H.O.P.E.S. Helping Other People Exist Securely Homeless Bound - My Home is Near

We are all the brothers and sisters of this country and we should help one another. Everyone born into this world should be given the opportunity to succeed in life and the opportunity to fulfill their individual goals and dreams of becoming a productive member of society. They should be afforded the opportunity to live in a caring place to call home, and a place to grow and prosper. “H.O.P.E.S Homeless Bound-My Home is Near” is a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to assist and help make these dreams a reality. Back in 1988-89, while living in California, I took a trip with my family to San Francisco. While touring this wonderful and amazing city and it’s inter streets, for the first time in my life, I witnessed firsthand a homeless man pick a milk carton out of the trash and began to drink it. Most people would have been disgusted with this site; others would have mocked the man. Instead, what I also witness was people simply walking past him as though this is the way it was supposed to be. In my opinion, this homeless individual’s struggles were a way of life accepted within our inter-cities. In essence, others turned the other cheek, and refuse to lend a helping hand. I saw in this individual – someone’s father, brother, son, friend, and possibly a veteran who had once served our country with distinction. I understand that was potentially the way it was but it didn’t have to be that way. As I continued walking with my family, we came across another homeless man lying down on the ground. I reached into my pocket, pulled out a dollar, (primarily because it was all that I had) and I gave it to him. My husband at the time, asked, “Did that make me feel better?” I looked at him and replied, “No!” Because I did not have much to give and couldn’t help them all. As we continued to walk the streets of downtown San Francisco, it appeared as if the streets were lined with homeless people. This site truly broke my heart and sickened me to my stomach because people walked past them as though they were invisible. I now want to do my part in working to reduce and eliminate the number of people living homelessly on the streets. I want to be able to possibly provide them adequate shelter and an opportunity to move forward with new hope and new dreams. But more importantly, I want to work to assist them in “succeeding in life.” Working together, we can all make a huge difference. In essence, this is just the beginning of my goals in working to give those people a place in which they can call home. I want to help provide a better life. I realize that as I embark upon this endeavor, I will encounter people who do not want to extend a hand. However, as a newly formed non-profit organization, I will work tirelessly in my efforts to help get our homeless into a warm and comfortable place to call home -- one city at a time.
This organization is not for profit, and will utilize all the proceeds provided to this organization to assist in this journey designed to benefit those who are in need of a roof over their shoulders and a warm and comforting place to call home. I’m not seeking payment for my time and efforts. I just simply want to be the solution to a lifelong challenge saturating our inter-cities. Our homeless is currently not diminishing, it’s continually growing to a rate far more than ever before. We must start now, working to overcome extreme odds. Bottom line, this situation has gone unnoticed for too long.

Building homes for the homeless -- helping our less fortunate to once again become a productive part of a dream we call -- the American dream. Throughout life, we encounter many trials and tribulations. I believe that everyone runs into life challenges, and life happens to all. As someone who has been blessed to not ever have to experience the heart break of living on the streets, I want to do all I can to help those who are less fortunate. I have seen so many people on the streets and I have seen so many organizations who offer temporary solutions to their problems. These people have had the tragedy of life hitting them in a way we would never understand. “Homeless Bound-My Home is Near” is going to not only find a place for our less fortunate to sleep, but to have a place they can call home.
I am reaching out to our state representative and all of the county official’s offices to help and provide me with all the resources and assistance I will need to become a vein in the system to reach the goals I am setting forth. Helping the homeless by finding; rebuilding; seeking; providing secure housing; health care; jobs and security for those who are homeless and need a start to a new life off the streets.

We are a new organization and we are reaching out to all those who realize there is a problem with societies homeless population and are willing to and are able to help us put an end to homelessness, One Day One Home, One Person at a time

H.O.P.E.S hosted it's first Walk/Run for the homeless in Hope Mills, NC in september trying to raise money to support our mission. We are also having a Halloween Fish Fry on 31 Oct 15 at 5705 Bragg Blvd. Fayetteville, NC. On the corner of Bragg Blvd and Santa Fe from 11:00AM to 3:00PM