IMAGINEif you were the solution

IMAGINEif You Were The Solution:

Behind every statistic is a real person. This community didn’t just house three people in BLOCK homes in 2020. We housed Abdul, Peter, and, as of today (!!) ReNee. Each of them has a story. Each has a different reason why they ended up living on the streets. Each now has a place to lay their head and a support system, and can live with dignity.

In 2021, the Facing Homelessness community will be able to help six more people transition off the streets and into a BLOCK home. Each of them will have a name. Each will have a beautiful story. Each will know comfort and safety because of the compassion and generosity of this extraordinary community.

https://give.classy.org/FH2020

Please donate by midnight to help us reach our stretch goal of $250,000. We're less than $11,000 away. The number of people living outside is growing right now, and we must be there to share love, compassion and resources with new people living on the streets. Are you with us?

With gratitude,
Facing Homelessness staff, board, and volunteers

IMAGINEif: every one did what they could

IMAGINEif Everyone did what they could:

We want to live in a world where each of us can make a BIG impact on the injustices that surround us. This dream began with Just Say Hello and is now actualized for those who say "YES, in my backyard." Our wonderful host, Doh, recounts, “I have realized through hosting that it does not take anything from me to give more, and to expand my area of impact.” Like many others, Doh has stepped up in the simple yet profound act of sharing her underutilized backyard to host a BLOCK Home, built by volunteers and funded by community, where Abdul now lives as a neighbor and friend.

Right now, our neighbors like Abdul needs you. Our hosts like Doh need you. You’ve joined this community to come closer, to feel more, and to do more. When it comes to homelessness, it’s time to act. Your donation funds relationships, direct services, and a healthy HOME for someone in need. Where is your “YES” today?

https://give.classy.org/FH2020

Yesterday we launched a campaign to raise $200,000 by December 8th. We’re a quarter of the way there. Will you help us reach $65,000 today? Every single donation matters, whether it’s $5 or $5000. Doh inspires us by showing up as part of the solution. She told us part of her motivation was seated in the integrity of knowing deep down she could do more. “I wanted to be able to say I did what I could,” she told us, peering through her glasses with intent eyes as we sat in her backyard. Can you do just a little more today?

We know that each of you have chosen to be part of the solution. Join our hosts in saying “YES,” and support our IMAGINEif campaign right now.

https://give.classy.org/FH2020

THANK YOU,
Facing Homelessness Board, Staff, and Volunteers

IMAGINEif

IMAGINEif:

TOMORROW kicks off our END OF YEAR 8-DAY FUNDRAISER, beginning this #GivingTuesday! Together, we will IMAGINE a world without homelessness, and how essential YOU are to the vision. Together, we have the will to change, and the creativity to respond to the needs at hand. Right now, we need your support.

Shown in this photo is Abderrahim Aboulhouda (Abdul), who was previously homeless before moving into a beautiful home in the backyard of one of our hosts through #TheBLOCKProject.

At Facing Homelessness, we know it is possible to IMAGINE a future where things get better for people, because we see with our own eyes in the work we do, and how it transforms our participants, our staff, and our volunteers. Your support makes this possible.

Over these years, thousands of you have said YES to coming closer and feeling more - and through that proximity - DOING more. If you have been moved by the stories we have shared, seen our impact at the Window of Kindness, or participated in building a home for someone living homeless through The BLOCK Project, then please take this opportunity to support our work, which becomes more important every day this pandemic persists. Over the next eight days, we will be unveiling video and photo stories to help stretch our imaginations for a better future. Join us as we #IMAGINEif.

If you're feeling inspired to host your own fundraiser to support the campaign, let us know in the comments! If you SHARE this post, please write a statement about why this work matters to you (without it, algorithms render the shared post virtually invisible to your friends.) Stay tuned for more, and join our mailing list for sneak peeks into our new video stories. https://tinyurl.com/joinFH

THANK YOU,
Facing Homelessness staff, board, and volunteers