skyberry House is a home offering hospitality to local unhoused children and families.
Welcome to skyberry House!
Our inspiration comes from Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin who created the well-established House of Hospitality to address the needs of the unhoused in New York City in 1933. Today there are over 200 Houses of Hospitality worldwide.
A House of Hospitality is a house where Hosts live alongside their guests, responding to the needs of the world in its own way, based on local needs and guided by the interests, talents, and faithfulness of its hosts. skyberry invites us to live and work in a different way with the unhoused in our community as an expression of our spirituality, living authentically, with integrity, and through a life that really means something.
Our Mission
Our mission at skyberry is to provide interim housing for local unhoused people, with a special focus on families with children, allowing them to grow and move forward in their lives, including into secure housing. We strive to do this in a community that is wrapped in hope and love where all feel supported while discovering and appreciating each other’s gifts.
Our community consists of Guests, Hosts, and Volunteers. Guests are families (with children) who we provide with interim housing and support in their transition to stable and sustainable housing. Hosts live alongside Guests, providing daily rhythm and routines. Other volunteers support skyberry through a range of services. Can you cook, clean, or grocery shop? Garden? Do light carpentry? Facilitate meetings? Drive folks to appointments? Play games, sing, dance, tell stories? If any of this strikes a chord, then we’d love to meet you.
It might be important for you to know that we are an interfaith community, and some of us pray and believe in the power of prayer. We are curious about all faiths or lack of faith. We don’t proselytize in any way, so don’t let this be a turn-off. If you’re a (devout!) atheist, we’re good with that. Our mission is to lift up families in need. When we help each other, we grow in every way. That’s what it’s all about, right?
skyberry is open to and affirming of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC individuals. skyberry welcomes all people.
Interested?
Candidate guests and volunteers may contact us at: houseskyberry@gmail.com
Interested hosts may fill out the application webform here or contact us at: houseskyberry@gmail.com. Please note: you need to click "continue"to fill the webform. Once we hear from you we will be in contact to arrange a visit.
skyberry House Collaborative/Brattleboro Hospitality House, Ltd., is a 501(c)3 organization.
skyberry House
PO Box 360 Brattleboro Vermont 05302 United States
