14th Annual Welcome Home Luncheon

At this year’s Welcome Home Luncheon, we were able to lift up the voices of two clients who share their stories of finding new homes with support from Homeward Bound and how it has helped them rebuild their lives. Both Mercy and Jeff now contribute to their community as full-time workers engaged in meaningful work. We encourage you take a moment to hear from them yourselves in the video, A Home Changes Everything.

Mercy and Jeff are not the only people who have found stability and success through Homeward Bound’s housing programs. Last year alone, we prevented homelessness for 151 people, including 78 veterans. We ended homelessness for 102 people, including 50 veterans. To date, we have ended homelessness for more than 2,760 people.

Today, we ask for your support to help us to continue to provide homes to people like Mercy and Jeff. You can direct your support to any of our programs, including the AHOPE Day Center, Supportive Services for Veteran Families, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Rapid Rehousing.

Thanks to an anonymous donor, all donations will be matched dollar-to-dollar up to $200,000.

At Homeward Bound, we are not committed to managing homelessness—we are committed to ending it. Because when someone has a home, everything changes. At this year’s luncheon, attendees heard powerful stories of neighbors who now have access to opportunities, stability, and joy because they have a place to call home in their own community. Safe, stable, and affordable housing opens doors—to employment, to healing, to family connection, to possibility.

We were honored to welcome our keynote speaker, Jeff Olivet, former Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. A nationally recognized leader in homelessness and public health policy, Jeff brings more than 30 years of experience advancing solutions that connect housing, healthcare, and equity.