Some Stories about our Residential Clients 

Homelessness is not hopelessness. 

You can make a difference by helping people at the most difficult time of their lives.

It's hard to imagine in this prosperous country that there really are good people who have no place to lay their heads.  Those of us who have a safe, secure home have much for which to be thankful.

At Seven Hills we've found that when families or individuals have safe, affordable housing and a program to support the rebuilding of their lives, they can move from homelessness to independence. 

Mitch left a bad home environment when he was 18.  He got into drugs, suffered some serious health problems, and was homeless at 21.  He came to Seven Hills for help.  We helped him through rehab.  He stayed with us while starting in plumbing school.  Now he's saved enough to have an apartment of his own and will soon finish school and be working full-time as a professional plumber.

Joan has a Masters degree in anthropology, but degenerative disk disease and a bipolar condition made it impossible for her to continue working.  She came to Seven Hills for help.  While she stayed with us, we were able to help her gain a stable program for her required medications.  She was also able to qualify for disability assistance.  After working with our professional staff to regain control of her life and lifestyle, Jane now enjoys a life of independence once more.

Bradley is a U.S. military veteran who struggles with alcohol addiction.  When he relapsed we took him in at Seven Hills where he lived under a structured program.  At one point, Bradley developed a serious infection that required hospitalization where he spent time on life-support.  We stayed with him throughout his illness, providing caring and support as he regained his health.  Healthly once more, Bradley finished his program of rehab.  We were able to help him when he applied for admission to a bookkeeping and accounting school.  Deeply grateful for the help he received from Seven Hills, Bradley is quick to tell others that he doesn't know where he'd be today if our organization hadn't been there to help.

James is another veteran of military service who was stuck in the hopeless cycle of working deadend minimum wage jobs with no opportunity for advancement.  Forced to use all of his savings to pay for living expenses, James couldn't make ends meet; he started to drink.  We are happy to report that James is in recovery for his addiction to alcohol.  Since becoming a transitional resident at Seven Hills James has been able to save nearly $2,000 and has also established himself in a job he enjoys, has potential for advancement and, most importantly, pays well enough that he will soon be able to move into his own place.

Seven Hills is proud to have been there to help these individuals, along with hundreds of others like them throughout Northwest Arkansas.  Part of the recovery process sometimes involves providing people like Mitch and Joan a safe, secure place to live, along with some much-needed, structured professional support while they work to rebuild their lives and become stable, self-sustaining members of mainstream communities here and throughout the United States. 

In addition to our Homeless Center on 6th Street, Seven Hills has now completed building Northwest Arkansas' first facility designed to meet the transitional housing needs of homeless families in our area -- the Seven Hills Walker Family Residential Community on Huntsville Road in Fayetteville. 

Four buildings house up to thirty-six people, including families and children.  Professional life-skill coaches and case managers help residents of this exciting and beautiful new facility establish the foundations necessary to eventually acquire their own independent residences.
 

Eight apartments serve homeless individuals who live with chronic physical and/or mental disabilities.  The facility and programs offer these individual residents the stability and support they require to achieve productive and rewarding lives.

A very significant number of the people served by Seven Hills are veterans of the United States Armed Services.  These men and women served our country faithfully, often at great personal risk.  Now they need our help.  Please help us to help our veterans in need.

How can you assist us in this important and meaninful work?  Make a generous tax-deductible contribution.  You can click the PayPal icon above to make a secure, online gift.  Or send a check to P.O. Box 474, Fayetteville, AR  72702 

Your gift will help give the most vulnerable among us a chance to rebuild their lives as independent contributing members of society.  Your gift will help give homeless children a fair chance to grow and prosper.  And, most importantly, your gift will give hope to hundreds of our neighbors who need the kind of help only those of us living independent, secure and stabile lives can provide.