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
KC Dream Center Programs
You can give hope so that unsheltered homeless people receive desperately needed Backpack Beds as part of our existing programs.
- The KC Dream Center reaches out to people on the streets, under bridges, and in homeless camps.
- We deliver food, snacks, water, and see how we can find a need and fill it.
- We are committed to building long-lasting relationships that will transform lives and create new beginnings.
- We also have an onsite food pantry and clothing closet.
Homeless Experts
Why we need your help to get more Backpack Beds for people sleeping on Kansas City's streets.
Luke Vaughan
Director of Community Outreach, KC Dream Center
Ed Shurna
Past Executive Director (20 years), Coalition for the Homeless
Donate to help Kansas City's Unsheltered Homeless Today
Your donation will fund more Backpack Beds for the KC Dream Center - impacting people sleeping on the streets of Kansas City.
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
- 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 Kansas City receives a Backpack Bed - from our partner homeless agencies aimed at getting that person off the street.
About GoodNight Kansas City
GoodNight Kansas City™ 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 - Kansas City homeless services require 1,752 study proven Backpack Beds.
Backpack Bed for Homeless charity
- Backpack Bed for Homeless, 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.
Backpack Bed
Impact
- A study proven life-saving emergency bed for people experiencing homelessness.
- Every $144 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 KC Dream Center
Since 2018 the KC Dream Center has impacted thousands of lives. What sets the Dream Center apart from other service-based, nonprofits are the relationships we develop those we help.
We are intentional about getting to know people, remembering their names, and finding out how we can help. We help them with their immediate needs, but it is critical to assist them in finding solutions to their long-term needs as well.
The Kansas City Dream Center is part of a network of over 84 Dream Centers across the world which first started in Los Angeles in 1994 with a simple mission of finding a need and filling it and transforming lives.
Kansas City Homeless Facts
274,224 Americans are unsheltered tonight.
- 1,798 people are homeless in Kansas city tonight - with 438 unsheltered.
- 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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