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Dignity Village would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season. We are kicking off our campaign for new board officers, again Dec 16 2008. Every year on Dec.16 we elect new Board officers to operate the Village for the coming new year.

We have been busy working on our common area building. We installed a new floor, a little over a month a go from a donation from Budget Computers in Beaverton Or.

We also started wiring the Common area building for Electric. We will have to have it insulated and sheet rocked prior to us using it after it is wired. We are required by the building code to insulate it with R 28 insulation to meet code. We will also be in need of 1/2 inch 4 x 8 sheets of sheet rock.

 We have also had many calls to the Village as to what the village needed. Our biggest need would be a donation of money to help get our bills paid. Any donation would be grateful.

 Everyone has felt the high gas prices , the high cost of food, and the many job lay off's in the community. Our efforts for being self efficient to pay our bills over the past 9 months have fallen short . If you would like to donate to help out you may bring it out in person, mail it to us or use our donate link in the menu. We would like to thank you in advance for your donations.

We also have our new Kitchen plans, new bathrooms plans ready for the coming new year, to better server the community. We have come along way from tents set up on pallets , to small houses and structures that we have today.

We have had visitors from all over the world since we been here at the Sunderland yard from 2001 to 2008. We have been a model community for others who see the helping need that our village offers to the homeless people in the community. This has only happened because of all the wonderful support so many have given to us over the past 8 years. Many more community's across the country, have looked to us for answers to help the homeless population that is growing bigger each year. When People come out to visit us , they are amazed at what we have set up and how we help the 50 to 60 homeless people that live here at any given time, a stepping stone effect that gives each person living here a chance to help themselves regain a new start to gain main stream living again.

All of this comes from donations from viewers and visitors that help to support our goals. Once again Happy Holidays from all of us at Dignity Village. Please feel free to come out and visit us.