Smoothing Life's Rough Patches
Sharon Alexander, Founder of Arthur Jean Safe Place, an organization that supports people experiencing homelessness, knows well how one life change can leave us financially vulnerable. Last year, she lived it first hand when her partner passed away and she could no longer afford her house. After she posted her story on Nextdoor, Sharon’s neighbors in Pittsburg. California, donated $6,200, and Hope Solutions, a social service group in nearby Pleasant Hill, helped her and her grandson, Audrion, 19, find a new home, within two months’ rent fully paid. Sharon says, “They gave me the neighbor love l’ve never experienced before.”