House 2 Home Network

House 2 Home

Help make a difference in the lives of people who were recently homeless!

What we do

We help people who were homeless and recently acquired housing. Some customers are moving into their apartments with no furniture, and are forced to eat and sleep on the floor. House 2 Home helps ensure that children have beds to sleep in and families have a dinner table to share meals together.

House 2 Home is unique because we don’t collect items at the office or store them in a warehouse – instead, when a donor makes a furniture donation, they are matched with a customer request in our database.

When a match has been made, a delivery volunteer picks up the item from the donor’s house and delivers it to the new customer’s house.

The House 2 Home Network currently needs:
  • Delivery volunteers with trucks or large vehicles
  • Furniture donations
  • Monetary donations

Volunteer

We need motivated volunteers to work on a flexible on call schedule. Volunteers with trucks or other large vehicles who can transport furniture are in greater need. Our volunteers keep this program running, without you we wouldn’t be able to pick up or deliver furniture to new homes.

Sign up here to volunteer: Online H2H Volunteer Sign Up Form

Donate

Donating is easy. Just fill out a furniture donation form and turn it in to our office, email us at Lisah@whatcomvolunteer.org or give us a call at 360-224-7185.

What can I donate?

  • Mattresses, box springs and bed frames (full bed set)
  • Couches
  • Easy chairs and recliners
  • Dining tables and chairs
  • Desks
  • Dressers
  • Miscellaneous furniture (side/end tables, ottomans, coffee tables, etc)
  • Kitchen items (pots, pans, dishes, utensils)

What can’t I donate?

  • Anything that is torn, stained, broken or otherwise unusable
  • Anything that a customer has not requested. Because we have no storage, we cannot hold onto items if we don’t have a place to deliver them.

Paperwork

Frequently Asked Questions

To learn more, please visit House 2 Home: FAQ’s

2010 Annual Point-In-Time Count

Interested in the state of homelessness in Whatcom County? The Point-in-Time count has the facts and figures. To open the PDF report, please click on this link: Whatcom County Homeless Count

House 2 Home Network is funded by federal stimulus dollars through the Opportunity Council and the Washington State Department of Commerce. The program is staffed through the Edward Kennedy Serve America Act 2009, providing an Americorps VISTA to build the project.

House 2 Home Network would not be possible without the help of our community, especially: