Lighthouse Mission’s Drop-In Center opened 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in October or 2016. And since then, the need just continues to grow and grow. We are currently serving and supporting well over three hundred individuals each day. And each month, the need just continues to grow. And this past winter, more people were supported and helped through your online monthly donations. But the need just continues to grow and grow.
The Needs Just Continue to Grow
The Drop-In Center building is a temporary solution to the rise in homelessness in our community and we have had to make do with what we have. But knowing that it will be a number of years before a new shelter can be built, there needs to be an increase in shelter beds and give people who call the Drop-In Center home the dignity of nice restrooms to use. But we can’t do this without your regular recurring online donations.
Why We Need Your Monetary Donations Today
This fall season has already brought us close to capacity at the Drop-In Center, with numbers getting up to the high 140’s (our capacity is 150 people at the Drop-In Center). Adding six additional beds would be a huge benefit to those who are seeking shelter. To do this, we need funds to upgrade our security system to ensure that all those staying with us are safe. An updated system would allow us to open up an additional room for people to sleep in at the 910 W. Holly location. As temperatures continue to drop and the need continues to rise, every bed we can get means more people are safe, warm, and welcomed into our services.
Currently the Drop-In Center has two small, well-used single bathrooms and three outdoor portable toilets for the 150 to 200 people who use the building daily. The restrooms are in poor condition from over two years of heavy use and Mission staff often need to respond to plumbing-related issues. We have made the most of these restrooms, but they are in desperate need of replacement.
You Are The Solution!
Your generous cash and online donation of this project will allow us to increase the number of people we can shelter at the Drop-In Center by adding six beds, as well as increase restroom accessibility, eliminate the reliance on portable toilets, and ensure these restrooms will serve many people for years to come.
These are our most vulnerable guests and we want to do whatever we can to give them dignity and a warm place to stay.
Give On Behalf of Those in Need
With your help, this project will add an accessible, unisex bathroom, a women’s restroom with three stalls, and a men’s room with two stalls and two urinals. Each restroom will be outfitted with durable, commercial-grade fixtures, sinks, toilets, hand dryers, etc. The walls and floors will be tiled with a drain in the floor. Most importantly, these new restrooms will be welcoming and provide dignity and comfort for all who come into the Drop-In Center.
It will also increase our shelter capacity, which means more people have safe shelter and are welcomed into the Mission family and given hope.
If you are looking for reasons to give to homelessness, look no further than the fact that Lighthouse Mission impacts well over 300 individuals each and every day. But the need is relentless, and it continues to grow. Through your partnership with Lighthouse Mission, we are seeing lives transformed daily. Lighthouse opened its doors in 1923 and since then we have changed lives through through street outreach, enhanced shelters, addiction recovery, spiritual support, and aftercare. Will you consider giving monthly?
