How to HelpSponsor a Welcoming

Businesses, civic groups, schools, religious organizations, groups of friends, families or single individuals can sponsor one home’s furnishing. If you like, you can make it a team effort and get the group involved in doing the work. Or, sponsorship can be totally “hands-off,” where our volunteers do all the work. Either way, attribution is given to the Sponsor on Welcoming Home’s website and in external communications.

General Requirements/Benefits

FINANCIAL DONATION

  • $5,000

    Furnishes a home
    with one to three residents

  • $7,500

    Furnishes a home
    with four to six residents

ATTRIBUTION

Donor group receives attribution (if they wish) for sponsoring the Welcoming on
all our communications:

  • Next Door

    Marin and Sonoma County

  • Email Newsletters

    email distribution list of 500+ (Sonoma) 1,400+ (Marin)

  • Welcoming Home Website

    Added to Sponsors Page with link

PARTICIPATION

Donor group members can participate in one or more aspects of the Welcoming
itself (none are required, though):

  • Attending the initial meeting with the family in their apartment and participating in making a list of needs (up to 2 people)

  • Dropping off the Starter Kit (up to 2 people): new sheets & towels, set of plates & silverware, basic pots & pans, folding table and chairs; etc.

  • Sending out the list of needs for sponsored family to their friends/network

  • “Welcoming” Day Morning: checking in/packing up donations (up to 3 people) and/or Afternoon: setting up the apartment under the guidance of one of our senior volunteers (up to 3 people).

PROCESS

Welcoming Home will assign two senior-level volunteer team leads to manage all aspects of the Welcoming, including ensuring that all needed items are secured by Welcoming Day.

CONTACT

For questions or more information, contact info@welcominghome.org or use the contact form below, or call 415-482-8888.
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Many thanks to Our Sponsors

Alafi Family Foundation

Destino Fund

Gaby Federal, Jill Kantola and Friends (five years)

Grace D. Family & Friends

Joyful Living Grants Foundation

Karen and Dan Dunn (two years)

Laura Kenig (two years)

Marin Country Day School (three years)

Marion Weinreb, The Living Room Board Member, through the Max Steven Jackson Weinreb Memorial Fund (three years)

Mission Rotary of San Rafael (three years)

Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church - Philoptochos Society

Novotny Family

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

Schmaier Family Foundation

Sotoodeh, Marin and Associates

The Outdoor Art Club

Westminster Presbyterian (three years)

 “Anonymous”
(several individuals/groups)

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“On behalf of our agency, we would like to thank you for the wonderful work your group did this past Saturday. I was just at Marlena’s home; she was extremely grateful for all the transformations in her apartment! The boys showed me their rooms and their bikes with a lot of joy. They said that they had seen these things happen on TV, but they never imagined that they were going to be part of something like this themselves.”
Isaura, Case Manager, North Marin Community Services