Other Ways to Help

How You can Join the Efforts to End Family Homelessness in Massachusetts

• Contact your legislators: tell them that you are concerned about family homelessness in the commonwealth.
• Sponsor a family in our Leadership Development Institute.
• Organize an event to raise awareness at your work, school, church, or other groups with Homes for Families and our Speaker’s Bureau.
• Arrange a fundraising event to benefit Homes for Families or a family homelessness program in your community.
• Arrange a donation drive for useful items such as kitchen baskets for new homes, toiletries, gift cards, and school supplies.
• Become a “professional volunteer” by encouraging your company to provide in kind support to non profits, such as website assistance, fundraising, staff mentoring, and donating office supplies.
• Write letters to the editor on the subject of family homelessness.
• Organize others to respond to action alerts and contact their legislators.
• Volunteer: Become a student mentor (www.onefamilyinc.org) , a parent mentor (www.wellspringhouse.org), a Playspace Volunteer (www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org), or contact a local shelter and ask about opportunities for tutoring, organizing donations, meal service or for other volunteer opportunities.
• Inform your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances about Homes for Families and the belief that we will end homelessness in the Commonwealth.

To volunteer, contact us at info@homesforfamilies.org.