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On Sleep Out Saturday (November 7th), hundreds of children, teens and adults will spend the night sleeping outside in tents, boxes, and cars or doubled up inside their homes without a bed to call their own, all to raise awareness about family homelessness and funds for Bridge Communities' Transitional Housing Program.
Your support has the power to change lives! With your help, Bridge Communities will transition over 100 families to self-sufficiency by working with community partners to provide mentoring, housing, and supportive services. Please give today to demonstrate your commitment to helping families facing homelessness build a bridge to a brighter future!
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Nearly 90% of your donation will benefit the families in our transitional housing program.
A personal message from
Jenifer Bystry
Dear Friends,
Once again, I will be sleeping out to raise awareness of family homelessness and money to support Bridge Communities. And once again, I am humbly asking for your donation.
My goal is $1,761. That’s the average cost of a two-bedroom apartment where I live. A single parent with two children making minimum wage would need to work 90 hours a week to afford basic needs and permanent housing without being rent-burdened.
In 2025, 84% of the families entering Bridge were working, they just weren’t making a living wage. It’s a house of cards. One car repair, a few days missed wages due to illness, a medical bill, or other unexpected expense and it all comes tumbling down. Mom finds herself having to choose between rent and food. Eventually, the family becomes homeless.
But there’s good news! Bridge Communities’ unique and proven program transitions families from homelessness to permanent, generational self-sufficiency. A 30-year longitudinal study showed that at least 86% of the families we’ve served have never fallen back into homelessness. That’s an amazing statistic!
I am so proud of our program and the incredible outcomes we help to make possible. Won’t you please join me in changing the trajectory of families’ lives for generations?
Thank you for reading my page and for considering a donation.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Jen
P.S. In my thank you letter, I’ll give you an update on my mentee. Spoiler alert: She is going great!
Sincerely,
Jenifer Bystry
Thank you to all those who pledged!
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