Northland

Charity Partners

HWGA and Local Charities

The Northland HWGA is proud to support Hillcrest Transitional Housing. Hillcrest looks to long term solutions for local homeless and displaced persons.  Some of your donated items will go directly into the hands of our area’s most needy children. The rest will support Hillcrest’s good work through sales at the Hillcrest Thrift store on Prairie View Rd and their new location in Liberty. We hope you will choose to donate some (if not all) of your remaining items to this great charity! Also, if you have considered volunteering but don’t really need to shop the sale, you can “volunteer for a cause”.  Donate the Grow Bucks you earned to the families in the Hillcrest program. Parents who were homeless not long ago will be able to shop in a store for new items for their children. Simply register to volunteer, then email northland@herewegrowagain.com and say how much of your Grow Bucks you want to donate! 

If you choose to donate your items, you can request a tax donation form from us after the sale.

More about Hillcrest Transitional Housing:

Hillcrest’s primary program focus is moving families from homelessness to self-sufficiency within 90 days. Their motto is  ”a hand up, not a hand out”. In exchange for rent/utility-free housing, residents are required to work full time, obey the program guidelines, and attend volunteer taught classes in life skills, employment, budgeting and more. Through a network of community support, Hillcrest also provides: auto repair/donation, food pantry, medical assistance, dental work, GED classes, haircuts, glasses, clothes, etc. Although Hillcrest Transitional Housing provides a supportive Christian environment, it places no religious requirement on any resident, and no volunteer, resident, or donor is discriminated against because of race, creed, ethnicity, or religion.

Hillcrest’s accomplishments are best seen through their 95% success rate of transitioning graduate families to self sufficiency. However, Hillcrest has also been recognized for “best practices” in transitional housing with the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

To find out more about Hillcrest Transitional Housing, visit them at www.hillcresttransitionalhousing.org  Applications for the program can also be found there. To volunteer at the Prairie View thrift store, the number is 505-0200. To volunteer with the housing side, the number is 587-9037.