Announcement (8/13/19)
Thank you to all our supporters for helping us reach our goal of $90,000! As of August 12th, we had raised $84,100, and within one day, you helped us raise the other $5,900. Now we’re right on schedule to finish Unity Village.
If you’d like to volunteer, please come by Unity Village any time Tuesday through Friday from 8am to 4pm.
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HomesNOW! Not Later is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization made entirely of volunteers working together to end homelessness one person at a time. Our mission is to address each person’s basic human needs and help them get back on their feet.
Our tent communities and tiny home villages provide temporary housing and access to basic needs, such as a safe place to sleep, a place to store belongings and food, access to drinking water, cooking facilities, showers, bathrooms, mailing address, internet, and garbage service. We work one-on-one with each person to eliminate barriers to housing and find affordable permanent housing options.
As of June 2019, we’ve helped 17 homeless people find permanent housing, 9 people find employment, and provided a stable living situation for 55 people.
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To donate, click here. We’re currently raising money to build tiny homes for Unity Village.
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HomesNow. Not Later. is feeling hopeful.
We’ve raised $84,100 of the $90,000 needed to finish Unity Village. We need to raise only $5,900 more by Tuesday to keep the project on track to completion! Please donate today!
homesnow.org/donate/
PayPal: admin@homesnow.org
Venmo App (mobile): venmo.com/Homes-Now
Bring cash/check to Safe Haven (620 Alabama St., enter on Texas).
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We are two weeks away from the big move from Safe Haven to Unity Village. We Need Your Help to finish and be ready for people to move in by then. To make that happen, we need to raise $7,000 by Monday night so we can order the rest of the materials and finish building. We are so proud of the whole community for coming together and getting us this far: all the donors, all the volunteers, and also the Safe Haven residents who've been working hard to make this happen. But we can't build if we don't have materials. Please consider donating today. PayPal: admin@homesnow.org Cash/check: Bring to Safe Haven, 620 Alabama St. (enter on Texas St.) Please share this post to spread the word!
We are two weeks away from the big move from Safe Haven to Unity Village. We Need Your Help to finish and be ready for people to move in by then. To make that happen, we need to raise $7,000 by Monday night so we can order the rest of the materials and finish building.
We are so proud of the whole community for coming together and getting us this far: all the donors, all the volunteers, and also the Safe Haven residents who've been working hard to make this happen. But we can't build if we don't have materials. Please consider donating today.
PayPal: admin@homesnow.org
Cash/check: Bring to Safe Haven, 620 Alabama St. (enter on Texas St.)
Please share this post to spread the word!
This is our distribution of funds chart (as of July 31st, 2019). HomesNOW as an organization believes in being as transparent as possible. Normally we do this report once per year, so you can see where your money has been going.
This year has been unusual in that we've had 4x the amount of activity as normal. We also needed to compile this report for our grant writer.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please share.
Keep in mind the "money in the bank" is from July 31st. At this time we are $8,000 short in purchasing the materials we need to finish the Unity Village project.
Thanks,
Doug Gustafson
HomesNOW - Technical Director
HomesNOW! would like to thank the community for coming together to raise money for Unity Village! As of August 9, 2019, we've raised $82,000 of the $90,000 needed to finish Unity Village. We need to raise only $8,000 more this weekend to keep the project on track to completion! Please donate today! homesnow.org/donate/ (Using PayPal, cash, or check will make sure we get the funds right away).
Thank you Fat Pie Pizza and El Agave Fairhaven for generously donating food for the tiny home build at Unity Village! Please show your support for these local businesses. 🍕🌮💕
HomesNow. Not Later. is feeling grateful.
Shout out to Papa John's Pizza and Port of Subs for generously donating food for our Women's Build on Sunday. Thanks so much. Please show your support for these businesses!
Empyrean Management and BookingYou guys are amazing
2 weeks agoHomesNow. Not Later. was celebrating community.
Our Rummage Sale made over $1,000 yesterday, not counting the donation box and the generous donation to fund a whole tiny home!! Thank you so much to our HomesNOW and Bellingham community for the support. Thank you to all of the volunteers, (big shout out to Towhee) and resident volunteers that moved boxes of things from one end of camp to other and then back again! Thank you to the building crew that moved off site and continued to build while the sale took over the construction zone! THANK YOU!
Anyone planning a wedding or big event? We have a bunch (20?) cream table clothes. Table runners, napkins, matching vases....🤷🏻♀️
Our rummage sale is this Saturday. We need volunteers to bake goodies for our bake sale, donate rummage sale items between Wed and Fri, help setup and price items on Friday, and work at the sale on Saturday. Please sign up here! All proceeds go towards materials for tiny homes.
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The Sunnyland Neighborhood is having our 2nd Annual yard sale weekend this July 26th-28th. A neighbor and business owner, Teri Cruzan, is printing a small flyer with all neighborhood yard sales listing dates/times/addresses. Each sale household will get some fliers to hand out to promote each other's sales. If you’d like to include your rummage sale in the flyer, please let me know - it would be great to include since you’re part of the neighborhood!
4 weeks ago · 2We will be collecting items starting next Wednesday, July 24th for our Rummage Sale Saturday July 27th! We want to help you clear out your house! Please see instructions below!
HomesNow. Not Later.If you have a larger item and need help hauling it to the site, please call Melissa at 360-333-7178 to schedule a pick up!
1 month agoHomesNow. Not Later.Items will be organized by price. $1 items on the blue table, $3 items on the red table, $5 items on the green table and $10 plus on yellow. If an item has a certain color sticker or piece of tape on it a certain color we will call that the price! There will be colored stickers at the welcome table for drop offs if needed.
1 month agoWe're getting closer to our goal! We have about 3 weeks to raise the last $30,000. The sooner we raise the money, the sooner we can purchase the materials to build. Thanks to all who have donated and shared our posts. Without you, none of this would be possible. 💕🏡
Check out KGMI's article about tomorrow's ribbon cutting.
kgmi.com/news/007700-tiny-homes-for-homeless-project-hits-first-milestone/
We're more than half way to our goal of $90,000. We have three tiny homes built and the first residents moved into their home this week. This is only possible because of your support and donations. Thank you 🏠💕
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Matching donations until July 31st.
Matching donations until July 31st. Please consider donating today.
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Matching donations July1st to july 31st
Link to Safe Haven Project: homesnow.org/safe-haven/ General Planning document, similar to business plan: homesnow.org/wp-content/uploads/201...
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WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT! BELLINGHAM, VOLUNTEER'S, CONTRIBUTOR'S, RESIDENT'S! MY COMMUNITY! MY PEOPLE! WE RAISED $923 IN RAFFLE TICKETS LAST NIGHT! i'M STILL FLOATING ON AIR FROM ALL THE TOGETHERNESS I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE LAST 6 MONTHS! YOU ARE ALL HERO'S IN MY BOOK! THANK YOU THANK YOU!
WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT! BELLINGHAM, VOLUNTEER'S, CONTRIBUTOR'S, RESIDENT'S! MY COMMUNITY! MY PEOPLE! WE RAISED $923 IN RAFFLE TICKETS LAST NIGHT! i'M STILL FLOATING ON AIR FROM ALL THE TOGETHERNESS I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE LAST 6 MONTHS! YOU ARE ALL HERO'S IN MY BOOK! THANK YOU THANK YOU!
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HomesNow. Not Later. is feeling grateful.
We are so close to our "end of June" goal; only $1,800 more needed to meet that goal. We are so grateful for all the community support.
Here's our progress so far. Thanks to all who have donated and made our first two tiny homes a reality. Let's keep up the momentum!
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Tonight! Broadcasting live from high atop the 420th floor of KZAX Studios join us for another edition of " Bloch Off!" with Stacy Bloch and Amanda Mac ! This week guests: Jim Peterson and Rachel Duval of HomesNow. Not Later. We'll discuss their transition to an all tiny homes model and the upcoming move to the south side. Tonight. Thursday. 7PM. Re-broadcast Sunday morning at 9 AM.KZAXLP-FM 94.9 Make.shift Radio and streaming live at makeshiftproject.com/kzax-949-radio/. Or listen anytime at Blochoff.com!
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Tonight! Broadcasting live from high atop the 420th floor of KZAX Studios join us for another edition of " Bloch Off!" with Stacy Bloch and Amanda Mac ! This week guests: Jim Peterson and Rachel Duval of HomesNow. Not Later. We'll discuss their transition to an all tiny homes model and the upcoming move to the south side. Tonight. Thursday. 7PM. Re-broadcast Sunday morning at 9 AM.KZAXLP-FM 94.9 Make.shift Radio and streaming live at makeshiftproject.com/kzax-949-radio/. Or listen anytime at Blochoff.com!
Our application for Unity Village has officially been submitted and notices have been sent to neighbors. Unity Village will be located at 210 McKenzie Ave. and will have 20 tiny homes, but it will be done in phases. We'll start with 12 tiny homes and 8 tents and as more tiny homes are built, tents will be removed. We need to have all 20 tiny homes built by November (as required by the City).
This means we need to raise about $70,000 between now and October. We're going to build 4 tiny homes per month. So, we need to raise $8,000 before June 15th, another $8,000 before June 29th, etc.
We need all of our supporters to help us raise money, whether by donating, sharing our fundraisers, coming to our upcoming fundraiser at Kulshan on June 18th, buying dinner from Port of Subs on June 13th (5pm to 9pm), or helping us with our coffee fundraiser by bringing an order form to work/school/whatever before June 30th.
If you have questions about how to get involved, please leave a comment, send us a message, or stop by Safe Haven to talk to Jim or Rachel.
You can read more about Unity Village on our website (homesnow.org/unity-village/). If you live in Fairhaven, please come to the public meeting on June 4th to show your support. Thank you!
Online Fundraiser: www.facebook.com/donate/1513781622086970/
Port of Subs Fundraiser: www.facebook.com/events/653685795147534/
Pint Night at Kulshan: www.facebook.com/events/2296586324001665/
Coffee Fundraiser: www.facebook.com/events/454325278474397/
Notice of application: www.cob.org/gov/dept/pcd/Lists/notices/Attachments/3668/Notice-of-Application-and-Optional-DNS-SE...
Many in Bellingham are compassionate, and show this even in the middle of a long weekend helping a homeless person with little to no notice.
These are the people who can move this community forward in so many areas.
ATTENTION:
I’ve been contacted via PM by a young homeless man who is currently in the Birchwood neighborhood. He is camped out “in the woods” and is out of food.
Food bank is closed until Wednesday because of the holiday.
Anyone willing to help him with some staples for the next three days including this evening?
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The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center
This fall, The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center will bring together high school students and veterans to build a tiny home for a houseless veteran with HomesNow. Not Later. We are happy to announce that we've received funding to build the tiny home thanks to a #ProjectNeighborly grant from the Whatcom Community Foundation! Stay tuned this summer for ways to get involved and support this project!
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HomesNow. Not Later.
HomesNOW goes to Whatcom County Council, asking for land to build tiny homes and updating the county on the progress of Safe Haven.
Link to Safe Haven Project:
homesnow.org/safe-haven/
General Planning document, similar to business plan:
homesnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/HomesNOW-General-Plan.pdf
Bellingham Municipal Code:
www.codepublishing.com/WA/Bellingham/
Whatcom County Code:
www.codepublishing.com/WA/WhatcomCounty/
Website:
HomesNOW.Org
Facebook:
facebook.com/HomesNowNotLater
YouTube Channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCQsy8m39etRS5lrQLQ17rpQ
Twitter:
twitter.com/homesnowbham
GoFundMe (One Time Donations):
gofundme.com/homesnow
PayPal:
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BHU7QFJPDBDMW
Patreon (Monthly Donations):
www.patreon.com/homesnow/
Hashtags:
#HomesNOWNotLater #HomesNOW #EndHomelessness #Bellingham #Whatcom
HomesNOW Goes to Whatcom County Council
HomesNOW goes to Whatcom County Council, asking for land to build tiny homes and updating the county on the progress of Safe Haven.
Link to Safe Haven Project:
homesnow.org/safe-haven/
General Planning document, similar to business plan:
homesnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/HomesNOW-General-Plan.pdf
Bellingham Municipal Code:
www.codepublishing.com/WA/Bellingham/
Whatcom County Code:
www.codepublishing.com/WA/WhatcomCounty/
Website:
HomesNOW.Org
Facebook:
facebook.com/HomesNowNotLater
YouTube Channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCQsy8m39etRS5lrQLQ17rpQ
Twitter:
twitter.com/homesnowbham
GoFundMe (One Time Donations):
gofundme.com/homesnow
PayPal:
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BHU7QFJPDBDMW
Patreon (Monthly Donations):
www.patreon.com/homesnow/
Hashtags:
#HomesNOWNotLater #HomesNOW #EndHomelessness #Bellingham #Whatcom
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The man, in his 30s, remembered being handed chips in Liverpool city centre before waking up in hospital.
We need to raise $500 to $1,000 to buy two good tents for the welcome tent and smoking tent. The high winds destroyed the two tents we had so we need to get better quality tents.
We also need to raise money for ongoing expenses such as safe storage, water, grey water dumping, electric, garbage pickup and portapotties.
Please donate via PayPal at admin@homesnow.org, or you can give cash/check in person at Safe Haven to Jim, Charlie, or Rachel, or mail to 432 W. Bakerview Rd, Suite 201, Bellingham, WA 98226. Thank you!
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"Hooverville" became a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression. There were dozens in the state of Washington, hundreds throughout the country, each testifying to the housing crisis that accompanied the employment crisis of the early 1930s.
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Man used as proof that 'Seattle Is Dying’ tells his story
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Robert Champagne says KOMO's special inaccurately portrayed him. To start, he hasn't been homeless for more than three years.
The point of the special was to focus attention on the drug problem in the City of Seattle. Certainly not all of the homeless that live on the streets of Seattle have drug addictions. The special never said they were. But clearly, too many of the people on the streets of downtown Seattle are drug addicts; this story is about them. To say otherwise is disingenuous. The special tells about those who "wander the streets untethered to home or family or reality, chasing a drug, which in turn chases them. It is about the damage they inflict on themselves, to be sure, but also on the fabric of this place where we live." Again, this is not an attack on the homeless; rather it is a story about the drug addicts living on the streets. For anyone to label this special otherwise is misrepresenting the message.
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HomesNOW recently completed our 2018 financial report showing the distribution of funds and how much money was donated. In 2018, our supporters donated $40,877.69. Also just to clarify, this only includes numbers from 2018. It does not have expenses from 2019. That will be available in next year's report. We want you to know where your donations have been going. This report is done annually for transparency. If you have any questions please let us know.
HomesNOW recently completed our 2018 financial report showing the distribution of funds and how much money was donated. In 2018, our supporters donated $40,877.69.
Also just to clarify, this only includes numbers from 2018. It does not have expenses from 2019. That will be available in next year's report.
We want you to know where your donations have been going. This report is done annually for transparency. If you have any questions please let us know.
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