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Building hope. Restoring lives. Until every child has a home.

20 Years Helping the Homeless Rebuild Their Lives

When John and Susan Camerer sat down one night in 1990 to watch the movie God Bless the Child, they had no idea it would change the course of their lives. The movie was about a single working mother who, after a series of events that were no fault of her own, became homeless with her little girl. At the end of the movie the mother had to give her daughter up to the custody of the state because she couldn’t care for her on the streets. John and Susan, holding their newborn in their arms, were heartbroken. They felt called to help the homeless restore their lives and started a journey that has lasted 20 years and is continuing stronger than ever.

Since 1990 more than 700 homeless children, women and men have benefited from the housing, support services, counseling and child care that Vision House provides.

Vision House Today

Vision House owns and operates four transitional housing complexes and a child care center in Renton, Washington. Approximately 85 individuals live at Vision House, setting goals with their case manager in areas such as: education, job training, parenting, financial management, recovery issues, etc. Children’s Village Child Care Center, a Vision House program, serves 120 children, including the Vision House families, alumni families and children from the community.

The Vision Continues

In 2010 Vision House broke ground on another complex for homeless children and mothers in Shoreline. The Jacob’s Well facility will consist of 20 housing units, a child care center, counseling offices and a resident community center.

Vision House facilities are built debt-free on a pay-as-you-go model. This is how the complexes in Renton have been built over the past 20 years, and they're still serving homeless families today. The Jacob’s Well complex is being built in this same way so as not to go into debt and jeopardize existing successful programs. Many volunteers are helping to build Jacob’s Well.

Support Homeless Families at Vision House

Sprague Israel Giles has been an active supporter of Vision House for many years. We’ve seen and heard the testimonies of families whose lives have been changed at Vision House. We encourage others to invest in changing lives at Vision House, an organization that is well run, uses its resources wisely and truly cares about the families in their care.

Vision House Works with SIG

“We really enjoy working with everyone
at Sprague Israel Giles.
They help us assess risk and
evaluate coverage alternatives.
As Vision House has grown, SIG has been
a valuable resource. It’s not unusual that
they will ask us a question
just from reading our newsletter,
seeing a need even before we’ve thought about it.
Sprague Israel Giles has become an
important part of our team.”

John Camerer,
Vision House Co-Founder and
Director of Operations

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