COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019 | 9A
BOOHER from A6
House only two months,
their progress thus far
demonstrates a high po-
tential for more women’s
success through the pro-
gram.
Bird was herself a ben-
eficiary of a similar pro-
gram in Portland five years
ago. Homeless and addict-
ed to heroin, Bird went
through several treatment
programs before Central
City Concern provided her
with a sober living envi-
ronment.
“I was provided all the
resources I needed to get
my life back together,” she
said. “And when I moved
here, there was nothing
like that going on and I
couldn’t believe it.”
Establishing the Booher
House has been a passion
project for the members of
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Safe Haven, each of whom
have personal recovery
stories.
“The ladies who run
this house on the commit-
tee are a great inspiration
for anyone who’s trying to
get clean,” said Thompson.
Because of the difficulty
in finding qualified hous-
ing candidates, however,
the nonprofit has eased
some of its requirements
and dropped rent to $400
a month.
The house still has its
own limitations; for in-
stance, there are currently
no facilities or staff to care
for children, which dis-
qualifies some from resi-
dency.
“That breaks our heart
when you have to turn
anybody away,” said Bird.
And while the Safe Ha-
ven board has expressed
interest in expanding its
resources to include hous-
ing which accommodates
children and eventually
transitional housing for
men, such goals are still far
beyond the purview of fi-
nancial possibility.
With only two residents,
the nonprofit is operating
in the red on a monthly ba-
sis and fundraising efforts
have not been as fruitful as
they would have liked.
Despite
fundraising
shortfalls, Bird is confident
that sustainability is within
reach, either through com-
munity input or taking in
more residents.
“If everybody put in a
dollar for a bed, we could
put somebody off the
streets, into a bed and keep
them safe enough to get
a job,” said Bird of future
fundraising efforts.
Ideally, Safe Haven will
soon take on four more
women.
By meeting those goals,
the Booher House’s future
as Cottage Grove’s tran-
sitional housing resource
may be secured.
“There’s a drastic need
in Cottage Grove for this,”
said Leah. “And if they
can help me turn my life
around, they can do it for
just about everybody.”
To sponsor a bed or get
more information, Safe
Haven can be contacted at
541-946-3234. For those
experiencing emotional
distress or suicide ide-
ation, the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline can
be reached at 1-800-273-
8255.
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thing the future’s going
to need,” he said. “More
people that want to use a
recycled product, more
people that will value re-
cycling it, then more peo-
ple will start recycling and
capturing more and it will
just be a kind of self-ful-
fi lling cycle.”
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