News Now Forever: Homeless workforce to serve 'lemonade' during Beyoncé's Seattle concert

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Homeless workforce to serve 'lemonade' during Beyoncé's Seattle concert – KIRO Seattle

by: Casey McNerthney Updated: May 18, 2016 – 6:32 PM

The Millionair Club Charity sent 236 people to fill jobs at CenturyLink during Beyonce’s Formation World Tour concert May 18. (Left photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP Images. Right photo by @Millionair_Club)

Some of Seattle’s homeless were hired to fill jobs during Beyoncé’s Wednesday night concert at CenturyLink Field. The workforce jobs include serving lemonade at concessions, according to the Millionair Club Charity.

The Millionair Club operates a supportive employment program that specializes in helping people who are experiencing homelessness or other barriers to employment to become job ready, according to their website.

Their services include daily work assignments and temporary job placement.

The Millionair Club tweeted shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday that 236 workers were send to fill jobs at CenturyLink Field. Beyoncé Formation World Tour concert starts there at 7:30 p.m.

The “MCC workforce will be there, serving #lemonade at concessions (and catch a glimpse of Bey!),” Millionair Club staff tweeted.

#BeyonceSeattle The MCC just sent 236 workers to fill jobs at @CenturyLink_Fld Many are homeless #FormationWorldTour pic.twitter.com/0aG861j6Ve

— Millionair Club (@Millionair_Club) May 19, 2016

A call from KIRO 7 to the Millionair Club after business hours for additional details about the jobs and 236 workers was not immediately returned.

In November 2015, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray declared a homeless civil emergency. An annual count of people on the streets of Seattle found more than 2,800 people – a 21 percent increase from the previous year.

Seattle residents have raised concerns about homeless encampments other than The Jungle, and about transients living in RVs in multiple Seattle neighborhoods. Minutes before Murray gave a speech about Seattle’s homeless problem in January, five people were shot in The Jungle, a longtime homeless encampment under Interstate 5 near Beacon Hill.

The day before Beyoncé’s concert, city and state leaders announced a plan to clean up The Jungle, a space that has raised health concerns since the homeless population there increased in the early 1990s.

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