Siding Nearing Completion

Our leadership team: Bob, Liza, Susan and Simon

We are almost finished with the siding on the outside. On the interior we are installing electrical and heating and mechanical. Our next fundraising goal is to raise the dollars needed to finish the electrical and low voltage wiring. The project keeps progressing nicely and we are grateful to all of our volunteers who faithfully show up to lend a hand. Pictured is the current leadership team: Bob serves as our onsite superintendent, Liza volunteers her time as our project manager, Susan Camerer serves as Vision House's executive director and Simon the architect volunteers an extensive amount of time. We are truly blessed with such an amazing team.

Work's on for Saturday!

Bob says there is lots of work waiting for volunteers! So don't hesitate to come on out to the Jacob's Well construction site. Bring your tool belt, tape measure hammer/nail gun and lots of energy! As always, lunch will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Updated Photo

Jacob's Well Shoreline expansion for homeless moms and kids hoping to open this year.

Siding and Sprinkler System Being Installed Now.

Upon completion, Vision House Jacob’s Well in Shoreline will provide a home and support services for 20 homeless families. Modeled after the successful Vision House program in Renton that serves 23 families, Jacob's Well will include a licensed child care center as well as a crisis center and program space. Since we construct our facilities debt-free, we're building on a pay-as-you-go basis and have raised the funding needed to get through painting the 3-story exterior and installing the fire sprinklers. Businesses, churches, individuals and community groups are now raising money for the heating and mechanical and have collected about $25,000 of the $80,000 needed. Hopefully we will be installing that in a few months as the dollars come in. Our goal, if donations continue to come in, is to move homeless families into the complex sometime in 2012.

Here are a few links that provide more information about the project:

• KOMO coverage: http://www.youtube.com/user/visionhouse1#p/a/f/0/E5pnqSDAv9w
• Vision House promotional video: http://youtu.be/zML6nLJUZkk
• Also, here is a link to more information on our website:  http://www.vision-house.org/vh_north.htm 

There are opportunities for skilled and unskilled volunteers to help out on the construction site on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Contact Kristi for more information: kristis@vision-house.org or 425-228-6356. Check back often for updates!

One Board at a Time

Quite literally... one board at a time! First piece of siding installed today. Glass front doors installed last week. Hope to be moving homeless families in by the middle of 2012. Next step is raising the money for the heating system. Thanks hard-working volunteers and generous donors for getting us this far!

Jacob's Well Complex Making Progress!

Our new complex in Shoreline for homeless moms and kids is coming along! The windows are in and the exterior doors have been installed. We're also getting ready to put up the siding. 

Thanks to Scott Fuller, Bob Sime, Ted Almquist and Don Ricker for their hard work on a cold Saturday morning. Someday the pitter patter of children's feet running around the Jacob's Well complex will bless all of your hard work!

Together we WILL get this built for the many homeless mothers and children in our community who need a place to restore their lives! Thanks to so many individuals, churches, businesses and community groups that are partnering with us to make this dream become a reality. We need funding, in-kind donations and volunteers to help us build this complex DEBT-FREE!

There are volunteer opportunities each week, usually on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Email Kristi Slattery (kristis@vision-house.org) to let her know if you'd like to be added to our construction email list to receive updates on how you can lend a hand. You can help out often or just as your schedule allows.

Dessert Fundraiser brings in $75,000!

We’re pleased to report that a total of $75,000 was raised at the Jacob's Well Dessert Fundraiser on Saturday, October 15th! Originally, the total was $61,300, but a generous donor made a $13,700 contribution a couple of days after the event to get us to our next step in the project, which is installing the fire sprinkler system to keep families safe while living at Jacob's Well. Praise God, we're moving forward! Special thanks to Matt Case, radio host with KCMS 105.3 and the Seattle Children's Chorus. See the pictures!