Our friends at EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) provide unique mobile shelters to people living on the streets. An alternative to cardboard boxes, alleys and underpasses, each EDAR is a four-wheeled mobile unit that resembles a reinforced shopping cart. It can carry belongings and facilitate recycling during the day and it unfolds into a special, framed tent-like sleeping enclosure with a bed at night. They are waterproof, very durable, and have much better wheels than the standard shopping cart which allows for increased mobility and an easier time recycling. TakePart had a chance to meet Peter Samuelson, the founder of EDAR, last Fall. Since Peter’s visit to our offices, EDAR has been gaining national attention with help from the LA Times, CBS, ABC and others.

While Peter fully recognizes the importance of more permanent living solutions for the homeless, we need a solution on how to serve the the more than 70,000 in Los Angeles County alone. In fact, EDAR units are often  being used as a “first step” into the homeless shelters for those that are typically reluctant to enter a traditional shelter system.

EDAR’s are given free of charge- when funds permit- to homeless people directly and through EDAR’s shelter partners. And they track the progress of the EDAR units through each of these partners.

DONATIONS

EDAR is thankful for generous supporters like you!

By donating to EDAR, your tax deductible donation allows us to provide EDAR shelters to more of the people who need them most.

Sponsor wheels: $50

Sponsor a frame: $75

Sponsor a mattress: $125

Sponsor a roof: $250

Sponsor one EDAR unit: $500

Sponsor ten EDAR units: $5,000

Sponsor twenty EDAR units: $10,000

Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available. Please email us for more information.

And be sure to text EDAR to ACTION (228466) for updates.

Learn how you can contribute to Everyone Deserves a Roof via PayPal, mail, or fax after the jump.

Donate to EDAR

Please check with your tax preparer to ascertain the deductibility of your donation.

By Mail or Fax

Click here for a downloadable form and return by fax at (323) 315-5188 or mail to:

Donations

EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof), Inc.

ATTN: Development Department

1015 Gayley Ave. Suite 357

Los Angeles, CA 90024