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Commerce · January 4, 2014

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A website aiming to fix homelessness in SF

Hi everyone, I am organizing a crowdfunding campaign to give blankets/food/books/glasses and new year's postcards to 1000 homeless people in San Francisco. Since we as the residents already spend a lot of money on the homelessness issue in SF via government(200MM+/year), I thought some of us would be willing to take a more active role in fixing this issue by donating to campaigns like this one(and to more sustainable ones). So, I am thinking of turning this campaign into a crowdfunding platform for activists and organizations that want to work on homelessness related…

A website aiming to fix homelessness in SF launched on January 4, 2014 with 45 votes, #588 of 1,173 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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This platform organizes crowdfunding campaigns to provide immediate aid to homeless individuals in San Francisco, starting with blankets, food, books, glasses, and postcards for 1,000 people. It aims to evolve into a broader crowdfunding site for activists and organizations working on homelessness-related issues in the city. The platform lets residents take direct action on a problem they already fund through taxes, enabling individual donors to support specific relief initiatives and sustainable solutions.

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Hi everyone, I am organizing a crowdfunding campaign to give blankets/food/books/glasses and new year's postcards to 1000 homeless people in San Francisco. Since we as the residents already spend a lot of money on the homelessness issue in SF via government(200MM+/year), I thought some of us would…

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