
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition Breaks Ground for Transitional Housing
By Alyssa Smith The Verde Valley Homeless Coalition broke ground for their new transitional housing development site on Nov. 22. This new structure, named the Friendship House, will be located off Main Street in Cottonwood and will consist of six individual bedrooms...
Director’s Report December 2022
At the Center Another busy month, 19 new people. It is odd to me that our overnight shelter has been incredibly erratic this winter so far. We might only have 10 signed up in the night or maybe 20 and then 2 or 3 don't arrive. It's never been this unpredictable in...
November 2022 Director’s Report
Center Guests Another busy month has passed! As I said, we have been quite busy. Another 19 new people as of Thursday. Some are transient, unfortunately a number are local that no longer have a place to live. We have seen several people that were living at Angie's...

Groundbreaking of Friendship House in Cottonwood Sets Path for Completion in May
The Verde Valley Homeless Coalition breaks ground for a planned Friendship House in Cottonwood on Tuesday, Nov. 22. (VVN/Vyto Starinskas) Download article published in The Verde Independent

“Great Things” Fundraiser October 8, 2022
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition “Great Things” Fundraiser October 8, 2022 The Cottonwood Community Clubhouse was packed with more than 150 supporters of the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition who enjoyed a fine Mexican meal by Rose’s Mobile Catering Service, wines from...
October’s Director’s Report
At the Center Hello Friends, Happy October! This past month has been quite busy and really, we expect a busy end of the year as well. In September we averaged 14 individuals both day and night. We also saw 21 new people. The new ones continue to come and go with our...
September Director’s Report
Center Guests We are still averaging 15 people a night, 18 during the day. These are average numbers, and we were totally full only 2 nights of the month. We had 25 new people this month! I think we have seen a steady number of transient persons as well as those...
August Director’s Report
Center Guests It's been a busy month, I guess that is just a given these days. We had an average of 15 people spending the night, 14 using the center during the day. We saw 20 new people, 2 declined to give information so they are not in the official count, 2 we were...

Donated Motorhome for Sale
This spectacular 2003 Coachman Motorhome was recently donated to the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition by a woman who wanted to relocate but not take this home on wheels with her. Our anonymous donor learned about the Coalition from a staff member and found our story...
Reflections on Summer
July Director's Report The clouds gathered as they do when there are monsoonal rains expected. First puffs and streaks of white against the brilliant blue sky. Then as though being swept together with a broom they move together and suddenly a large bank of white...