Why You Should Donate To AHN
Please donate today; your donation is tax-deductible. We are an IRS 501(c)3 non-profit charity (incorporated). We believe a donation to Asheville Homeless Network can provide more direct help for the homeless than any other potential use of your money.
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You can mail a check to: Asheville Homeless Network, P.O. Box 205, Asheville, NC 28802
Another way do donate that doesn't cost you any money is by going through the link below every time you shop at your favorite retail store. A percentage of the sale price will be donated to Asheville Homeless Network by the retailer. http://www.givebackamerica.com/charity.php?b=915
With donated money, AHN has NOT:
- paid for office or building expenses
- paid salaries
- treated homeless people with lack of respect
- made people jump through any hoops, tangle with red tape, or asked them to do something which they were not comfortable doing
With donated money, AHN HAS:
From August 2007 through October 2008, AHN received $17,000 in donations; with this money we:(This needs updated. We still do similiar things with donated money.)
- held weekly meetings EVERY Thursday (other than national holidays) – many thanks to Rosanne at Grove Corner Market for lending us her space (through May 30, 2009)
- given out hundreds of bus tickets, dozens of monthly bus passes, and 5 annual bus passes (over $5,000)
- given away over 1,000 pairs of socks
- given away over 50 blankets
- created and given away over 150 knit caps
- paid housing or utility deposits for 8 individuals
- paid to repair 4 vehicles
- paid to get 3 vehicles out of city impound lots
- paid for gas for at least 10 individuals
- helped several individuals keep their phone service
- give out at least a dozen pair of shoes
- paid for lunch for a homeless person dozens of times
- maintained our informational website
- printed and distributed hundreds of copies of our two brochures, which have been borrowed from by other organizations
- provided 8 individuals with working computers (and sold the remaining equipment at a profit)
- taught 3 individuals how to work on computers
- worked closely with the City's Homeless Initiative
- attended regular monthly meetings of the Asheville-Buncombe Coalition for the Homeless
Ask yourself: What would other organizations accomplish with $17,000?
All AHN officers and staff are homeless, technically homeless, or formerly homeless persons, and have been for all of the 5+ years of our existence.
We don't just help the homeless, we ARE the homeless.
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