Carpenter’s Shelter

Started in 1988 to serve homeless and formerly homeless families in Northern Virginia, Carpenter’s Shelter has grown to be one of the largest homeless programs in the area, annually serving more than 1,000 individuals. The shelter’s mission is to provide shelter, guidance, education and advocacy. Tournament proceeds will help fund their Out of Poverty Program, dedicated to assisting individuals build the life skills and self-determination to move out of homelessness.

Good Samaritan Ministries, LTD

Established in 1987 in Richmond, Good Samaritan Ministries is dedicated to annually helping 145 homeless men and women overcome addiction and despair and transition back into the community as healthy and self-sufficient. Their one-year residential recovery program annually provides up to 145 individuals with rehabilitation and work training at no cost to participants. Tournament funds will support 100 2-bedroom resident apartments that serve Richmond’s impoverished inner-city population.

Help and Emergency Response, Inc.

Chartered in 1985, Help and Emergency Response is the primary domestic violence resource for Portsmouth and Chesapeake, and sheltered more than 600 individuals in 2011. In addition to a 24 hour hotline and emergency shelter, they also provide food, clothing, employment programs, child advocacy and aftercare services as individuals build a new life for themselves and their family. Tournament funds will expand The Victim Stability Project, a new service model focused on affordable permanent housing.

Mercy House, Inc.

Founded in 1988 by local citizens who realized that families too often became separated due to homelessness, today Mercy House serves an average of 60 families a year in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County seeking refuge from domestic violence, condemned housing or discharge from an institution. Participants stay until they become stabilized, an average of four months. Tournament proceeds will refurbish – inside and out – 12 efficiency apartments for residents.

New Life for Youth

The mission of New Life for Youth, founded in 1971, is to provide long-term assistance and transitional housing to individuals age 18 to 40 from the Richmond metropolitan area who are faced with destructive life-controlling issue and/or re-entering society from incarceration. The general success rate for those who complete the 12-month residential program is 70-80 percent. Tournament funds will help renovate a newly purchased 10-bedroom residential facility (which sleeps four men per room) on Walmsley Boulevard.

Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity 

Begun in 1986, Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit interfaith housing ministry founded on Christian principles that seeks to eliminate poverty housing from the community, and to make decent, safe shelter a matter of conscience and action. This year, VHDA will partner with Richmond Metropolitan Habitat to build a house, and the group will use their tournament proceeds to cover part of the construction costs.