Shattering Stereotypes

 
"The first three months I was homeless, it was very hard for me.

I wasn’t able to shower the whole time. I cared that I wasn’t clean, but I didn’t know where to go. Now, me and the shower, we’re best friends.

The first three months I was homeless, I didn’t eat very well. I would take what I could find in the trash, and I lost a lot of weight.

                                                                                                                                                  Read more of Alan's Story...

Streets, Shelters, and finally, Zeke's

On Friday, August 28, Michael Haney came home to a beautiful house on Western Ave.  It was his first night living at Zeke’s House, our group home for men, after seven years of homelessness.

                                                                                                                                          Read more of Michael's Story...

I Feel Like I Can Do Something

Andrew is quick with a smile and laugh.  He's a grandfather to eighteen and is now reconnecting with his family after getting an apartment through our Neighbors First program.

"I moved into my apartment on the 16th of September!"

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Pilgrim Poet

David Harris hasn’t forgotten what it was like to sleep among the falling leaves during his three years of homelessness.

And now he shares his memories with bright-eyed and curious teenagers who come to Washington to learn about poverty and homelessness.

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