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Volunteers welcome
Hospitality House depends on the support of each of the sponsoring churches to serve homeless women in South King County. Your contributions of goods, volunteer services, and funding help provide the women with the necessities and comforts of home.
In-Kind Gifts
Each month Hospitality House issues a “wish list” of all the things we need to operate the house. It looks much like your monthly grocery list: kleenex, toilet tissue, paper towels, laundry detergent, hand sanitizer…
To download this month’s donation list, click here.
The churches scheduled for collection this month are: Prince of Peace Lutheran and Saltwater Unitarian Universalist.
Even if it is not your churches month, if you happen to notice a particular item on our list that you may have to contribute, feel free to call to let us know.
Thank you all for your ongoing dedication to end homelessness and for everything you do to support the women of Hospitality House. The residents are most appreciative and many of them have shared that they feel your generosity, prayers and love for them as soon as they walk into our shelter
Meal Providers
Each evening, seven days a week, volunteers from our participating churches and organizations provide dinner for the residents and overnight staff. Nothing fancy, just nutritious home-cooked meals, from hearty soups and stews to casseroles and meat dishes. For more information contact Linda Stryker at llstryker@hotmail.com.
Overnight Volunteers
Overnight Volunteers on Friday and Saturday nights not only spell our Overnight Manager, but also save us $12,480 in payroll expenses. For more information contact Overnight Volunteer Coordinator, Carla Boutwell at cbcooks@aol.com.
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Professional Services
Carpenters, painters, plumbers, lawyers, financial advisors, hair stylists, nurses, masseuses, therapists, money managers. We can always use a little help around the House, and we are currently recruiting volunteers to support “Tuesday’s Best,” daytime workshops to help build lifetime success plans.
Donate today!
Generous financial support from individuals, the community and sponsoring churches make our work possible. Here are
several easy and convenient ways you can help promote our bottom line: online via paypal
Make a cash gift
 Send a check, payable to Hospitality House
Mail to: 15003 -14th Avenue S.W.,
Burien, WA 98166
Donate online with VISA or MasterCard
Donate through United Way or your workplace
Designate your contribution through the United Way, one of our partner organizations
Make a payroll deduction through your company's workplace giving program
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Match your gift
Double or sometimes triple your contribution with a matching gift from your employer (Hospitality House participates in employer matching programs with Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks and many others.)
Make a planned gift
Make a charitable bequest to Hospitality House in your will
Name Hospitality House as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy
Donate stock or securities
Honor someone special
Donate in honor of someone special (birthday, anniversary, holiday giving)
Donate in memory of a loved one
Transitional Starter Kits Needed
Some months ago we told you
about the starter kits we have
created to help a woman move into her own
apartment - things like toilet paper, sauce
pans, hot pads, etc.
However, a reality for some of our
residents is that they are not ready for
independent housing; so, on the initiative of
the meal coordinators from the sponsoring
congregations, we have begun a second,
smaller Starter Kit for those women moving
into transitional housing. This is commonly
a shared housing facility where they may
live in for 1-2 years. There they do not
need cookware and dishes, but they do need
their own twin bed sheets and covers, as
well as bath towels and laundry products.
We are asking each sponsoring church to
have one full starter kit and one transitional
starter kit ready and on hand when their turn
comes up to help a Hospitality House
resident move on.
For more information contact your meal
coordinator, or Linda Stryker at 206-431-
9213; email llstryker@hotmail.com
Hospitality House is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit corporation. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Your donation will be gratefully acknowledged with a receipt you can use to verify your tax deduction. Return to top |
