Forest Highlands Foundation

05/14/2022

We provide emergency shelter and services to all people crisis, regardless of faith, sobriety or mental health. Your donation helps Flagstaff Shelter Services cover critical expenses that make our program possible and move us that much closer to eliminating homelessness in Flagstaff.

05/14/2022

The Forest Highlands Foundation is honored to have delivered the seed money and support this incredible venture which has come to fruition from the hard work and dedication of the Flagstaff Shelter Services team. Great job and keep up the tremendous work.

Flagstaff Shelter Services celebrated their recent purchase of the former Howard Johnsons Motel with a house warming event Friday morning at The Crown. FSS bought the motel, at 33-hundred East Route 66, and turned it into an expanded emergency shelter and supportive housing. The site is providing 72...

05/13/2022

Last week, Flagstaff Shelter Services celebrated their recent purchase of the former Howard Johnsons Motel with a house warming event Friday morning at The Crown. FSS bought the motel, at 33-hundred East Route 66, and turned it into an expanded emergency shelter and supportive housing. The site is providing 72-thousand square feet, including 58 rooms, and is expected to serve more than a-thousand people annually. It will eventually transition to provide permanent, supportive housing to help Flagstaff’s shortage of affordable housing. FSS closed on the property April 1st and began to move people into the facility. Flagstaff Shelter Services Director Ross Schaefer says The Crown is “a love letter to Flagstaff and to Northern Arizona as a whole. It is a letter to our neighbors who deserve the best from our community.” She adds, “a letter that says your roof status does not define you. It is one that says we want you here.” Funding for the purchase came from the Arizona Department of Housing’s access to $40-million in State Recovery Funds allocated through the American Rescue Plan Act. Additional supporting funds came from Forest Highlands Foundations and the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation. The purchase increases emergency shelter for families, the medically vulnerable and senior citizens experiencing homelessness.

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What an INCREDIBLE morning at the Housewarming for The Crown. We are so beyond grateful for the show of support from this community for this project. We got to hear from so many Arizona stakeholders and partners and celebrate this exciting, innovative and life-changing project.

There are too many people to thank but here are just a few of the folks that we could NOT have done this without:

Arizona Department of Housing
Forest Highlands Foundation
Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
Coconino County
The City of Flagstaff

With a BIG special thanks to:
The Crown Railroad Cafe
Peaks Audio
Jacky Senseman
and International Minute Press

08/15/2020

What a wonderful group of people. We are blessed to work with such focused and team oriented organizations!

The Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff and its collaborating partners have made 82 grants totaling $787,862 to regional nonprofit organizations providing immediate and long-term relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

04/15/2020

It is immensely important to respond in a timely manner to get ahead of a crisis and meet the needs of our community head on. Forest Highlands Foundation is honored to support the organizations on the front lines offering services as best they can while we all cope with the pandemic. We are following the organizations we support to ensure support is where it needs to be when it needs to be there. Thank you Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff for being such a fabulous collaborator and leader.

The Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff and its collaborating partners have granted $361,200 to 14 regional nonprofit organizations providing immediate relief during the crisis, according to a press release. Funding

03/20/2020

Thanks to the generosity of the Forest Highlands Foundation, Flagstaff Shelter Services and the Flagstaff Family Food Center are receiving emergency funds to assist the community in need.