23\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture23.png\"\n               title=\"David, one of the homeless men asked Anderson and the others if they minded if he told a story as he was getting ready to depart. \u201c I was homeless in Oklahoma where there was a wide variety of religious organizations that worked right alongside the federal government, they weren\u2019t subversive at all,\u201d David said.  \u201c How can you conform to a world and be transformed when we receive a revelation?\u201d David said he realized that the revelations taught him that what everyone else has isn\u2019t worth anything. \u201c It\u2019s all about what people believe and how they don\u2019t act on what they believe,\u201d his comments upsetting a usually silent Mike standing beside him who unexpectedly  erupted at David, desperately repeating, \u201c Well, what can we do about that to make it better?\u201d As the last reflection of the garbage bag David was carrying disappeared into the black we heard David\u2019s answer for Mike.\u201c I don\u2019t know, I just don\u2019t know.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture23.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture23.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"49\"\n               data-title=\"Picture23\"\n               data-description=\"David, one of the homeless men asked Anderson and the others if they minded if he told a story as he was getting ready to depart. \u201c I was homeless in Oklahoma where there was a wide variety of religious organizations that worked right alongside the federal government, they weren\u2019t subversive at all,\u201d David said.  \u201c How can you conform to a world and be transformed when we receive a revelation?\u201d David said he realized that the revelations taught him that what everyone else has isn\u2019t worth anything. \u201c It\u2019s all about what people believe and how they don\u2019t act on what they believe,\u201d his comments upsetting a usually silent Mike standing beside him who unexpectedly  erupted at David, desperately repeating, \u201c Well, what can we do about that to make it better?\u201d As the last reflection of the garbage bag David was carrying disappeared into the black we heard David\u2019s answer for Mike.\u201c I don\u2019t know, I just don\u2019t know.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture23\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture23\"\n                    alt=\"Picture23\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture23.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-24\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture24.png\"\n               title=\"David, after his second piece of pecan pie says to a newcomer, \u201c I\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s good if your teeth can take it, that pecan pie!\u201d  David said he relished a good supper, he was so hungry. \u201c I haven\u2019t eaten since yesterday, last night I slept propped up against a tree halfway up where that peace sign is,\u201d David said, pointing in that general direction.     \u201cDoes anyone know where north of here is?\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture24.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture24.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"50\"\n               data-title=\"Picture24\"\n               data-description=\"David, after his second piece of pecan pie says to a newcomer, \u201c I\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s good if your teeth can take it, that pecan pie!\u201d  David said he relished a good supper, he was so hungry. \u201c I haven\u2019t eaten since yesterday, last night I slept propped up against a tree halfway up where that peace sign is,\u201d David said, pointing in that general direction.     \u201cDoes anyone know where north of here is?\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture24\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture24\"\n                    alt=\"Picture24\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture24.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-25\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture25.png\"\n               title=\"\u201cCrazy Rudy,\u201d tells Anderson a story as she tries to compare his size to an outstretched sweater. \u201c She\u2019s trying to tell me I look pregnant,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c We get so depressed out here so our brains don\u2019t work like a regular person anymore.\u201d Rudy said he was trying to figure everything out by himself but was having a hard time doing that. \u201c We figure out a lot of things by ourselves, on our own,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c But let the truth be told: we don\u2019t want to really, though.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture25.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture25.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"51\"\n               data-title=\"Picture25\"\n               data-description=\"\u201cCrazy Rudy,\u201d tells Anderson a story as she tries to compare his size to an outstretched sweater. \u201c She\u2019s trying to tell me I look pregnant,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c We get so depressed out here so our brains don\u2019t work like a regular person anymore.\u201d Rudy said he was trying to figure everything out by himself but was having a hard time doing that. \u201c We figure out a lot of things by ourselves, on our own,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c But let the truth be told: we don\u2019t want to really, though.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture25\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture25\"\n                    alt=\"Picture25\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture25.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-26\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture26.png\"\n               title=\"\u201cCrazy Rudy,\u201d made a grand entrance to the Raven Van. \u201c You got to dress me up for the movies, I spent two years camping by what we call bloody alley until my camp was burned down,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c A lot of us tramps get killed, and beaten up, you know where the Super 7 is, on Broadway, back behind the hotel there.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture26.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture26.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"52\"\n               data-title=\"Picture26\"\n               data-description=\"\u201cCrazy Rudy,\u201d made a grand entrance to the Raven Van. \u201c You got to dress me up for the movies, I spent two years camping by what we call bloody alley until my camp was burned down,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c A lot of us tramps get killed, and beaten up, you know where the Super 7 is, on Broadway, back behind the hotel there.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture26\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture26\"\n                    alt=\"Picture26\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture26.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-27\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture27.png\"\n               title=\"Crazy Rudy came back a moment later. \u201c You should see the dumpster diving we do, see us tramps, we eat out of the dumpsters,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c They call us transients but we call ourselves tramps, and I tell them proudly that I am a TRAMP.\u201d After laughing at the sexual innuendo Rudy made about himself, suddenly he turned grave and said, \u201c Something happens along the way and we end up out here, something just happens.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture27.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture27.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"53\"\n               data-title=\"Picture27\"\n               data-description=\"Crazy Rudy came back a moment later. \u201c You should see the dumpster diving we do, see us tramps, we eat out of the dumpsters,\u201d Rudy said. \u201c They call us transients but we call ourselves tramps, and I tell them proudly that I am a TRAMP.\u201d After laughing at the sexual innuendo Rudy made about himself, suddenly he turned grave and said, \u201c Something happens along the way and we end up out here, something just happens.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture27\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture27\"\n                    alt=\"Picture27\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture27.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-28\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture28.png\"\n               title=\"\u201cApache,\u201d far left, told Anderson that without fail she always spoils him when he comes to visit the Raven Van. \u201c I don\u2019t know how to be a tramp no more, you ladies dress me up and feed me so good,\u201d Apache said. \u201c Ten dollar sweatpants, a watch, a blanket, a leather coat\u2026.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture28.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture28.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"54\"\n               data-title=\"Picture28\"\n               data-description=\"\u201cApache,\u201d far left, told Anderson that without fail she always spoils him when he comes to visit the Raven Van. \u201c I don\u2019t know how to be a tramp no more, you ladies dress me up and feed me so good,\u201d Apache said. \u201c Ten dollar sweatpants, a watch, a blanket, a leather coat\u2026.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture28\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture28\"\n                    alt=\"Picture28\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture28.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-29\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture29.png\"\n               title=\"\u201cApache\u2019s\u201d real tribal name is George Strong bear. Upon having his picture taken he said his spirit was taken with it. \u201c Shit, I\u2019m just used to mug shots,\u201d Strong bear said. \u201c I\u2019ve done ten years in prison, I\u2019ve been in the new one too, all those cops know me here by name.\u201d  Just then, \u201c Crazy Rudy,\u201d came over and tapped Strong bear on the shoulder. \u201c We\u2019re not all the same you know, the only thing we have in common is that we are transients.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture29.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture29.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"55\"\n               data-title=\"Picture29\"\n               data-description=\"\u201cApache\u2019s\u201d real tribal name is George Strong bear. Upon having his picture taken he said his spirit was taken with it. \u201c Shit, I\u2019m just used to mug shots,\u201d Strong bear said. \u201c I\u2019ve done ten years in prison, I\u2019ve been in the new one too, all those cops know me here by name.\u201d  Just then, \u201c Crazy Rudy,\u201d came over and tapped Strong bear on the shoulder. \u201c We\u2019re not all the same you know, the only thing we have in common is that we are transients.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture29\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture29\"\n                    alt=\"Picture29\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture29.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-30\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture31.png\"\n               title=\"Strong bear stopped and turned around just as he was about to disappear into the dark down by the riverbanks. \u201cCan I just tell you guys something,\u201d Strong bear asked. \u201c I don\u2019t know if you guys mind but I am a chronic alcoholic, so every time I buy beer I put the price tags on my shoes.\u201d\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture31.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture31.png\"\n               data-image-id=\"57\"\n               data-title=\"Picture31\"\n               data-description=\"Strong bear stopped and turned around just as he was about to disappear into the dark down by the riverbanks. \u201cCan I just tell you guys something,\u201d Strong bear asked. \u201c I don\u2019t know if you guys mind but I am a chronic alcoholic, so every time I buy beer I put the price tags on my shoes.\u201d\"\n               data-image-slug=\"picture31\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"249\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Picture31\"\n                    alt=\"Picture31\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture31.png\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-31\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture32.png\"\n               title=\"Before everyone departed the Raven Van for the evening, there was a last request for a prayer with all the volunteers. \u000b\u201c We are  gathered to pray for all the loners who go around alone because they are afraid of invading someone else\u2019s space, they are afraid of invading the real world again, to them it\u2019s like invading someone\u2019s private room,\u201d Anderson said. \u201c But give them the strength to let them know they are invited, and give us the strength to keep gathering by the Raven Van, for they need us, and they will continue to need us.\u201d\u000bAmen.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/Picture32.png\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/brennachapman.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/gallery\/raven-van\/thumbs\/thumbs_Picture32.png\"\n               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