11/29/2022
Starting next month, I will be getting a storage unit for Blank Walls. This project is an off shoot of Streets of Tempe. Which is about dignity for all.
This project is so vital for those that have lost everything to the streets.
If you have couches, chairs, tables, rugs, curtains, microwaves, curtain rods (I have a few but need more). Dishes, pots and pans, fans, sheets, cleaning supplies. Anything that will give a human a head start in their humanity. Their life. The opportunity at a fresh start.
It takes a lot of work to get off the streets. All dignity and hope needs to be rebuilt. A home is a great start. Not just four Blank Walls.
I know people that get housed and have nothing for years. If lucky, someone has a case manager and they will get a box. That has cheap pots that will need replacing within months. And a blow up mattress with a set of sheets. If they have a service animal (the bed is a gonner). A coffee pot maybe. And a hand vacuum. These are a great stater kit. But without income or a way to raise your income. That is all you will ever have. If you don't have support. Most don't have support or wrap-around services.
So their new start begins to feel like a trap (in four Blank Walls) now more unseen and heard then ever "they were on the streets".
If you have anything to donate. Please let me know. If you would like to volunteer truck pick up. That would be awesome.
Thank you
No trash please. The homeless have lived amongst trash for to long. What I mean by this is (if the items smells, gonna break, or have bugs). This will just cause them more harm. Make them feel not worth it. If bedbugs are around they will loss their housing and have to pay for the extermination of the bedbugs.
Mantra: love more, love never harms...