Welcome to Haven House

Haven House provides emergency housing and support services for one-parent and two-parent families with children.  The shelter helps families who are homeless prepare for permanent housing by developing and promoting self-sufficiency, stability, and financial responsibility.

Have-A-Heart for the Homeless Campaign

Through the month of February many businesses, offices and groups will be participating in our annual Have-A-Heart fundraiser.  They will sell hearts (for $1 and $5) with the proceeds to support Haven House. The Have-A-Heart campaign has been an annual event of Haven House for many years.  It serves two very important roles.  It is an important source of operating funds for Haven House, and it is an opportunity to increase awareness in the community of the problems faced by homeless families in the Greater Lansing Area and the role that we play in attempting to ameliorate them.  We are supported by many merchants, professional offices, and other groups who sell hearts for us.  With the help of these people we hope to raise $12,000 this year.  Those who have already agreed to participate in the 2012 campaign as of this date are:

We anticipate other businesses and organizations will be added to the list.  If you are shopping at a merchant who is participating in our campaign, please buy a heart to support the homeless, and thank the merchant for participating and helping to inform the community of the important role they can play in helping the homeless.

Haven House Competes to Win a $10,000 Event at the University Club- Please Vote for Us

From January 16 to March 20th people can vote for Haven House and 24 other mid-Michigan charities to help them win a $10,000 credit towards a fundraising event held in the University Club's newly renovated dining room.  The program is being conducted by the University Club of MSU in cooperation with the Capital Region Community Foundation and is sponsored by the MSU Federal Credit Union.  Each "vote" is a $5 tax-deductible donation to the Capital Region Community Foundation.  Each organization will receive 90% of the funds raised through voting and the organization receiving the most votes will receive the $10,000 prize.  Votes may be cast on-line through Friday, March 16 at www.universityclubofmsu.org/theclubwithaheart.

Case Credit Union raises $10,402.91 to Suppor Haven House

Case Credit Union selected Haven House to be their Charity of Choice for the second half of 2011.  Their efforts raise $10,402.91 to support our mission.  Wow!!  We appreciate their efforts on our behalf!

Send a Valentine and Help Haven House

Send Valentines and help Haven House.  Send us the names and addresses of friends , family members, co-workers, etc. along with a donation of at least $10/card and we will send the card at the left to those people, stating that you have made a donation in their name to Haven House.  Please order by Thursday, February 9, 2012 to insure delivery by Valentine's Day. Download and fill out an order form and bring it to Haven House along with payment.

Two Haven House Tailgating Cookbooks Click this link to make an on-line purchase or see the list of local merchants who are selling the books.

Thank you to ArtVan Furniture for awarding Haven House a $25,000 grant to support rapid re-housing of homeless families with children.

What's New

	CASE Credit Union supports Haven House We are honored to have been selected by Case Credit Union as their charity of choice for the second half of 2011 Friday, December 16, 2011
	MSU Business School Student Support Helping the Homeless. The undergraduate Student Senate of the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University reached out to homeless families in the Lansing area. In November and December, the students set up a “mitten tree” outside a lecture hall on the first floor of the North Business Complex to collect mittens, scarves, and hats collected from students, faculty, and staff for Haven House of East Lansing. The Broad Student Senate Board presented the warm clothing to Angela Mayeaux, Director of Haven House in early December. Thank you, students for your care and involvement in the Lansing community! Tuesday, December 20, 2011
	East Lansing Rotary and friends raise funds for boiler The East Lansing Rotary organized a multifaceted effort to raise funds to replace our boiler. More >> Friday, December 16, 2011
	Douglas J Salons raises $16,289 for Haven House as Charity of Choice Douglas J Salons selected Haven House as its charity of choice and raised $16,289 to support our mission. More >> Friday, December 16, 2011
	Buy an ArtVan Charity Bear Help Haven House AND give a child a smile when they receive the ArtVan Charity Bear. You can purchase the ArtVan Charity Bear at any ArtVan Furniture store and designate Haven House as your charity of choice and ArtVan will donate $15 to Haven House. Buy one for a child that has stayed at Haven House and one for your family, and show how easy giving back can be!! Friday, December 16, 2011
	Attention: Those who are attempting to register their Kroger Plus Card! More >> Monday, August 15, 2011
	Become a Haven House volunteer! Haven House is always in need of volunteers. Apply today! Already a volunteer? Check out our current open shifts! More >> Monday, August 15, 2011

Donations

Events

Donating items on this needs list is an important way to help meet the needs of the shelter and the families who stay here.  Residents use these items both during their stay and upon leaving the shelter.  Many of these items are essential in helping our residents get established in their new homes.  Your donations will help families all through the year - in January, June, and September.  When you donate items on this list you also help defray operating costs of the shelter.

Haven House is in URGENT need of the following items:

• laundry soap
• pillows
• grocery bags - paper or plastic
• dish soap
• diaper wipes
• toilet paper
• Orajel
• diapers - Size 2, 4 & 6

Addtional items that we also need

Family Needs

• Alarm clocks - electric
• Cooking pots and pans
• Can openers
• Dishes- plates, bowls, cups, etc.
• Silverware
• Blankets, especially twin size
• Sheets, twin size
• Mattress pads
• Bath towels, wash clothes
• Socks (adult sizes)
• Adult gloves (especially men's)

Personal Supplies

• Lip balm
• Hand lotion
• Baby wipes
• Disposable diapers sizes 2, 4, or 6
• Hairbrushes & combs
• Toothbrushes
• Deodorant--Men & Women
• African-American hair products
• Shampoos & conditioners
• Adult, Children & Infant cough & cold medicine
• Motrin or Tylenol (or generics)
• Children's or Infant's Tylenol (or generic)
• Antibiotic creams
• Orajel (for toothaches)
• Kleenex

Cleaning Supplies

• Dryer fabric softener sheets
• Dish detergent
• Laundry detergent
• General cleaners - (e.g. Spic & Span, Simple Green)
• Mops, brooms and dustpans
• Sponges
• Paper towels

General Shelter Needs

• Toilet paper
• 13-gallon tall kitchen bags
• 33-gallon and 39-gallon trash bags
• Simple Green

Office Supplies

• Manila file folders - Letter size 1/3 cut
• Packages of copy paper

Other

• Gift Certificates to Meijers, Payless Shoes and area gas stations for resident needs
• Cash donations to Haven House

If you do have items that we need and wish to drop them off, we would appreciate it if you drop them off on:

Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Please come to the front door of the building (facing Whitehills Drive).  There is parking behind Haven House.  Go through the Post Office parking lot and on into the lot behind Haven House.  Parking spots for Haven House are marked as such.

Map and Directions

Because of our very limited space, there are some items that we are not able to take.  These include:

• toys
• furniture
• car seats
• adult clothing
• computer equipment (unless you have specifically checked with a staff member in advance to verify that it is something that we can use)

Recent Grants Received

Haven House depends on a wide range of sources of funding, including individual contributions from our loyal supporters and grants from private and public foundations and local governmental units.  Some of our recent grants include:

• Greater Lansing Food Bank has awarded Haven House $10,000.  This grant allows us to purchase food for the shelter
• City of East Lansing has awarded Haven House a grant of $29,623.  The funds will support staffing and allow us to purchase two new appliances for the shelter.
• Capital Region Community Foundation has awarded $17,464 to Haven House to support staffing, a cash match requirement for a HUD grant, and two new fire doors.
• Anonymous Foundation Grant  A $10,000 grant was received from an anonymous funder to support our Partners in Progress program.  These funds will support the case manager and non-food stamp items given to the families.

Looking for a Speaker?

Anngie Mayeaux, Executive Director of Haven House, would love to meet with you.  Contact her at 517-337-2731 or AMayeaux@HavenHouseEL.org.

Haven House Mailing List Corrections

If you receive mailings from Haven House and you wish us to make any corrections, please contact us and we will be happy to make the changes.  If you receive duplicate mailings, let us know that as well.  We strive to keep the information about our supporters as accurate as possible, but on occasion we realize that we do make errors.  To contact us with a correction you may e-mail the information to us at:  mailinglist@HavenHouseEl.org or you may call Haven House at 337-2731.

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