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GOODNIGHT CHICAGO

Inner Voice needs

40 Backpack Beds this winter.

You can help provide Backpack Beds for unsheltered homeless people.  Backpack Beds are emergency portable beds that improve dignity, health, warmth sleep and comfort.

Backpack Beds are distributed to unsheltered people on Chicago's streets in partnership with Inner Voice.

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Goal: 40 Backpack Beds

$257 raised

$4,960 Goal

$257 raised

$4,960 Goal

Backpack Bed

Backpack Beds funded

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Study Proven - LIFE SAVING - Backpack Bed

lightweight

Lightweight 6.6lb

Street tough material

protection

4 Season Protection

Survive the time on the street

fire retardant

Fire Retardant

Fabric + Mattress 6ft 3" x 22"

wind and rain

Water & Wind Proof

Protects against winter chills

mosquito net

Full Body Mosquito Net

Stop bites on hot summer nights

ergonomic backpack

Ergonomic Backpack

Adjustable shoulder & chest straps

storage pockets

Storage Pockets

4 pockets - store over 44lb

lockable pocket

Secret lockable pocket

With brass key lock

Ergonomic Backpack

Backpack Bed

1-Person Shelter

Mattress

Hypothermia Blanket

Insect mesh

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Inner Voice Programs

You can give hope so that unsheltered homeless people receive desperately needed Backpack Beds as part of our existing programs.

Inner Voice supports people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Services include emergency, transitional and affordable housing, as well as support services and case management.

Our agency has several programs that specifically target the unsheltered homeless population, which provide transitional and permanent housing. Case managers regularly visit encampments and other places not meant for human habitation to inform and recruit individuals so they may avail themselves of our services.  
 
While not an answer to homelessness, in these situations Backpack Beds serve a valuable and possibly lifesaving purpose of keeping them safe and warm for the short term. 

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

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Your donation will fund more Backpack Beds for Inner Voice - impacting people sleeping on the streets of Chicago.

Please donate today.

Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed under law.

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Donate as a gift - perfect for the holidays

A gift for your family, friends and collagues that also helps people sleeping on the streets of Chicago.
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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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.
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Backpack Bed

Study Proven
Impact

  • A study proven life-saving emergency bed for people experiencing homelessness.
  • Every $124 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.
Impact of Backpack Beds

About Inner Voice

Inner Voice supports people experiencing or at-risk-of homelessness. Services include emergency, transitional and affordable housing, as well as providing support services, case management and workforce development. Designed to help those we serve achieve and maintain enhanced well-being, we work with our participants to support them on their path toward self-reliance, economic stability and in finding a place to call home.
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Chicago Homeless Facts

274,224 Americans are unsheltered tonight.

  • 5,157 people are homeless in Chicago tonight. 1,632 of them are unsheltered (PIT 2024).

  • 771,480 Americans are homeless today (HUD 2024).

  • 35.5% of homeless people are unsheltered (HUD 2023).

  • 19.2% increase in number of homeless people 2023 - 2024 (HUD 2024).
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