To inspire the community through education, innovation and the development of resources to end homelessness for women on the Monterey Peninsula.
There are over 500 unaccompanied homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula. An especially staggering number when you consider many of these women are working and attending school. Because of you, the Fund for Homeless Women has impacted the lives of our homeless women by providing funding to organizations who provide food, clothing, health and mental services, and emergency funding that can be accessed immediately. The Fund also provides scholarships to insure that our homeless women have a ticket to the future.
Many of you ask the question, how can we end the homeless crisis? We wish we had all the answers but we do believe as we continue to partner with organizations that support unaccompanied women we can alleviate some of the challenges that many of us wouldn’t think twice about. Unexpected things happen and with your support we will be there to provide immediate help.
After over 20 years on the Monterey Peninsula, my husband, Bill and I decided to start the next chapter of our lives in New Mexico. However, our hearts and resources remain there with you - our former neighbors and forever friends. We decided to continue supporting the work of the Fund for Homeless Women - a one-of-a-kind effort, successfully addressing the needs of women who face homelessness in the place we too called “paradise”. We share the Fund’s commitment to the vision that women on the Monterey Peninsula are properly housed and out of danger. We are dedicated to having a positive impact on the lives of women who face dire circumstances; changing the trajectory of their lives today, and in years to come. Regardless of where any of us happen to be, we all have a right to housing and safety. We all deserve to have a place to call “home”.
- Rev. Michael Reid, EdD
