Our Stories:

Simply put, we have been self-funding this operation by donating a lot of money from our other businesses. The Homeless Charity is quickly taking more and more of our time. That means our other businesses are slowly becoming smaller and smaller.

Without your help we won't be able to keep our facility open. We will cease to exist without your help. All we are asking is $10/month. That's a couple trips to Starbucks. But for us it will:

• Get homeless people into homes.
• Keep our woodworking shop open so homeless can build and sell hand-made items.
• Keep our raised-bed gardens running so we can give healthy food to the homeless and sell food to raise more money.
• Give temporary shelter to people that have nowhere else to go.
• Give a center where homeless people can work and help other homeless or start a business or get a job.
• Keep our computer lab running.

$10/month to us saves lives in your community.

Here are some stories of people that we work with at The Homeless Charity. Your contribution goes to helping them.

Meet Ellen and Hunter:

If you can, imagine this: You are living in a tent in the city as a homeless woman. And then you find out you're pregnant.

This is the story of Ellen and Hunter. Ellen was living in a tent and found out she was pregnant. She then tried a couple shelters that didn't work out. She then tried living with a friend. They were smoking pot and selling drugs out of the apartment. (Keep in mind, it's the middle of winter in Northern Ohio.)

She finally found a service that helped her. 90 days later she gets a fully furnished apartment for her and Hunter.

Because of the way the law works out the organization she is working with can't give her money towards rent. They are permitted to give her the deposit. But not the rent.

That's where YOU come in. Thanks to you and this drive we just wrote a check to her new landlord for her first month's rent of $50. This is some of the most life changing money you can donate.

This money is the difference between people like Ellen and Hunter getting a place to live or being left on the street. It's no joke when I say, "You are their only hope." The law doesn't allow other organizations to give this money.

Because of people like you we got Ellen and Hunter into their home.

You can watch Ellen's and Hunter's story here:

Meet Paul

He is what they classify as "chronically homeless." HUD says that is any person that has been without a home of their own for a year or more.

Paul has been homeless for 7 years.

He doesn't do drugs.
He doesn't drink.
He's not a criminal.

Paul is just homeless. It's as simple as that.

Without going into too many details about his personal life he has found that he has had a lot of difficulty dealing with the stress of every day traditional life.

He has done nothing to "deserve" being homeless. The deck of cards he has been dealt have pushed him into the homeless life for many years.

After 7 long years, Paul has finally been moved up on the list to get a home.

But there is just one problem. In order to move into his home he needs a deposit and first month's rent.

It comes to $92.

As a person who has been out of the traditional system of society, $92 is a huge hurdle. For years he has lived on virtually no money. Just food stamps and his tent.

On top of that, he has to come up with that money in 4 days. From the time he was told he has a place to call his own to when he has to move in is 4 days.

He needs $92 in 4 days. Otherwise, he goes to the back of the list and has to start to process over again. Whether he'll be able to come up with the $92 then is anyone's guess.

Paul's story is the story of so many homeless.

The average wait time from first getting on the list to getting in a home is anywhere from 5 months to 3 years.

If the homeless person can't get the money they start all over again.

You can watch Paul's entire story here:

Because of people like you we got Paul his $92 and got him into his apartment.

These are just some of the kinds of things we do for people.

There are no other organizations that cover this money. There are no safety nets for this money. There is no other place these people can go.

THEY NEED YOUR HELP. PLEASE BECOME A MEMBER TODAY.

We are filling the holes in the current system of homelessness and then we're offering the homeless a community where they can feel part of something and that they matter.

Your membership is key to this all. By doing a little together we can make a HUGE difference.

Please become a member of the Homeless Charity today.

Thank you!