Why get involved with Peace House Community?
Homelessness and economic poverty make many normal social activities impossible. Most of us think nothing of inviting friends over for dinner or meeting for coffee, but for Peace House Community’s members these simply aren’t options. By joining PHC, you will invite the community members to share an experience similar to visiting a friend’s living room.
“It breaks my heart that I can’t bring my friends over [to my own home]. That’s part of being on a program.” – Anonymous
Use Your Talents
Peace House Community’s mission depends on people like you sharing your talents and passions with our community. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join us. You’ll have the opportunity to support community members through one on one or group discussions, putting on special events, helping in the kitchen, or any number of other options. PHC is a special place to spend time, so why wait? Join our community to share your heart and talents with those around you.
If you are looking for a more behind the scenes role, we can also use help with some of the administrative functions. Anyone with experience in fundraising, strategic planning, marketing, and similar fields can use talents to ensure PHC is here for a long time to come.
Whatever your interests and skills, you can find a way to share your talents at PHC!
Donate
By financially supporting PHC, you provide a safe space for a community to form around our common struggles, concerns and achievements. Your support allows PHC to meet social, emotional and physical needs year-round. You have several options for financially supporting PHC including:
- Monetary donations help support the work of PHC
- Purchase from our Amazon registry
- Donations of stocks and bonds – transfer investments to PHC
- Naming PHC in your estate plan or will – ensure that the values you hold now live on. Contact PHC for information on how to do this.
Bring or ship the following supplies to the PHC building:
- Toiletry Supplies (travel size)
- First Aid Supplies
- Women’s Hygiene Items
- Sanitizing Wipes
- Socks
- Underwear (all sizes)
- In Cold Months:
Hand and Foot Warmers
Gloves
Beanie hats
“I got a $2 cost of living increase on my monthly social security payments, and because of that $2 my food stamps went from $180 a month to $47 a month. After that I could go to the store and look at the food I used to buy.” – Community member
Other Ideas
Do you want to support PHC in fun and imaginative ways? Do you want to invite others to join our work, but you’re not sure how? Well, here are a few fun ideas you can consider, or you can come up with your own. Feel free to contact us to discuss the possibilities.
- Throw a party (Super Bowl, birthday, etc.) and ask everyone to bring a package of socks to donate to PHC.
- Ask your employer if they have a donation match or other community involvement program.
- Ask friends to support your ice bucket challenge, shaving your head, or similar stunt by donating to PHC.
- Hold a book drive and bring the books you collect to PHC to add to our library.
- Hold a cookie baking evening at your house. (Each person brings ingredients and the recipe for their favorite cookies. Once all the cookies are baked, each person takes home a mixture of cookies and copies of the recipes.) Ask each person to donate $10 to PHC at the event.
- Invite friends to your house to hear a presentation about PHC’s mission and work.
- Follow PHC on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
- Recommend business to PHC that we could approach for donations or sponsorships.
- Hold a garage sale and donate the proceeds to PHC. Ask your neighbors to donate items to the sale.
- Have your child’s school class make greeting cards or another art project to brighten up PHC’s building.