Here’s summary of the highlights of 2022:
- With our “Safe Housing” Initiative we fully furnished 85 (did 60 in 2021) apartments for Domestic Violence victims, a vast majority being Safe Haven clients.
- Supported church partners’ refugee resettlement initiative with furniture and household goods
- Supplied tents, sleeping bags, blankets to homeless; refurbed and distributed 25+ bikes that enabled them to get to work
- New client interface structure had a very positive impact on the effectiveness and efficiency on our housing processes
- Added Arlington Housing and Arlington Night Shelter to the client supply side of our operation
- We closed out 2022 by forming a new alliance with the Salvation Army (Arlington) that will certainly bring multiple mutual-benefit opportunities
- We increased our storage capacity to almost 2,000 square feet to meet the increased demand but now are seeking contiguous storage of 3,000′
- Received almost $30,000 in cash donations. November fund raiser delayed until 2023 due to low sponsorship level sales
- Received 44 mattress donation from Sealy and will receive additional early next year.
- Partially furnished Foster and Adoptive Care family clients
- Continued to add volunteers but need some to take on formal roles.
- Donations-in-Kind volume steadily increased throughout the year and presented its own process challenges which we finally got under control
- Added retail and online auction service organizations to handle DIK that we couldn’t use in furnishing apartments; glass, size, damaged, etc.
- Engaged Arlington, Mansfield ISD and UTA Students to assist in support of “Safe Housing” Initiative activities; i.e., welcome home bags, hygiene kits, furniture collection and distribution