New Pathways Give to the Max Day Challenge 2020
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
New Pathways IncGive safety and stability to children experiencing homelessness.
$5,581
raised by 30 people
$25,000 goal
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who donated to our campaign!
Your partnership with us is giving a family a chance...a chance to have a safe place to sleep, to take a hot shower and put on clean clothes, to work with professionals who can help assess their needs and develop a plan to get into a home of their own, and a chance to do many of the things we take for granted.
The impact of your support will be felt by many during the most difficult time of their lives.
With your partnership, we will:
· Provide safe and secure shelter
· Provide all basic needs and necessary supplies
· Provide advocacy, skills training, housing and employment services
Your support is an inspiration to us: it keeps our hope alive and encourages us to continue our essential work. We're so very grateful that you're part of our team.
Mary Ann Westlund
Executive Director
“We’re actually going to miss it [The New Pathway’s Program], we haven’t felt safe like we do here in 4 years.”
-Single Dad of three, on his moving day
Be a LIFESAVER!
Help provide safe shelter and stability to local families with children experiencing homelessness.
COVID-19 has affected all areas of life. Those experiencing homelessness are greatly impacted and they need safe shelter now more than ever. New Pathways' Path to Home Shelter Program has changed it's model during the pandemic to provide single shelter accommodations, like hotel rooms, which is the safest shelter option for all involved. Problem is, this wasn't planned or in the budget. Our main fundraiser, Troutlily Fest has been canceled and general donations are down. Help us stay afloat and be a lifesaver to our friends and neighbors experiencing homelessness.
Why New Pathways?
Your support will help us solve the homeless crisis in Central Minnesota where services and supports are scarce.
It will give a family a chance….a chance to have a safe place to sleep, to take a hot shower and put on clean clothes, to work with skilled staff who can help assess their needs and develop a plan to get into a home of their own, and a chance to do many of the things we take for granted. Most of the people served in our program are children with a majority of them being under the age of five.
"Families can come to us with just the clothes on their backs, which sadly happens often, and be okay. We give them the supplies and support they need to move out of survival mode and into thriving. "
-Mary Westlund, Executive Director
"I was doing really good, I had a really good job and out of the blue I was laid off. It was the scariest time for me, not only because I was homeless but I had a son that counted on me...My son and I stayed in my truck for a couple of weeks during the coldest time of the winter. It was miserable....(At New Pathways) I got all the support that everybody deserves and needs that I just wasn't finding in the community. When I came here I felt all of a sudden that I had a family."
-Former guest, single mom with son successfully placed in housing