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It's Painting Raffle Time / 2024

Hi Everybody...it's that time of year again!

Winter is (mostly) here, it's getting cold and will keep getting colder.

This year, 2024, is the 12th year of the Annual Housing Hotline Painting Raffle, and the painting you see below is this year's raffle item. This painting is of puddingstone, my all time favorite rock formation, one I paint a LOT...like a LOT!


Housing Hotline has seen another increase in the number of folks seeking assistance this year. The small nonprofit organization will assist anyone in need, however there is a priority for the elderly, disabled and parents with children. Through the Housing Hotline, Jimmy and Barbara Winters support the most vulnerable population in Newport County, they are both volunteers since its inception in 1979!


ADDITIONALLY...Housing Hotline opened a COOLING and WARMING CENTER in 2024. A CRUCIAL need that was answered by the Housing Hotline Staff. Most who are unhoused have nowhere to be during the day, and extreme heat or cold makes the day time a fragile existence.
Cooling and Warming Center
open 9 AM to 4 pm, 5 days a week
40 Dr. Wheatland Blvd., Newport, RI 02840
401-846-4896

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

As in previous years, Raffle Tickets are $20 each which is two chances to win! 🥰

Which means...$60 is 6 chances, $100 is 10 chances...and so on, and so on, and so on...


Every donation makes a difference!
Our average donation LAST YEAR is over $80 🙏
Please remember that previous WINNERS are not eligible to win again. However, a donation this year continues to help Newport County's growing needs.

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IF YOU PREFER TO SEND A CHECK
Mail your CHECK, for $20 (or more!) to:
HOUSING HOTLINE
40 Dr. Marcus Wheatland Blvd.
Newport, RI 02840
Please write RAFFLE in the memo line and include your phone number/email so we can contact you if you win!


Your Donation is Tax Deductible. Newport Housing Hotline is a registered 501(c)3, Your donation will appear on your credit card statement as PAYPAL *HOUSINGHOTL.
THIS YEAR'S PAINTING
Newport Housing Hotline's Mission

Newport Housing Hotline's Mission is to help our community and its individuals and families in need reach a level of independence and self-sufficiency while also assisting them to ensure that they have fair, safe, and affordable housing by all means.


The Housing Hotline will address any issue that affects the unsheltered population. Most of the work that the team does is to provide emergency shelter for folks sleeping on the street during extreme weather crises. As a walk-in service, of the modest annual budget, 89% is spent on hotel rooms for temporary housing and the staff remains entirely volunteer. Housing Hotline has an updated website, https://www.newporthousinghotline.com/, and a volunteer working in the statewide HMIS system. HMIS is a state database for client information, communication and to enroll Housing Hotline clients for permanent housing and to communicate with other state agencies that may be able to place clients in available, appropriate programs such as veterans’ assistance, children and family assistance, physical, mental health programs, and domestic violence survivors to name a few.


The Community Housing Resource Board (CHRB): Housing Hotline is a 501 (c)(3) agency that acts as a resource and referral service for low-moderate income individuals and families of Newport County and the entire state of Rhode Island. The Housing Hotline is the first of its kind in the country. It assists those experiencing housing difficulties, such as discrimination and homelessness, locating housing opportunities for displaced persons, and helping with tenant-landlord disputes.