Ongoing mess prompts cease-and-desist letter against Parksville outreach group
PARKSVILLE — The City of Parksville has issued a cease-and-desist order against a group committed to helping the homeless, over the trash allegedly left from their efforts to hand out food and supplies.
The order was sent to the Manna Homeless Society on Nov. 15 on behalf of Parksville’s mayor and council.
Manna has been involved in many homeless outreach programs around the Oceanside area for more than a decade. It specifically drew the ire of the City for the goods given to the roughly 10 people living on City land at Jensen Ave. beside City Hall.
Volunteers visit the campers every weekend and according to Parksville’s CAO Debbie Comis, they don’t clean up what isn’t used.