Providing housing for veterans experiencing homelessness. A tiny house village for 35 homeless veteran hero's, that offering communal support, safety and mentorship.

The Blessing Movement set up a project to prep and repaint all 35 homes.  The Sumner/Bonney Lake School district from the Superintendents staff to all principles, vice principles and admins, and so many other volunteers. In ,just one day under the guidance of professional contractors, with donations of supplies and service from Calvary Community Church and many others all 35 tiny homes were cleaned, prepped, and repainted!

"Feeling productive again. Feeling like I belong," said Jimmy "Happy" Gilmore, a U.S. Army veteran."I can’t tell you the last time I had my own place. I don’t think in my whole life I’ve ever had my own place," said Gilmore. "I’m real appreciative of that. I got my own bed, I got my own TV now."
The Army vet said he was homeless—moving from shelter to shelter, battling years of addiction to alcohol. There’s a hopelessness that I can’t explain. It’s despair in every area of your life. And most of the time I prayed for death," said Gilmore. "I became desperate. Just cleaning up the wreckage. And not just the wreckage in my life, but the wreckage I put in other people’s lives, like my family. I got brothers that actually talk to me now. Gilmore’s personal growth is the kind of progress the Orting Veterans Village was designed for. It opened in the spring, exclusive to those who served the country, but struggled with life after duty. The program helps them reclaim their lives through resources—from employment and education, to mental health and medical needs.