programs
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Access to supportive resources is vital to almost any journey back into housing, employment, and overall stability from homelessness. Our goal is to make finding appropriate resources simple and quick with a one-stop-shop for all types of support throughout Washington. Email anton@nwhospitality.org to join our team of researchers and data-entry volunteers building out this fantastic tool.
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Kits are a great way to serve basic needs while engaging community members in a fun, simple outreach project. People learn about their neighbors and homelessness, and empathy has a good opportunity to grow. Kit distribution also creates invaluable opportunities to form new relationships and connect people with additional resources in their area.
We aim to keep our kits simple, biodegradable (wherever possible), and as generally useful as possible to minimize waste.
Ways to be involved - email anton@nwhospitality.org for more specifics:
Local partners can also host hygiene drawers, stocked by volunteers and donor-funded. Hygiene drawers allow guests to take they supplies they need, building their own kits to minimize waste and help people get what they want and need.
Arrange a Hospitality Kit party with your friends! We’ll help you get supplies, and then you can assemble and distribute kits. Kits generally average about $7 each, and we can help coordinate a fundraiser for your group’s supplies.
Organize a hygiene supply drive (or several) at your local grocery store. We distribute these supplies during outreach through our mobile closet, at events, at satellite closets, and through local partners.
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Hospitality cards, powered by PEX Card, help us to both directly support people surviving homelessness and enable advocates. With dignity and flexibility, card users have been purchasing coffee, meals, clothes, survival essentials, phone plans, vehicle repairs, propane, tents, and more.
Our volunteers and advocates have frequent conversations and build relationships with people as they use the cards, leading to many opportunities for people to find the resources they need quickly and with flexibility.
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Volunteers are committed to caring for our environment and our neighbors. Depending on the circumstances, we can organize cleanups or provide supplies to people who don’t have regular trash services available. When properly supplied and supported, the unhoused people and communities we have worked with have been great partners in keeping areas clean, which has countless benefits for everybody.
On occasion, we are able to coordinate with volunteers to help low-income or elderly housed neighbors with waste issues that threaten their housing status.
REQUEST A CLEANUP NEAR YOU (no promises, but we’ll do our best!)
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Northwest Hospitality volunteers want to meet you where you are if you are currently without a home or are very low-income. We have a trailer closet that can serve people during events and also stock several satellite closets hosted by local partners:
Port Orchard Kitsap Community Resources
3200 Rainshadow Ct, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Closet is available during KCR’s regular business hours. Call (360) 473-2144
First Christian Church of Bremerton
811 Veneta Ave, Bremerton, WA 98337
Email to start the process of arranging an appointment. info@nwhospitality.org
Our Mobile Closet makes items freely available but relies on volunteers availability so access might not be quick and our stock depends on what’s been donated so we can’t promise any specific items.
Work clothes - if you were recently hired to a new job, congratulations! When funding allows, we can help to purchase clothing that you’ll need to start your job - reach out today! info@nwhospitality.org
DONATIONS NEEDED: We pretty much always needs underwear (men’s and women’s), men’s medium-large pants, and shoes for men and women. We rarely require donations of socks thanks to generous donations from Bombas. We do not have staffing or equipment to clean soiled donations, so please clean them prior to donating and only share items that you would give to a family member.
Use this flyer to share our mobile closet with your community!
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Mission:
AROR’s primary mission is to ensure the humane treatment, welfare, and protection of animals while ensuring that vulnerable pet owners have access to services that enable them to maintain the companionship and health of their pet.
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Anton spent years before founding NWH working to run programs in partnership with an established 501c3 organization (rather than starting his own) but it never worked out. Northwest Hospitality has developed with this flexibility and need in mind and is very proud to support many other individuals and groups with their outreach efforts. Each program has its own campaign, so our fantastic donors have the power to select exactly what they want to support. Thank you to partners and donors!
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Northwest Hospitality’s Special Projects are flexible, hands-on outreach and advocacy efforts that directly serve our homeless neighbors and take steps to keep people off the streets whenever possible.
Northwest Hospitality works with local affiliates, helping them with resources and nonprofit tools and experience to maximize their impact.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS including Smoke Emergency Responses, Towable Shelters, and Facilities for All
pROPOSALS
safe parking network
Vulnerable people living out of their cars commonly tell the same story of instability as a significant barrier to progress. Without a safe place to simply be, it is deceptively complicated to research housing opportunities, employment availability, or make connections to other vital resources.
Many programs throughout the country provide safe parking options to people while connecting them to resources. Often, this is done at a single location resulting in over-burdened local resources, community complaints, litter, and other challenges.
Northwest Hospitality is proposing a new model that will network public spaces and small businesses to provide all the benefits of other Safe Park programs with fewer drawbacks. We are currently recruiting partner locations with 1-2 parking spaces to commit to this outreach program. Please email anton@nwhospitality.org if you have any suggestions!
View the official Proposal and a draft of the Participant Agreement for more information.