A closed mouth can not be fed. -Robin

This was an axoim shared with me by a strong young woman and Colorado native. Robin is not her real name, but for this purpose here, we are using a pseudonym. Robin was hungry when I met her, she was living under the Bridge at Wadsworth Blvd. As strong as she was, when I first met her she hadn't eaten all day, and these were her first words to me. "A closed mouth can not be fed." She was recently stopped by local law enforcement wherein the officer asked her if she had a place to sleep. She brushed off the inquiry with a vague answer back to the officer "I'm going be alright, I'll be safe." The officer's response was to refer her to the camp under the bridge at Wadsworth Blvd. if she needed a place to sleep. "They will take care of you." She was literally being refered to herself for help. There is a steeling self-reliance that can only of be found in the hardcore reality of life on the streets. This is why it is so hard for so many homeless persons to ask for the help they need. The women who will be helped have been on survival mode and had to be self-reliant without anyone else to trust or rely upon. This makes it difficult to ask for help. This campaign allows you to help be the difference, to break through the cracks in the system and give a path forward, especially for homeless women. Your involvement and financial donations will make a difference in the lives of women in our community.

Currently, about 2,000 shelter beds for men are available each night in Denver, but only 40-50 temporary beds are for women. This disparity is because it was thought that many more men were homeless. It has been realized that there are actually many, many homeless women, but they are in hiding. They are in the shadows because they fear for their safety. Homeless women are assaulted, on average, weekly. It's heartbreaking.

Please join us in our mission to care for these women. They need a shelter, a place to rest. This fundraising effort will launch the renovation project at the newly acquired Samaritan House Smith Rd. This empty warehouse will become a shelter for women desperately seeking a safe environment. The facility will have a 100 "wet" bed overnight emergency shelter. This is for women that may or may not be sober/clean. The women staying here will be fed breakfast and dinner at the main Samaritan House. They will be transported to and from the overnight shelter by bus.

In addition to the emergency shelter, this facility will also have a 50 bed "next step" area designed to move women from homelessness to independent living. This will be a short term 30 day stay to transition women from the streets to a more structured environment.

Through a vibrant and compassionate group of believers and non-believers alike, we are going to raise the $50,000 necessary to launch this critical ministry to combat the growing population of homeless women.

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