Grass Valley, Calif. (May 1, 2026) — At 79, Susan never imagined she’d be living out of her car. A former preschool director, artist, café owner, and mother of three, she had spent her life helping others — until trauma, illness and circumstance stripped everything away. A Hospitality House case manager found her, showed up without judgment, and helped her navigate from street to interim housing to a studio apartment of her own.
That pathway to housing is what Hospitality House is designed to achieve. Street outreach and the shelter are where it begins. Of Hospitality House’s seven locations, one serves as an emergency shelter and six provide housing.
Two local families believe in that work enough to back it generously. Through May 31, they will match every donation to Hospitality House dollar for dollar, up to $26,000.
The match comes at a meaningful moment. State grants that fund our shelter operations are dropping 15.9% next year, making grassroots support more necessary than ever. To put the need in perspective, Hospitality House provided 80,970 meals at Utah’s Place last fiscal year — at a cost of just $1.44 each. A $50 gift, matched to $100, puts nearly 70 of those meals on the table. The match offer ends May 31.
“For twenty years, Nevada County neighbors have chosen to take care of their own,” said Nancy Baglietto, Executive Director of Hospitality House. “Together we’ve built a full pathway from street outreach to permanent housing. As state funding shrinks, our responsive community is what gets neighbors housed.”
Donate before May 31 at hhshelter.org, by phone at 530-615-0852, or by mail at 1262 Sutton Way, Grass Valley, CA 95945.