From peacemovies at gmail.com Fri Nov 3 13:36:16 2017 From: peacemovies at gmail.com (John Thielking) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 13:36:16 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] CouchHosting.org Message-ID: Introduction & Why Couch-Host? *Introduction:* https://CouchHosting.org has three main themes: * Guest and Host sign ups for couch surfing through the https://freeworlder.com app. Focused on helping homeless people find free places to crash. For even more ways to find couch surfing opportunities, also visit https://www.couchsurfing.com . * Leads on companies that will help you get qualified for your next apartment by co-signing or insuring your next lease with you for a fee. That page is here: https://couchhosting.org/co-signer-opportunities * Tips on stretching your budget and how to skip paying bills without penalties if you are unemployed/underemployed. This is on the Homelessness Prevention page, located here: https://couchhosting.org/homelessness-prevention *Why Couch-Host?* Couch-Hosting is a great way to meet new people, many of whom are homeless and in need of a place to crash for a few days. In my brief experiences with hosting homeless and street travelers at my cooling center days at my Peacestickers.net store in the summer of 2017, I found that all of the people in need who visited my store were level-headed and able to keep it together for the few hours that they visited my store, even the ones who let on to being mentally ill or drug users. Many of the travelers were very culturally sophisticated, beyond my modest cultural inclinations for sure. If these people were your overnight guests, they would provide you with an enriching cultural experience that you would expect from a foreign traveler visiting from overseas. *Supporting Organizations:* The development of the CouchHosting.org web site is a personal project of one of the co-chairs (John Thielking) of the Lane County Chapter of the Pacific Green Party, headquartered in Eugene, OR, USA, and is supported by the Lane County Chapter of the Pacific Green Party. CouchHosting.org PO Box 10631 Eugene, OR 97440 USA 1-541-636-6269 pagesincolor at yahoo.com Virus-free. www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: