The Other Place

The Other Place is officially Homefull. A "Reveal Party" was hosted by CareSource on May 19th and the new name and brandmark were unveiled to the crowd of VIPs and partners of TOP. Check out the story by the Dayton Business Journal.

July 1st marked the beginning of Homefull. We hope that we make as many good memories as Homefull as we did as The Other Place.

Our new name and rebranding more accurately reflects our organization that has evolved from a volunteer-run daytime homeless shelter serving 20 people on its first day back in 1988 into a comprehensive continuum of services that now serves more than 550 people each day. For more information, click here for a PDF for more information about Homefull.

On Saturday, June 26th at Heatherwoode Golf Club, The Other Place held its 1st Annual Tee Up Fore TOP golf fundraising event. The day commenced at 1:30 pm with a shotgun start and included 18 holes of golf with cart, professional curbside bag service, unlimited range use, Heatherwoode Signature Grillout Buffet Dinner, 2 drink tickets per player, and a swag bag.

One hundred players signed up for the event and enjoyed golfing on a beautiful Saturday at Heatherwoode for a great cause. Click here to view some of the photos we took at the outing.

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for this event--without you it couldn't have been possible. Special thanks goes out to our two signature sponsors, Fifth-Third Processing Solutions and Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center!

We hope to see all this year's sponsors and participants at our next golf event next year!

The Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm is located on the grounds of the new men's Gateway shelter at 1921 S. Gettysburg Ave. A collaboration between The Other Place and TransPlant Project, Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm will:

The Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm was recently featured in the Dayton Daily News. View the article here.

To learn more about the micro-farm and follow its progress from construction to harvest, check out our blog!

Sign up to join the Farm2ForkFresh CSA (Community Supportive Agriculture) online here or download this pdf form! The Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm is just one of the local farmers who provide the fresh produce that go into each CSA box delivered to every member each week. For more information on the Farm2ForkFresh CSA click here.

Not sure you want to join the CSA? You can buy produce from the Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm directly at the multi-farm farm stand near you starting in mid-June

This year Dorothy Lane Market will donate $40,000 to local nonprofits through its Good Neighbor Program. As enrolled Club DLM members shop, all of their purchases are credited to the nonprofit of their choice. At the end of the year, the amount credited to each nonprofit determines the percentage of the $40,000 DLM will donate to that nonprofit.

If you are a DLM Club member and would like to raise money for The Other Place as you shop at DLM, you can fill out this enrollment form and turn it in at your local DLM, or you can visit DLM's website, insert your name, DLM Club number, and The Other Place's charity ID number (418), then press submit. It's that easy!

If you have previously enrolled in this program and would like to participate again, you will need to re-enroll for 2010. Once you have enrolled, all you need to do is spend at least $500 at DLM by the end of the year and you will have raised some much-needed funds for TOP!

The Other Place's Homelessness Prevention program helps low-income households who are at risk of becoming homeless, by providing short-term financial assistance and longer-term case management. As an incentive for our Prevention clients to continue meeting with a case manager to help them remain stably housed, we want to periodically offer each household a "Stimulus Package" with nonperishable food and household items -- to help them stretch their budget. TOP would like to challenge the community to provide at least 60 of these packages per month, like the one pictured here. To learn more about this new project, including ideas for items to put in each package, view and print our PDF flyer or call us at (937) 293-1945.

The Other Place has a newsletter called TOPics to help keep our friends informed of the progress we're making. The current issue features information on various TOP programs and projects, including updates from River Commons and our Opportunity Housing program for veterans. The newsletter is posted online in PDF format for easy reading and printing. To read the current issue, click HERE.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness, with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has produced a video that highlights how communities across the country are decreasing homelessness among families. To watch the 15-minute video, click HERE.