This is a video of our very first client John moving into his apartment after being on the streets for about a decade. We worked with him for three years before we had finally built the trust level to the point he would finally accept help!
It's day's like this that make it all worth it!!
He has been in his apartment for 4 months now and doing fantastically! He looks, sounds, and acts like a new man. It is truly a Blessing to see how far he has come in four months of being in his own apartment!! We need more stories like this one!! We can have more success stories and more frequently with your support! We can't do what we do without people like you!! Please consider giving a donation and join the #Servolution
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iencing homelessness or living in poverty, help to keep our ienciniencinanti-bullyingienciniencinanti-bullyinganti-bullyinganti-bullying events going, and support our community outreach projeePurchase of bus passes to get to work, get to school, . appointments, program appointments, interviews, grocery shopp
etc.Help cover move-in costs for an apartment or room for rent.Help cover rent or utilities during a fi
ancially difficult month.Gas voucher for people with vehicles struggling to get where they need to go due to increasing gas prices.Employment training, food handlers card, requirements, tools, uniforms. Recently we had a client that needed to get a physical before he could start work and surprisingly there was an out of pocket cost for this that was not affordable for someone living on the street. Anot
er client wanted to go back to school in the medical field and having scrubs was a requirement that was also an out of pocket cost. Emergency cold weather surv
val items such as umbrellas, rain coats, dry socks and under garments, shoes, blankets, coats, gloves, scarfs, beanies, tarps, etc. Sanitation items like porta
le toilets & liners, hand sanitizer, tissue, first aid kits, various medicines, day pass for a local gym for showers, hygiene items.Vehicle maintenance, registration, insurance, misc fee's to
nsure families do not loose access to the family vehicle or individuals do
ot loose access to the only shelter they have access to.Sto
age fee's so we can keep various items in stock for those we work with.Community college enrollment fee's, class fee's, book fee's.Hotel vouchers for "bridge housing" which means s
meone is approved for a place to live but can not move in for a certain number of days they c
n be "bridged" until the move in date.Credit check fee's for rental app
ications and a holding fee to secure an approved apartment.Christmas
presents for homeless children and children living in poverty.School supplies for homeless children and children living in poverty.We are also hoping to get some family sponsorships this year. What this means is that a family or individual living on the streets will have 6 months of rental costs (month to month basis) which will allow enought time for the family to get s
ttled, find a meaningful source of income, catch up on any bills and then finally pay the rent on their ow
once the 6 months is up.We always need quarters for our laundry ministry. Rig
t now our budget is set at $55 per week in quarters.Poster's professio
ally printed for each school so they can be used year roun
.Balloon arch for each anti-bullying event for the kids to walk through.Prizes for t
e winners of the anti-bullying poster contestPrinted material for each anti
bullying event for school staff, students, an
parents.Materials for students to make posters for the anti-b
llying poster contest.Permit fee's for community outr
ach projects.Printed materials for community outreach events for the public.Misc. materials for various community outreach events.There are many other random and unique costs that come up all the time but the items listed above are the most common costs we run into.