Justin

When I was 24 I became homeless….I felt I was being rejected from my family and I left. I have anti-social phobias and I started sleeping in bushes, hiding. I felt horrible. I had had a few suicide attempts and I felt helpless. I didn’t want to be seen in public. At...

Sunshine

I came here from Seattle. I couldn’t find anywhere so I was camping on the beach by myself. I didn’t feel safe and I heard about HOPE through a friend. They helped me with meals and transitional housing, but the most helpful service was just providing me information....

Leah

I was in a bad moped accident that left me unable to return to my job at Home Depot. I was bed ridden for nearly a year, and I became homeless once all my resources ran dry. A friend from my church linked me up a woman that worked at the Friendly Place. I was homeless...