Seattle Man's Toilet Kit For The Homeless Brings Privacy, Opens Doors [npr.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/5/1912:00 PM

By Gabriel Spitzer, National Public Radio, August 3, 2019

Mark Lloyd pulls up to a group of 10 tents near a freeway on-ramp, pops his trunk and pulls out his supplies: cat litter, a small military surplus tent, toilet paper, sanitizer, and a 5-gallon plastic bucket, complete with toilet seat.

This is the rudimentary toilet setup that Lloyd has been assembling and delivering to homeless encampments for about three years now. He guesses he has given away between 75 and 100.

"It's something people need, and I can fill it," he says.

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