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 HomewardBound of the Grand Valley is a non-profit corporation committed to meeting the critical housing needs of men, women and children who are homeless in Mesa County, Colorado. Volunteers needed: food@homewardboundgj.org. HomewardBound of the Grand Valley operates the Grand Junction Homeless Shelter, which provides year-round emergency shelter. HomewardBound of the Grand Valley is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations to our organization are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law on your Federal Income Tax Return. In addition, any donation of more than $50 is also eligible for an Enterprise Zone Tax Credit on your Colorado State income tax return. Please request an Enterprise Tax Zone certificate when you make your donation if you wish to claim this credit. Thank you for supporting our mission and the people of Mesa County. |
Upcoming Events
Volunteers needed to cook and serve meals. Please call 256-9424 if you or your group is interested. Having a holiday get together, a birthday or an anniversary coming up? Consider holding a "Party With Purpose" this year. Simply ask your guests to bring items from our wish list, or make a cash donation to benefit the programs of HomewardBound. This is a simple way to incorporate giving into your festivities, while saving your guests time spent looking for the perfect gift. Call 256-9424 for more information. Recent Events Birthday parties continue now on a monthly basis for our families. 1st Presbyterian Church comes on the second Sunday of the month and treats our birthday guest along with their family and friends to presents, cake and ice cream, games and lots of fun. The holidays were upon us starting with Thanksgiving. Turkeys were donated to us by a most generous community with Startek being our biggest supporter. They donated 30 Turkeys and over 2200 pounds of food to us. With this food we were able to fill over 35 food boxes and give them out to our families in our Mesa Family Transitional Program and our Family Stability Program, along with several other families in the valley who just needed some help during Thanksgiving. We also had prepared meals for our veterans in our Phoenix Program. Once again the community really pitched in and helped us at Christmas time. Santa Claus came and visited us at the shelter. Christmas carolers came, and again we had lots of food donated to us from several sources. We were able to help 40+ families celebrate the season by supplying them with gifts and food.  We are preparing for our Journey Home fund raiser scheduled for February 13, 2010 at Tenacious Brothers Pub at 6:00 on 7th & Main Street in downtown Grand Junction. There will be Hors d'oeuvres and beverages, a live band with dancing, door prizes, a Fishbowl Frenzy and a live auction with board member Brian Heath as our auctioneer. Some of the raffle prizes include a Gold Krugerrand coin, 3 nights in a Las Vegas Time Share, Ring, Earrings, art work, a telescope and hand made wooden furniture. Tickets are $30 and available to purchase at HomewardBound of the Grand Valley, City Market Downtown, Metro Brokers on 25 Road. |
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Our programs support homeless individuals and families in Mesa County only. 100% of all donations stay local. |
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