Chicago Homeless Agencies working together.
You can give hope to unsheltered homeless people in Chicago who desperately need Backpack Beds.
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Study Proven - LIFE SAVING - Backpack Bed
Lightweight 6.6lb
Street tough materials
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
Chicago's Homeless Experts
Why we need your help get more Backpack Beds for people sleeping on Chicago's streets.
Jackie Edens
Executive Director, Inner Voice
Ed Shurna
Past Executive Director (20 years),
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Robret Simpson
Executive Director, Franciscan Outreach
Dr Chezeray Moore
Outreach Expert, Street Samaritans
Doug Fraser
Executive Director, The Chicago Help Initiative
NBC Chicago
Donate to help Chicago's Unsheltered Homeless Today
Your donation saves lives and relieves pressure on our failing system.
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.
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Chicago Homeless Facts
1,632 people in Chicago are unsheltered tonight.
- 5,157 people are homeless in Chicago tonight. 1,632 of them are unsheltered (PIT 2024).
- 653,104 Americans are homeless today (HUD 2023).
- 39.3% of people exeriencing homelessness are unsheltered (HUD 2023).
- 12% increase in number of homeless people 2022 - 2023 (HUD 2023).
About GoodNight Chicago
GoodNight Chicago™ is a community wide crisis progam to help unsheltered people sleeping on our streets this winter.
Moral situation - there are not enough homeless shelters, and rental affordability is in crisis.
Needed immediately please - Chicago homeless services require 6,528 study proven Backpack Beds.
Backpack Bed for Homeless charity
- Backpack Bed for Homeless Inc, a 501(c)(3) charity - tax deductible.
- As used an endorsed by 1000+ homeless agencies.
- 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.
Study Proven
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.
Backpack Beds
GoodNight Chicago Events
Join the Chicago Community push
Make your own online fundraising page
Your fundraising will help provide desperately needed Backpack Beds to Chicago homeless services.
Only minutes to setup your own online fundraiser - easily share with family and friends.
Want to hold an event - to help people on the streets of Chicago
If your organisation or group wants to get involved - you can help people experiencing homelessness in Chicago.
Your fundraising will fund more Backpack Beds for people on the streets of Chicago. Contact us to find out more.
Are you a homeless charity who needs Backpack Beds?
Help distribute Backpack Beds across Chicago.
Not yet involved? Does your homeless agency, church or community group want to get involved in GoodNight Chicago?
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