INSPIRE

WHAT WE STAND FOR

God has been doing incredible things through Kaleidoscope Community Services! God has been changing lives through the relational involvement of over 300 different volunteers from over 30 different local churches, as well as through the generous support of dozens of individual and business donors. It is with all humility and thanksgiving that we can say that literally thousands of lives have been touched by the Lord through the ministry of Kaleidoscope Community Services since its humble beginnings in 2013.

INSPIRE stories are meant to pass along just a taste of the fruit of what God has been doing in our midst. Please enjoy and celebrate these stories with us- All Glory to God!

STORIES

Kaleidoscope Gives

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A New Home

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What Does It Mean To Serve Others?

March 24, 2020

What does it mean to serve others; I mean really serve others? The dictionary says that the word serve means to perform duties or services..

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Stephan & Sarah

February 22, 2020

Stephan and Sarah grew up with vastly different experiences. Stephan was raised in a privileged world with Christian parents. Sarah was...

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Ryan & Lacey

January 17, 2019

Ryan and Lacey first came by the 2nd Street Commons the day after a burst pipe left 3” of water all over our floor, in early December...

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Tom & Lauren

October 28, 2018

Tom and Lauren came to Coeur d’Alene (CDA), Idaho with all their belongings stuffed in a U-Haul truck. They left Western Washington to...

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Our Tiny House

August 24, 2018

36 degrees. Raining. Wind howling. Blackness of a winter night. My daughter and I are freezing. Nowhere to go. Nothing is open tonight.

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Lance

March 7, 2018

Lance has pancreatic cancer and is not expected to live much longer. Lance is homeless. Lance use to have everything you and I have- healthy

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Spencer

December 12, 2017

Spencer moved up to Coeur d’Alene from Oregon with a trio of friends in the spring of 2014. When their group showed up at the 2nd Street...

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Fred

July 10, 2017

Fred is an African American man in his 70’s. Fred is a very colorful, salty, and well liked character. Fred makes everyone laugh.

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Why Should We Care?

People matter; this is a moral, social justice issue. We have community members who want and need help who are trying to survive outside.

Current strategies for addressing our local homelessness issues are not solving the issue of homelessness.

Left to themselves, the local homeless population will continue to be problematic. This population needs more help and guidance to emerge from their state of homelessness.

Current strategies for dealing with our homeless communities are costing our county millions of dollars annually.

Statistics

406 students in school district 271 are listed as ‘homeless’. Over half of these students are Kindergarten - 5th grade.

According to the office 2016 Point in Time count, there were 450 homeless persons in our region, with 57% listed as ‘unsheltered homeless’ (as opposed to 14% in the Boise area).

Homelessness is on the rise across America, in spite of the national ’10 Year Plan’ to end homelessness initiated in 2005.

While very helpful, temperature based shelter and warming center models do not ‘stabilize’ people.

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