GOODNIGHT NASHVILLE

725 Nashvillians will sleep on the street tonight.

You can help provide Backpack Beds for people in Nashville - emergency portable beds that improve dignity, health, warmth sleep and comfort.

Backpack Beds are distributed to unsheltered people on Nashville's streets in partnership with local homeless services.

Goal: 725 Backpack Beds

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$89,900 Goal

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$89,900 Goal

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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

About GoodNight Nashville

GoodNight Nashville™ 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 - Nashville homeless services require 3,952 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

Backpack Bed
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.

Ergonomic Backpack

Backpack Bed

1-Person Shelter

Mattress

Hypothermia Blanket

Insect mesh

Nashville Homeless Facts

274,224 Americans are unsheltered tonight.

  • 2,094 people are homeless in Nashville tonight. 725 of them are unsheltered (HUD 2023).

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

  • 35.5% of homeless people are unsheltered (HUD 2024).

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

Homeless Experts

Why we need you to help get more Backpack Beds for people sleeping on Nashville's streets.

Ed Shurna

Past Executive Director (20 years),

Coalition for the Homeless

Robret Simpson

Executive Director, Franciscan Outreach

Donate to help Nashville's Unsheltered Homeless Today

Donate Online Today

Your donation will impact people sleeping on the streets of Nashville.

Please donate today.

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

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Winter 2024

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