You are the crucial ingredient!
January 2020
You have all been such a great source of inspiration and help during these last 24 months as we gathered information and started to build this hub.
We are knocking on your email door once again asking for your help.
Can you take a moment and share our Go-Fund Me Page
2 years ago - amidst reports of over-policing and the devastating ways that sweeps perpetuate chronic houselessness - a scrappy group of grassroots organizers began advocating for alternative ways to improve hygiene, sanitation and safety on the streets for all.
Our intrepid unsheltered team began to build a vision of that alternative: a plan to provide our peers with a place to meet critical hygiene, sanitation, health, and safety needs. We pounded the pavement to secure funding from foundations, property from the City. We gathered materials and know-how from businesses, grassroots organizations, and universities. Finally, we partnered with community experts to achieve 46 hours of training for our expanding staff and volunteer team to become Hygiene4All.
There is just one, crucial missing ingredient we need to succeed in our pioneering endeavor:
YOUR SUPPORT - small or large !!
$50,000.00 will expand paid hours for our unsheltered staff members, strengthen our infrastructure, and allow us to build up our stock of hub supplies.
As we enter the deepest depths of the pandemic we know that the COVID and economic crises will test and strain even the the strongest organizations. As many indoor services are reduced hours or closed, Hygiene4All will be called to pick up the slack
Hygiene4All's outdoor hub will provide safe, sanitized bathrooms, showers, wound and foot care, bedding & clothing, and trash removal under the Morrison Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Our paid unsheltered attendants are trained in de-escalation, trauma-informed harm reduction, and fostering a culture of respect, acceptance, and welcome of all community members regardless of housing status, gender, race, or sexual orientation.
We need YOUR help to meet our 50,000 goal which will
expand the number of paid hours for our unsheltered staff
strengthen and improve our infrastructure
build up our start up supplies.
Funds will specifically contribute to:
Increase paid shifts by 40%
Solar and wind power system to keep the lights up and the cost down.
Lighting and gathering area items to keep the area safe and comfortable.
Health POD systems
Cleaning and Sanitation systems
Start up supplies for health pod wound and foot care
Start up supplies of clothing and bedding
Start up supplies for sanitation and cleaning
Start up hospitality supplies
Start up supplies for hygiene, period products, and bodily care.
Every dollar raised will be spent on unsheltered employees and the items we need to offer safe, dignified services to our unsheltered neighbors.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEARTFELT SUPPORT
With Warm Regards,
Mona, Sandra and the crew
