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The Homestretch Campaign For over 40 years, Simpson Housing Services has been a leading nonprofit supporting people impacted by homelessness. We began as an emergency shelter in the basement of […]

Simpson is building a modern, dignified shelter with affordable housing on the site of our original location. The new building will meet the short-term housing needs of people impacted by […]

Homeless Memorial March and Service Remembers 266 Individuals Who Passed Away in 2024 For 40 years, hundreds of community members have come together for the Homeless Memorial March and Service […]

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On June 12, 2024, Simpson Housing Services and Project for Pride in Living broke ground on a new shelter in Minneapolis’ Whittier neighborhood at 2740 1st Ave. S., site of the former Simpson United Methodist Church building.

Minneapolis, MN: At the 39th Annual Homeless Memorial March, the community remembered 266 people: 125 people who died while homeless, 102 individuals who were previously homeless, and 25 advocates who passed away in 2023.

Simpson Housing Services began demolition of the Simpson United Methodist Church building in Minneapolis’ Whittier neighborhood on October 9. The agency plans to rebuild a new shelter and housing facility on the site.

Artist Sandy Tuzinksi first began contributing to Art 4 Shelter in 2015. She heard about the event from co-founder Megan Rye during a Minnesota Watercolor Society meeting. After learning how donating artwork would help benefit Simpson Housing Services, Sandy and her sister, Pat Swanson, quickly felt invested in the cause and were excited to contribute.

Sandy and her sister encourage other artists to get involved with Simpson Housing Services’ mission of providing shelter. “Art 4 Shelter gives artists an opportunity to learn how to help others in a very unique way.

When Thomas Roark he heard about Art 4 Shelter from another artist at a life drawing co-op, he resonated with the fundraiser’s direct impact on people experiencing and transitioning out of homelessness. Contributing to A4S is a way for Thomas to work toward housing justice for the homeless.