Study Proven - LIFE SAVING - Backpack Bed
Lightweight 6.6lb
Street tough material
4 Season Protection
Survive the time on the street
Fire Retardant
Fabric + Mattress 6ft 3" x 22"
Water & Wind Proof
Protects against winter chills
Full Body Mosquito Net
Stop bites on hot summer nights
Ergonomic Backpack
Adjustable shoulder & chest straps
Storage Pockets
4 pockets - store over 44lb
Secret lockable pocket
With brass key lock
Ergonomic Backpack
1-Person Shelter
Mattress
Hypothermia Blanket
Insect mesh
Delaware Homeless Facts
238 people in Delaware are unsheltered tonight.
- 1,358 people are homeless in Delaware tonight, 238 of them are unsheltered (HUD PIT count 2024).
- 9% increase in unsheltered people since 2022 and a 58% increase since 2020 (HUD PIT count 2024).
- 653,104 Americans are homeless today (HUD 2023).
Homeless Experts
Why we need you to help get more Backpack Beds for people sleeping on Delaware's streets.
Dr Diane Washington
Amputations from frostbite - a death sentence for homeless.
Ed Shurna
Past Executive Director (20 years),
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Donate to help Delaware's Unsheltered Homeless Today
Your donation will fund more Backpack Beds for Charity Crossing - impacting people sleeping on the streets of Delaware.
Please donate today.
Your donation is tax deductible**.
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Donate as a gift - perfect for the holidays
- You make a tax deductible donation and choose your card type:
- Printable emailed PDF card - we email to you.
OR - Physical card - we mail to you.
- Printable emailed PDF card - we email to you.
- You gift the Card to your loved one or client.
- Write your own heartfelt message on the card - tell them they have helped an unsheltered homeless person.
- Great for birthdays, holiday gifts, mother's day or client gift.
- An unsheltered homeless person in Chicago receives a Backpack Bed - from our partner homeless agencies aimed at getting that person off the street.
About GoodNight Delaware
GoodNight Delaware™ is a community wide effort to help people sleeping on our streets without shelter this winter.
Moral situation - there are not enough homeless shelters, and rental affordability is in crisis.
Needed immediately please - Delaware homeless services require 1,358 study proven Backpack Beds.
Backpack Bed for Homeless charity
- Backpack Bed for Homeless, a 501(c)(3) charity - tax deductible**.
- Over 40,000 Backpack Beds have been distributed to homeless in other cities.
- Improve health, sleep, mental health, warmth, comfort dignity and safety for people sleeping on our streets.
Backpack Bed
Impact
- A study proven life-saving emergency bed for people experiencing homelessness.
- Every $110 Backpack Bed provides $3,319 in community savings to health, justice and employment (180 Degrees Consulting 2018).
- Ergonomic 6.6lb Backpack Beds looks like an backpack, rolls out to a single person tent with a built in mattress and hypothermia blanket included.
About Charity Crossing
Charity Crossing is a volunteer-run nonprofit based out of Delaware, working to make a difference in our community and protect the environment. Every day, one of us helps someone in need. Today, over 400 active volunteers support various initiatives serving people of all ages, races and family types who are experiencing life challenges and are of lower income
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