Amber Fitts, longtime resident of Eugene, Oregon, is being held in Idaho at Blaine County Detention Center. She was arrested in June and will be held without sentencing until at least October and is seeking support. Amber would love to receive letters to help her get through the next few months, and funds for commissary and legal fees.
Amber Fitts is a wonderful friend, a dedicated advocate, and a hilarious companion. She has also been essential to the work of serving and distributing food weekly to the unhoused. In the words of one of her friends and co-organizers: “Together we gave food and supplies to the unhoused and housing insecure people in West Eugene every week. She has shown unshakable commitment to our community and our work. I look up to her, and while I have often struggled under the weight of our schedule and our responsibilities, even though she has been unhoused the entire time we’ve known one another, she works harder and faster and without complaint. She is a total inspiration to me and many people who live without a whole lot of kindness.”
Amber is also a board member of a new organization, Project Stability, that will establish housing for homeless folks. We are asking the Eugene community to show Amber that her care and commitment to us is reciprocated. Through sending her letters and funds, lets keep her spirits lifted and ease the path for her return home.
Amber’s friends want us to remind her that she can get through this and finish probation, and to stay focused on Project Stability and the people she cares about. Send letters to:
Blaine County Detention Center ID
Blaine County Detention Center ID
Amber Fitts 20250032
PO Box 247
Phoenix MD 21131
Funds can be venmoed to her friend, with “Amber” in the caption: @steven-kimes-2
I read about Amber and though I haven’t met her, I feel inspired by her and her work. I would like to write to her but want to make sure about the address. She is in Blaine County Detention Center in Idaho, yet the address is for a place called Poenix in Maryland? Email me, if needed KathleenTempleTailor@gmail.com THANKS!
Great question! The address that recieves the mail then scans it and makes it available to inmates on an ipad. That address is where the letter will go to be scanned, and is the correct address for mail to be addressed.
So unfortunately, she will not receive a physical copy of the letter :((