On a Wing and a Prayer

“Seattle isn’t a religious town, and I know there are people who will never write a check for a faith-based organization,” he says. “But God is in control and will find us other givers to make up for whatever we might lose on that side.”

Construction on the retrofit project was complete in April 2003, and the men’s shelter is up and running — though both Carpenter and Pfiffner are proud to point out that the shelter never stopped dishing out meals (about 1,000 a day) or providing rooms for the homeless and addicted men it serves.