Needs

Public planning page. This page does not launch emergency shelter, open camping, residency, public kitchen, medical/legal/crisis services, or participant intake.

The Needs Marketplace is designed to keep support concrete. Instead of vague giving language, each need should explain what it supports, why it matters, what program it connects to, and whether any privacy or safety limits apply.

Not every need is public. Some support belongs in quiet help. Family stability support is partner-safe only. Sensitive needs must protect participant privacy and never require public storytelling.

Current Needs

Draft Public Need

Sponsor 10 Meals

Helps make food support concrete and accountable.

Connected Program: The Freedom Table

Risk Note: Must use partner-safe food language; FPR is not a public kitchen.

Draft Public Need

Sponsor Work Gloves

Supports safe hands-on work and land tasks.

Connected Program: Build the Ridge

Risk Note: No implied volunteer worksite access.

Draft Public Need

Sponsor a Handwashing Station

Supports hygiene and field readiness.

Connected Program: Water First / Humanitarian

Risk Note: Avoid public kitchen or event-operation claim.

Draft Public Need

Sponsor a Charging Station

Supports phones, lights, devices, and resilience.

Connected Program: Energy First / Digital Dignity

Risk Note: No electrical advice claim.

Draft Public Need

Sponsor a Laptop Refurb

Supports practical access to documents, learning, and work tools.

Connected Program: Digital Dignity

Risk Note: Protect privacy and credentials.

Draft Public Need

Sponsor Water First Parts

Supports basic water resilience planning.

Connected Program: Water First

Risk Note: No drinking-water safety claim without review.

Draft Public Need

Sponsor Mentor Materials

Supports one-hour, one-lesson learning materials.

Connected Program: Teach the Ridge

Risk Note: No formal school claim.

Sensitive Draft

Sponsor Quiet Help

Supports private dignity-first needs.

Connected Program: Humanitarian

Risk Note: No public participant details.

Partner-Safe Only

Sponsor Family Stability Kits

Supports partner-safe family needs.

Connected Program: Ridge Stability Pathways

Risk Note: Guardian/partner-safe pathways required.

Quiet Help

Quiet help needs are not displayed with participant details. Sponsors interested in quiet help support can reach out directly.

Ask About Sponsoring Quiet Help →

Partner-Safe Family Stability

Family stability kits move through guardian-approved and partner-safe pathways only. See Ridge Stability Pathways for context.

Read about Ridge Stability Pathways →

How Receipts Work

Each sponsored need is intended to be tracked with an honest receipt: what was needed, what was given, what happened next, and what remains unfinished. See Sponsor Ethics for the full picture.

Read about Sponsor Ethics →

Review Status Labels

Each need card carries a status label — draft public need, sensitive draft, or partner-safe only — so sponsors and reviewers can see at a glance how ready a need is for public visibility.

Boundary Language

Needs are draft public concepts until reviewed. Sponsoring a need does not create participant access, intake, tax-deductibility claims, public recognition demands, or guaranteed outcomes. No live donation/payment form exists in this public planning page.