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<h4 class="gmail-western">Introduction & Why Couch-Host?</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Introduction:</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="https://CouchHosting.org/">https://CouchHosting.org</a>
has three main themes:
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">* Guest and Host sign ups for couch
surfing through the <a href="https://freeworlder.com/" target="_blank">https://freeworlder.com</a>
app. Focused on helping homeless people find free places to crash.
For even more ways to find couch surfing opportunities, also visit
<cite><span style="font-style:normal"><a href="https://www.couchsurfing.com/">https://www.couchsurfing.com</a>
.</span></cite><span style="font-style:normal"> </span>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">* 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:
<a href="https://couchhosting.org/co-signer-opportunities" target="_blank">https://couchhosting.org/co-signer-opportunities</a>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">* 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: <a href="https://couchhosting.org/homelessness-prevention" target="_blank">https://couchhosting.org/homelessness-prevention</a>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Why Couch-Host?</b>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">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.
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Supporting Organizations:</b>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">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.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">CouchHosting.org</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">PO Box 10631</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Eugene, OR 97440 USA</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">1-541-636-6269</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="mailto:pagesincolor@yahoo.com">pagesincolor@yahoo.com</a>
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