The campaign will focus heavily on securing in-kind donations of goods as well as services both to prepare the House for occupancy and to manage and maintain the House. Those donation needs for start-up include:

Goods

• exterior signage
• flooring
• lighting
• appliances
• furniture (with certain restrictions, e.g. new mattresses new, leather recliner in each of ten rooms, beds)
• vehicles
• phone system
• computers, printer, scanner, fax machine
• lawn furniture, gas grill, fencing

Services

• Strip wallpaper
• Refinish floors
• In-kind services from concrete workers, plumbers, carpenters, tile workers, painters, electricians, landscapers, interior designers
• Advertising, video, power point presentation, media and trade show display

Volunteer needs to manage the house include:

• phone answering and clerical
• cleaning
• gardening
• shopping as requested by families
• maintenance
• shoveling
• chaplain
• minimum of 6 people on site to serve families, coordinate media, manage direct mail, etc.