My Background
My Background
My Background
Founder - Homeless Angels
2013 - 2017
Founder - Cardboard Prophets
2017 - Present
Founder - Capital Area Diaper Bank
2020 - Present
Founder - Continuum Of Compassion
2020 - Present
Founder - The Fretail Store
Awards:
2017 - USA Today 52 Difference Makers in America
Top of the town awards
2017 - Ranked #3rd Best Non Profit
(Homeless Angels )
2017
Founder - Homeless Angels
2013 - 2017
Founder - Cardboard Prophets
2017 - Present
Founder - Capital Area Diaper Bank
2020 - Present
Founder - Continuum Of Compassion
2020 - Present
Founder - The Fretail Store
Awards:
2017 - USA Today 52 Difference Makers in America
Top of the town awards
2017 - Ranked #3rd Best Non Profit
(Homeless Angels )
2017 - Ranked top 5 Best Advocate/Activist
2018 - Ranked #3rd Best Non Profit
( Cardboard Prophets )
2018 - Ranked #3rd best Advocate/Activist
2019 - Ranked #2nd Best Advocate/Activist
2019 - Ranked top 5 Best Non Profit
( Cardboard Prophets )
2020 Top 5 top of the town Non Profits
2021- tired for 2nd place best Person/advocate
2022 - 1st place best Person/advocate
2023 - 1st place best Person/advocate
Programs Created:
The Fretail store in the Lansing mall
- First Community Funded Hotel program
- First Community Funded Housing program
- Tiny FREE Pantry Network ( Michigan )
- Homeless Laundry Vouchers(Waverly laundry)
- First community funded housing Project ( 27 Homes 2018)
- Hotel to Home Program (The Warm Bed Project)
- Homeless Hotel Network
- Continuum Of Compassion - 2020
- Homeless Hotel program -2024 ( Homeless Hotel Program )
Innovative Ideas Brought to Lansing:
- first community funded Hotel program in the united states - 2013
-Street Walks ( public Street Outreach )
-FREE Street Stores
- Dinner in the Park
- Homeless Help Desk
- Expanded Tiny FREE Pantries in Michigan
- FREE Grocery Shopping Spree for the Homeless
- Community FREE Market
My Background
My Background
Mike Karl became homeless on the streets of Lansing. Without a support group and friends and family not aware he was homeless, he started building friendships on the streets. Introduced to a pastor from Kalamazoo doing street outreach in Lansing, that personal relationship changed his life, placing him in a hotel and teaching him to
Mike Karl became homeless on the streets of Lansing. Without a support group and friends and family not aware he was homeless, he started building friendships on the streets. Introduced to a pastor from Kalamazoo doing street outreach in Lansing, that personal relationship changed his life, placing him in a hotel and teaching him to face his problems, showing him support and most importantly, LOVE.
My Passion
My Background
My Passion
In the winter of 2010 Mike Karl took a pledge to live homeless one week a year in the middle of winter during homeless awareness week broadcasting live on the internet it caught the eye of the media in 2013.
Using social media he shared the needs of the homeless in ‘’ real time ‘’ allowing the community to fill those needs one perso
In the winter of 2010 Mike Karl took a pledge to live homeless one week a year in the middle of winter during homeless awareness week broadcasting live on the internet it caught the eye of the media in 2013.
Using social media he shared the needs of the homeless in ‘’ real time ‘’ allowing the community to fill those needs one person at a time.
In 2014 he formed the first ever community funded hotel program at the Magnuson hotel in Lansing allowing the general public to pay for a homeless person or families a room for a night. For a small fee, someone who would be sleeping on the street NOW had a warm bed and HOPE.
in 2016 HIS Non Profit purchased the First ever Homeless Hotel in Lansing Michigan giving 52 rooms on a 24/7 basis to the Homeless!
to date there have been OVER 30,000 + safe sleeps provided by the community.