February 2016
Winter Faith Collaborative
We are a loosely connected group that shares one goal - helping to shelter our friends from exposure to the elements for the winter. We have engaged over 40 faith communities with the collective aim of opening at least 15 overnight shelters and daytime warming centers before the coming El Nino storms. Find out more: Winter Faith Collaborative The Winter Faith Collaborative meets every Monday at 7:00 pm. The Willow Glen United Methodist Church is now providing shelter so we are currently meeting…
Find out more »April 2016
Winter Faith Collaborative
We are a loosely connected group that shares one goal - helping to shelter our friends from exposure to the elements for the winter. We have engaged over 40 faith communities with the collective aim of opening at least 15 overnight shelters and daytime warming centers before the coming El Nino storms. Find out more: Winter Faith Collaborative The Winter Faith Collaborative meets every 1st and 3rd Monday at 7:00 pm at Dwell Christian Church. 1292 Minnesota Ave. San Jose, Ca. 95125 Hope…
Find out more »November 2017
Sheltering Workshops
The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement formed to serve, shelter and advocate for the houseless community in Santa Clara County. In our first two seasons we served over 700 individuals. Consider these sobering facts: There are over 7300 unhoused in Santa Clara County. We sorely lack enough shelter beds. Space for families and women and children are especially needed. The coroner’s report shows a 55% increase in deaths of the unhoused in 2016, with most of these due…
Find out more »December 2017
Sheltering Workshops
The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement formed to serve, shelter and advocate for the houseless community in Santa Clara County. In our first two seasons we served over 700 individuals. Consider these sobering facts: There are over 7300 unhoused in Santa Clara County. We sorely lack enough shelter beds. Space for families and women and children are especially needed. The coroner’s report shows a 55% increase in deaths of the unhoused in 2016, with most of these due…
Find out more »Sheltering Workshops
The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement formed to serve, shelter and advocate for the houseless community in Santa Clara County. In our first two seasons we served over 700 individuals. Consider these sobering facts: There are over 7300 unhoused in Santa Clara County. We sorely lack enough shelter beds. Space for families and women and children are especially needed. The coroner’s report shows a 55% increase in deaths of the unhoused in 2016, with most of these due…
Find out more »January 2018
Winter Faith Collaborative Intro to Sheltering Workshops
We hope you and your family had a nice holiday and that you may be able to help with two specific (and easy) projects. Now that our shelter season has officially launched, and with wet and cold weather upon us we NEED YOUR HELP to do two simple things that can expand our network and grow the interfaith movement exponentially. In Review: In our first two years- thanks to you all- WFC has changed the way a community looks…
Find out more »Intro to Sheltering Workshops
The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement formed to serve, shelter and advocate for the houseless community in Santa Clara County. In our first two seasons we served over 700 individuals. Consider these sobering facts: There are over 7300 unhoused in Santa Clara County. We sorely lack enough shelter beds. Space for families and women and children are especially needed. The coroner's report shows a 55% increase in deaths of the unhoused in 2016, with most of these due…
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