About Us

We are a fully volunteer based 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We function on pure donations and volunteer support so that we are able to provide assistance for any one that is willing to humble themselves to ask and provide proof of need. We believe that the number one cause of homelessness is the loss of family and support. It is our responsibility and goal to help people stay in their home during a low time in their life and to help those living on the streets a safe and stable place to rebuild their lives and support system.

Boxes of HOPE - Food Pantry & Delivery Program

The 2020 ACS 5-year estimates the total population of Pinal County to be 425.264 with 12.1% +/- .5% to be living in poverty. Since we have begun, we have already developed a growing list of community members that cannot get enough food into their home for a variety of reasons. 

• Elderly; not driving anymore
• Lack of support system to get food for them
• Lack of finance to buy food
• Lack of finance for fuel to get to food bank
• Working multiple jobs and unable to get there when the other pantries are open.

We currently assist more than 100 people every week with food insecurity in the city of Maricopa with a market-style pantry, letting community members 'shop' for the items they need in their home without any cost to them.

Sadly, each week recently, we have had to turn people away due to distance and/or lack of food.  We also turn away many requests simply due to lack of funds. We have had many community members from Eloy and Casa Grande reach out to us asking for assistance through the food program.  In effort to reduce their food insecurity, we always try to let them know, at least, where the closest food bank is to their home and hours if/when available. We currently have a waitlist of community members that are in need of delivery.

Hope to the Homeless  - Street Outreach Program

Pinal County is a 5,365.8 square mile county where there is not one single homeless shelter with overnight services and approximately 42,000 individuals living below poverty. We have already bought, packed, and handed out hundreds of packed backpacks for the homeless. Each backpack has a resource guide, blessing bag, hygiene bag, a first aid kit, and a small amount of ‘street food’ and Naloxone.

To assist with this, we have created a wish list on Amazon, linked to our Facebook page so that community members have the ability to directly shop our wish list if they so choose to help in that way. https://a.co/cYHaXo2 

Story:

In the heat of the summer, we were notified of a senior citizen male sleeping/living under a wash bridge just outside of the city of Maricopa.  Without hesitation, we gathered a bag together along with a ‘street food bag’ and headed out in search to locate this man and offer our services and resources including a list of shelters available in the area.

We did not find that man that day, but within 48 hours, we did find another male who was very grateful for the outreach and support while he was trying to find his way across the country to his family in Georgia after being separated from them in California.

In addition, through the kind donations of others in the community, we have already been able to help families with utility bills, transportation funds, sanitation needs, cleaning & hygiene needs for their home or self.

We are partners with the Arizona Diaper Bank to help fill the gap in available resources for Arizona’s most vulnerable and in-need populations by making diapers, period products, and incontinence supplies accessible in all of our programs.

We are a community partner with the Arizona Address Confidentiality Program  to help victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses, and/or stalking from being located by the perpetrator through public records.  

 Future Goals:

1.  Short term housing for emergency shelter for victims of violence. 

2.  Long term housing sites for affordable housing using tiny times

3,. Using an integrated concept from other successful programs around the United States. Our housing model has three pathways. This will be difficult as our goal is to be completely self funded in the community and without government money grants that require us to follow their rules and mandates.

Pathway Option 1 

• 24 fully furnished tiny homes for single adults and/or a couple. 
  • 12 homes for chronic homeless
  • 12 homes re-entry and/or homeless sex offenders
  • No cost to the individual for the first 6 months
  • Must be part of a 12/18 month program to learn daily living skills and actively looking for employment/education. Max stay of 18 months
  • Must volunteer 20 hours a month to the community

In a Self Sustaining Community

• Food Garden
• Flower Garden
• Food Pantry
• Shared Laundry Space
• Community Center with full Kitchen area
  • Weekly ‘Family’ Meal
• Common area with fire pit, outdoor grills, outdoor games
• Resource/Education Center (open to public)

Pathway Option 2 

• 18 fully furnished villas for single adults and/or a couple. 
  • Low Cost Rent / Subsidized
  • 6 homes set aside for elderly/disabled
  • Must volunteer 20 hours a month to the community
  • These homes will have own stackable washer/dryer sets

Pathway Option  3 

• 26 ‘small’ (studio / 1B) home low-cost rentals  for single adults and/or a couple. 
  • Rent fully paid by individual
  • 12 homes set aside for elderly/disabled
  • Must volunteer 20 hours a month to the community
  • These homes will have own stackable washer/dryer sets
• 9 Two Bedroom Homes for adult with child
  • Rent fully paid by family 
  • 5 yr max stay
  • Each adult must volunteer 20 hours a month to the community
  • Full kitchen and laundry 

Option 2 & 3 Share

• Food Garden
• Flower Garden
• Chicken Coop
• Food Pantry (open to public)
• Community Center with full Kitchen area
• Common area with fire pit, outdoor grills, outdoor games

77 Homes in total with a goal to have each home financially sponsored by another organization/business/church/sponsor within the community.

Recently this year, the median price of a home in Arizona was about $470,500, nearly 20% higher than the national median of $392,450.1 The average cost of building our tiny homes is less than $20,000. The median monthly rent for a two bedroom apartment is nearly 18% higher than the national median of $1,295.2 Our community hopes to keep costs low at an all-bills-paid unit for less than $800 per month. While saving money, our families have the opportunity to learn daily living skills, get engaged in community services, and enroll in ongoing physical and mental health services to make sure they are successful. I would love to see other community agencies and nonprofits to be part of our resource community center inside the neighborhood by agreeing to hold space in  the community center once a month.

Extra Long Term Goals:

• Increase up to 100 homes total for long-term permanent residence 
• Medical/Respite Center on site
• Community Market and Resident Store on site - Items made/grown by residents
• RV Park & Short Term Stays to supplement income of community costs
• Additional Veterans Village