Cottages of Hope – $5,700 to Construct a Cottage

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One Hope  – Cottages of Hope // $5,700 Initial Request

Sponsor the full construction of one Cottage of Hope at EveryOne Village. 

Background:  EveryOne Village (a supportive, holistic community for people moving off of the streets [led by a Christ-centered team]) officially launched in January 2022. EveryOne Village provides an environment for an individual to live temporarily in a 16×8 Cottage of Hope, while being surrounded by community and accountability, and being coached and supported to find life stability and permanent housing.  Project Goals: The goal of Cottages of Hope is to build 50 Cottages at EveryOne Village, while resourcing Lane County high schools with plans, processes, and a program to train students while meeting a community need. We are creating a model that can be taken, implemented, and expanded across the state and nation.

Methods: Cottages of Hope empowers wide community support to resolve homelessness and offers workforce development experience in construction. We provide program oversight that includes recruiting build teams and supplying the architectural design, all materials needed to complete a cottage, and project management. Cottages of Hope partners with 15 churches, 5 businesses, 16 school districts within Lane ESD’s Building a Brighter Future program, the 15th Night’s Youth Action Council, unhoused individuals at EveryOne Village, and individual volunteers who collectively form construction teams for each cottage and/or contribute funding. This opportunity offers high school students, unhoused adults and youth, and others in the community valuable experience to pursue trade careers while serving their community. Last year students at Crow, Triangle Lake, and Springfield high schools participated in building cottages.

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Pledge a suggested donation of  $1,000 or more annually to our Brighter Days Giving mission

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