Ways To Get Involved

🌍 Ways to Get Involved in Healing Havens

Healing Havens is a living movement. It grows through the contributions of many, each according to their gifts, space, and capacity.

Here are the core roles within the Healing Haven network:

🪶 Scouts

Definition: Scouts are people who go out into the community to meet those in need ~ whether homeless or otherwise in distress. They conduct gentle interviews, listen deeply, and help create profiles that can be uploaded to the Healing Havens website (much like a living “list of names” in the spirit of remembrance and restoration).

Role & Values:

• Bring visibility and dignity to those often overlooked.

• Capture personal stories, gifts, and needs so others can respond.

• Form the bridge between the streets and the havens.

• Also seek out people with spaces — spare rooms, cabins, cottages, or unused homes — who are willing to open their doors to someone in need.

  
  

🏡 Host (Someone Who Has a Place)

Definition: A Host is someone who has a property or room they are willing to share as a healing space. This could be a spare room in a home, a cabin, a tiny home, or even an apartment offered temporarily.

Role & Values:

• Provide a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment.

• Offer sanctuary — not necessarily formal therapy, but space to breathe and heal.

• Engage in daily presence, orientation, and basic support.

Host Diversity:

• Some Hosts may be self-sufficient and able to cover all costs.

• Others may live modestly and need Sponsor support for food, utilities, or upkeep.

  
  

🌱 Guest (The Person in Need of Healing)

Definition: A Guest is someone who needs rest, safety, and a chance to recover from hardship — whether homelessness, trauma, burnout, or life transitions.

Guest Experience:

• Treated with dignity, not as charity.

• Length of stay varies — from short-term refuge to extended healing.

• Often supported by Sponsors, removing financial pressure.

  
  

💖 Sponsor (The Supporter)

Definition: A Sponsor is someone who contributes financially (or otherwise) to help Hosts and Guests.

Ways to Sponsor:

• Monthly or one-time donations.

• Covering urgent needs or special projects.

• Supporting the broader Healing Havens network.

  
  

Sponsor Engagement:

• May receive updates, stories, or anonymized guest experiences (with consent).

• Form part of the wider “circle of care.”

  
  

🌲 Property Holder Who Needs a Host

Definition: Someone who has unused space (house, cabin, land, retreat center) but lacks time or energy to host.

Potential Partnerships:

• Pair with a Host who can live on-site and run the haven.

• Co-create with Sponsors who help fund the transformation.

• Participate passively (offering the space) or actively (joining planning and visits).

  
  

🌟 How It All Comes Together

This model creates a network of interdependence where everyone has a role:

• Scouts bring in the stories and names.

• Hosts provide place and presence.

• Guests receive dignity and rest.

• Sponsors offer financial and emotional support.

• Property Holders unlock hidden potential in unused spaces.

  
  

It honors all forms of wealth ~ material, emotional, social, and spiritual. Together, these roles weave a living movement toward ending homelessness and creating true havens of healing.