Had an awesome time volunteering with Operation Tiny Home on multiple occasions! Amazing cause, incredible team, and real impact. Definitely a nonprofit worth supporting!
I cannot express enough the blessings I have experienced through Operation Tiny Home! This organization embodies the true spirit of what every non-profit should strive to be.
I was honored to be part of a Tiny Home gifting for a wonderful veteran who had been struggling with housing for several years. Mattersville in Colorado knew of a veteran struggling with housing and Gabrielle and Operation Tiny Home surprised her with an extraordinary home—not just a structure to live in, but an AMAZING home of her very own!
The construction exceeded industry standards, reflecting the profound care and dedication Operation Tiny Home has for our veterans. This warm, well-insulated, and solidly built structure exemplifies integrity in every inch. As a former tiny home builder, I was deeply impressed by the quality and craftsmanship of the gifted home. This veteran now has a permanent, movable sanctuary where she can truly put down roots. The transformation from struggling to secure housing to having a forever home is beyond words.
Witnessing this incredible veteran being overwhelmed by the tiny home gift, her very own tiny home, I cried, along with everyone at the event, tears of joy for her new roots.
I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the opportunity to participate in such a moving and heartfelt experience. Thank you, Operation Tiny Home, for your unwavering support and dedication to our veterans. Blessings abound with your incredible work!
Operation Tiny Home has empowered Molokai Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) with the ability to articulate and implement its mission of helping low and moderate income individuals and families on Moloka'i who are struggling with severe housing instability and food insecurity to maintain a life of dignity through custom high-quality affordable housing solutions, access to nutritious foods, and empowerment training programs to propel them toward economic stability and equanimity.
MAHA experience with Operation Tiny Home has been admirable!! Gabrielle truly CARES and has the patience, compassion, empathy, and drive to truly help those that are in need of adequate home.
Through the help and care from Operation Tiny Home, MAHA will be able to provide Tiny Home living to a Kupuna on Molokai to age in grace and dignity.
Mahalo nui loa!!
I have been impressed with the Operation Tiny Home, behind the cause of giving back to the community. It is a worthy cause, specially to veterans and good people around. The main drive of this operation is Gabrielle, who is smart, kind and hardworking individual. I have donated in the past and will continue doing so for rest of my life. I thank the whole team who make this possible. Keep up the good work you guys !! Bravo.
Operation Tiny Home is incredible. They support us her at Mattersville in helping us build sustainable communities for Veterans ovecoming PTSD. Operation Tiny Hone has now helped us provide multiple housing for our veteran participants and staff. I would give them 10 out of 5 stars if it were allowed!
I am honored to have been a part of Operation Tiny Home in its humble beginning. The dream of providing a home that is affordable, comfortable, and serves the emotional and financial need for security is a human right that I believe in with all my heart. I have seen how hard the staff and volunteers of Operation Tiny Home, work, to make this dream a reality for so many people. I have had the privilege of visiting a workshop. Occasionally. I make a donation. I will forever support the vision of Operation Tiny Home because as we create light for others, we naturally light our own way.
Out of the many non-profit organizations there are, I select to donate to a few organizations involved in helping the homeless. I chose to donate to Operation Tiny Homes, because the people involved are some of the most dedicated, hard working advocates helping those in desperate need, and changing lives.
I love how Operation Tiny Home benefits many people in pain that don’t have the basic foundation of a home. I also love that they educate people beyond just giving homes. It’s a cycle of giving that just keeps giving and is so inspiring to me. When our family donates we feel like we are helping transform communities and injecting hope to help people get through difficult times. This is about people helping people - no politics, just heart to heart.
Operation Tiny Home is a wonderful organization, and I really believe in the work they are doing! I volunteered at a tiny home building workshop in Bellingham and was so impressed. It was professionally run, a celebrity was involved, and King 5 news from Seattle drove up to interview the team. The local Radio station was also onsite broadcasting live. It was very well organized, and I really learned so much. I would volunteer for other Operation Tiny Home workshops if more were available. It’s a perfect platform for fellowship and networking, and everyone enjoyed the activity of being together and building a home for someone in need. I also work with New Heart Ministries, and my hope is that our organizations can one day partner together to build tiny homes for the homeless in Seattle. The donated coats and tools that Operation Tiny Home has given our organization have already been an enormous blessing to hundreds and hundreds of people. It is so cool that Milwaukee Tool has joined with OTH to provide tools to help other nonprofits and charities to make housing possible. I don’t think they truly understand the lives they have touched and totally transformed just through our homeless ministry alone at New Heart. We are very grateful.
I work with New Heart Place where we provide homes for people seeking freedom from addiction and other life-controlling issues. We also provide a homeless outreach ministry and Operation Tiny Home has blessed us with nearly 2000 warm winter coats over the past few years. We hand out these new Milwaukee jackets to the homeless in Seattle area where winters are cold and wet and people in need of a warm coat are always so excited and very grateful. Every time we can do this it always brings so much joy and we are grateful to Operation Tiny Home for providing us with such a gift.
I donate to Operation Tiny Home because they are actively addressing the housing crisis for those that need it most. They go above and beyond with real homes that are beautiful and practical to provide a true foundation of hope. :-)
It feels good to know that I have participated in helping someone in need by getting a roof over their head and a clean, safe place they can call home. I have a lot of respect for Operation Tiny Home’s leadership and volunteers. I am proud to be a donor supporting their work.
~Bryan W.
It has been an honor to be in service as a Board Member with the Operation Tiny Home team. Coming together to build a home for someone in need, along side others whom share the desire to make the world better is an amazing feeling. The camaraderie of lifting a first wall into place with a build team is powerful, and it always touches my heart to see the glowing delight on the faces of recipients as they walk through the door of their new tiny home for the first time. I never imagined Operation Tiny Home would so profoundly impact my own life as much as it has for our recipients.
I run a small nonprofit helping kids aging out of foster care build to own their own tiny homes on wheels. Operation Tiny Home helped us launch our program by providing a huge donation of tools to help foster youth for years to come. They are wonderful to work with and we are so grateful for their hearts and willingness to share generously with others through their Tool Donation Program. Such kindness is uncommon. Thank You Operation Tiny Home!
My husband and I had become very interested in the Tiny House movement and downsizing with the intention of simplifying our life, becoming debt free and having less of an impact on our environment in late 2019. We lived in a 4-bedroom house in Vermont with our 10-month old son at the time. The house we lived in has always felt too big for us and maintaining it was expensive. We have had some winters when our gas bill has been over $300/month due to heating. For only 2 people (at the time) that felt extremely wasteful. Since the birth of our son, my husband and I have taken a very deliberate evaluation of our lives and what is important to us. My husband was laid off from his job due to COVID and has been a stay at home Dad since March 2020. We have realized what a blessing that actually is despite us no longer being able to afford our home because it allowed our son to never have to go to daycare as originally planned. We realized our time together as a family is far more important than maintaining an oversized home. We want to show our son that joy does not come from a big house or material possessions and we want to give him a more experiential life. Our house was sold and we began working with a tiny home builder to make our dream a reality. With the rise in prices for building materials and costs to prep the land skyrocketing out of control, we were quickly watching our dream become a nightmare. We were facing not being able to afford the house that was already started being built until Operation Tiny Home came into our lives. They gave us the help we needed at just the right time and we now live in our beautiful home and could not be happier! The entire organization is full of wonderful, caring people who were such a pleasure to get to know. My family could not thank them enough for the peace of mind of being able to live in a safe and reliable home that certainly will not cost us $300/month in heating this winter!
My name is Freddie Rosario, Operation Tiny Home is absolutely amazing. They provided me with a Tiny home which rescued me from Homelessness then and for the rest of my life. We had a veterans home building seminar where myself and fellow Veterans actually built the interior furniture for the home. The entire Tiny Home Team, Sponsors, Donors, Staff, Volunteers, and fellow Veterans are second to none. Thank you Operation Tiny Home with a once in a lifetime memory you guys and gals Rock.
The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) is a grateful tool distribution beneficiary of Operation Tiny Home. As part of our work, we develop and operate tiny house villages in the Seattle area. Volunteers use these tools to build the homes and construct village infrastructure at our work parties. These tools are invaluable for us to include a greater number of volunteers in our village development work. We are incredibly grateful for Operation Tiny Home’s generosity!
As the founder of NOAH Certified, the team and I really wanted to help Gabrielle and Operation Tiny Home; their mission to provide homes to the homeless, the veterans and those that lost their homes to last year’s fires was something we wanted to be involved in. We did this by donating a NOAH Certified one year membership to Operation Tiny Home – with this membership, the new homeowners can live safe knowing their homes are built to certain codes and standards that NOAH inspects to. We are extremely proud to partner with OTH!!
Gabrielle was instrumental in helping our Tiny House design Challenge become a success and seeing her and her team at the tiny house events tells me she is very active in the tiny house community.
Keep up the great work Gabrielle!
Working with Operation Tiny Home and supporting their very important mission has been an absolute pleasure! Providing OTH with a NOAH Certified membership means providing people with certified and safely built homes and we are proud to partner with them on their projects. Helping to bring a better future for these people, giving them hope and changing their lives has brought the NOAH Certified team a great feeling of pride and accomplishment. We are grateful to have the opportunity to assist Gabrielle on her mission!
Operation Tiny home is amazing! I love seeing the fact that tiny homes that this organization provides are being delivered out to veterans, homeless people, and people who lost their housing to the fire. It warms my heart to the fullest.
Operation Tiny Home is an incredible organization! There is so much that goes on behind the scenes every day of the week to fulfill OTH's mission. It would not be possible without the complete dedication the OTH team demonstrates and strong leadership from Gabrielle, the founder and executive director.
Our home in Beaumont, Texas flooded with Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda. Our home had to be demolished. Our family of seven lived in our two car garage and a travel trailer for a year. We had a mortgage on a home that no longer stood. We didn't have the means to rebuild and life was pretty tough. We decided to try and purchase a Tiny Home so that my wife and I could have our own space again. We learned of Operation Tiny Home from our builder.
The blessings and support from Operation Tiny Home is what enabled us to make it happen. We love our Tiny Home and even named it "Storm". The silver linings of storms and tragedy can be used for so much good. Thank you to all the generous people that make this organization possible. It has blessed us more than I can put into words.
I was looking into getting a THOW for about 2 years and was shut down for a loan by every bank I contacted. Then I came across Tiny Idahomes who works with Operation Tiny Home and they made it all happen. Everyone was very pleasant to talk to and always available for any questions I had. After an interview with Gabrielle from Operation Tiny Home I was selected for their grant which was the final piece to complete my dream of owning a THOW. Thank you to Operation Tiny Homes for helping me make my dream come true.
Tiny Pine Foundation is so grateful for a tool donation from Operation Tiny Home!!
Gabrielle, the Founder & Director, came out herself to deliver wonderful Milwaukee tools to us where we are building in Oregon!!!!
This is such a HUGE Blessing for us! With multiple volunteers you need multiple tools ⚒️
We could have not afforded all these and we are just so overwhelmed with gratitude!! This will allow us to continue building Tiny Homes for Fire Survivors. Thanks!
Our nonprofit formed in 2020 after the devastating California Creek Fire which at the time was the largest single source wild fire in California's history. Hundreds of families lost their primary residence and many didn't have insurance. We contacted Operation Tiny Home because we wanted to see if Tiny Homes could be a way for folks to get back onto their properties. Since our first phone call, they have become an important part of our organization. With their critical help, we are placing 4 families into Tiny Homes this year and elevating the spirits of our community. Our first Tiny Home went to a disabled, retired Veteran who lost his retirement home. We are excited about a continued partnership with Operation Tiny Home which will enable us to support the ongoing rebuild effort not just for the homes we lost but also the renewing of our spirits.
Operation Tiny Home is truly remarkable! From the valuable community support they provide to the homes they build to assist people that need it most, it is clear how much this team cares about what they do. Since I've known about OTH, I have seen the organization bring so much joy to families and individuals in need. Their work is so essential in the fight against homelessness, and that is why I continue to support them!
Operation Tiny Homes helped make a dream come true for me. I wanted to live in a Tiny home for 6 years. The time became right and their Downpayment assistance grant greatly reduced my stress. Free money?? Yes!
They were very supportive and helpful throughout the entire process.
I can’t recommend them high enough.
I am in support of Operation Tiny Home's mission and vision to help those in need of housing. Helping men and women gain building skills is also a great benefit of this nonprofit and is a gift and a blessing to our community.
I have been a part of Operation Tiny Home in many facets, doner, contributor, and community member, and feel that through their support and efforts help to make dreams come true.
Honored to have been able to contribute to Operation Tiny Home. Their commitment to making tiny home living more accessible to those who may not have thought it was possible and helping to teach invaluable skills is amazing!
I have volunteered with Operation Tiny Home many times and enjoyed the experience every time. The people coming together, the smiles, the enthusiasm, the learning, the opportunity to meet new people, all while giving back is why I keep supporting.
I can’t say enough good things about Operation Tiny Home! Thanks to OTH, myself, my husband, and our 1 year old daughter have a safe home we will be able to live in for many years to come. We were struggling to pay rent, medical bills, and we lost income due to Covid. We were living in an unsafe neighborhood, with no way out. OTH provided so much more to us than just a grant, and we are so thankful.
My wife and I were looking into buying a tiny home, we didn’t know how we would do. OTH was such an amazing gift! It made possible for us to buy our home of which we absolutely love!
Hi! At the beginning of this year, I started embarking on another personal growth journey. As each year passes, ive become stronger with more self-confidence. Deciding to sell or donate everything that I owned and move out of the city where I experienced my violent trauma, has been both terrifying and beautiful all at the same time. I had no idea that I would get to work with so many kind and generous people. I’ve been retired for almost 2 years and it’s everything I thought it would be. It has given me more freedom to live my life how I want to and for me, my life long dream has been tiny living. I first met with Alternative Living Spaces in July to see if I could afford one of their container homes. Turned out that I could but only if I had a larger down payment. Since I’m on a fixed income, I couldn't possibly see what I could do to remedy that! My salesman Pat brought up OTH and together we read through the qualifications and I qualified. He worked diligently to make sure that I had the same opportunity as everyone else that was applying. I was curious who OTH was so I read their mission and began to realize the major impact that they have to make housing affordable for me and so many other's. At this point I emailed all the requests back to OTH yet I kept asking myself if I was really deserving of their assistance. And my answer is yes I am! My desire to feel safe in my home is what started me thinking this year that I needed to move away from the community where I was assaulted. I am a rape survivor from a home invasion that happened 33 years ago. For over half my life I’ve been afraid of the dark among so many other fears. My last residence had every door and every window armed with a monitored security alarm and so I was living in a prison. Of my own design, but still I yearned for my own independence. Ironically, I was introduced to a realtor that was going to show me land where I can put my home. Before she showed me anything we were involved in a car accident. We had bumps, bruising, and I had a vertebrate injury but there was a silver lining. Fast forward and they are going to be my landlord and I just couldn't be happier! I knew I wanted to live tiny but since I’m on a fixed income I wasn’t sure that was achievable, until Operation Tiny Home came into my life. I had a question one day so I called OTH and Gabrielle decided to do my phone interview right then while we were talking. After that day I was notified that I’m a recipient of OTH down payment grant. My monthly payment is exactly where I need it to be and none of this would be possible if not for OTH. You have been a lifeline for me.
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They are a wonderful non-profit that helped me and my daughter with purchasing our tiny home! They are making a difference in the lives of many fire victims and community hero’s that have decided to go tiny.
What happens when you combine a group of kind, considerate, and generous people with a supportive and purposeful project?
You get an outstanding and remarkable result!!!
It has been an incredibly wonderful pleasure to meet and work with the extraordinary Leadership, Staff, and other Volunteers that make the wheels turn on this problem-solving endeavor.
I have a sizable track record working with Habitat for Humanity over the years, and consider my time spent with Operation Tiny Home to be equally important.
Whether you are highly-skilled or not skilled at all is not relevant. Just show up and teach or show up and learn. The outcome is what matters.
I can reasonably assure you that you no matter how you support and participate with this fine entity, you will be all the better for it...
Kindest Regards,
Terry Kori
Having a tiny home has changed my life. This is way better than being homeless! Thank you for all those that came together to do this for me. My words cannot express how grateful I am for Operation Tiny Home.
I have volunteered on two builds. Learned how to use many of the tools used in building a home. All the staff are very knowledgeable and take the time to help you whenever you need it. Gabrielle is beyond amazing. Keeps everything going smoothly and professionally. I will continue to support them in the future.
Hi, I am a female Veteran that found my HOME with Operation Tiny Home. As a Veteran, it is so hard to make the transition to the civilian world. Many of us feel lost, we feel the void of "family", team work, camaraderie and a purpose greater than ourselves. We feel the void of not having our brothers and sisters by our side. We feel the stares as we discuss our military time and deployments and people that never served, cannot understand.
I first found out about OTH in San Antonio, Texas 2.5 yrs ago. I was unsure what it was about and if my time would be well placed. I was nervous to see if I would be able to connect with other service members or if there would only be a handful for photo ops and be done. Since the workshop was free, what did I have to lose? I figured, if it was another photo op nonprofit, I could just leave. Going to the workshop was one of the best decisions I have made in my life. I have learned to much on building and proper tool usage. I have formed lifelong friendships and I have once again felt I am there to serve a greater purpose and feel the sense of family. THIS let's my know that my time and money is well placed. OTH gives me something to look forward to, a way to connect with other Veterans and allows me to help make a difference in people's lives. I was given a hand up when I HIT rock bottom. I will always and forever be grateful for those allowing me to know I was worth saving and that I WAS NOT alone in my struggles. I am thankful for OTH and the knowledge in building they have taught me, allowing me something to look forward to with each build and allowing me to feel like part of a team and family that many of us Veterans miss when we get out. Something bigger than ourselves. I have been to many builds, using my own money to get to them. When I walk onto each new workshop, I feel peaceful and I am welcomed like a family member. Many of us keep going back for many builds. We have laughed, cried, encouraged and learned from one another. YES, we are learning how to build tiny homes, furniture and other useful knowledge, we are sharing stories and healing parts of ourselves as well, by being around other Veterans and sharing stories. Most importantly, we are getting Homeless Veterans off the streets. THIS is so important to myself and fellow Veterans I speak to at the builds. We do not want to see our brothers and sisters, after serving our great nation, living on the street and thrown away by society, after their sacrifice. WE see ourselves in those people and know, that there are some that truly care about Our Veterans. We know that many of us are hanging on by a thread and could be the next statistic in suicide or homelessness.
Here are some pictures of things I have learned during my time with OTH. I have also been able to use these skills as I slowly make repairs to my own house and not feel so overwhelmed that I do not have the money to pay for someone to make the repairs, as I was watching my home fall apart around me. I am now feeling a little pride in my house once again. The last two picture are of my hallway at my house. I was able to repair some drywall and add the trim around the doors and walls.
Operation Tiny Home is an amazing non-profit making a real difference in people's lives. I've seen strangers become friends in just a few days during building workshops, and the amount of training and hands-on learning they provide is incredible.
Operation Tiny Home is a force of community and contribution; their partnerships with local nonprofits foster lasting connections within communities across the U.S. You can tell that everyone involved in their projects are passionate about what they're doing and having fun at the same time! This was the case at the volunteer event I was a part of, and even after just a few hours, the teamwork present between volunteers, partners, and builders was very apparent and we had a blast in the process.
Operation Tiny Home is near and dear to my heart. I remember when OTH was at the beginning of its journey. Built on the desire to help a veteran in need was the first seed planted. As a new non-profit at that time there was so much that was unkown, but the hope to fulfill a dream flourished into the incredible organization it is today. Behind this amazing story has been an inspiring leader who's strength and vision to create a sustainable organization has helped to show us all that dreams can come true. Thank you for the opportunities you have provided to help so many in need. OTH keeps us believing we all can make a difference.
It’s been an absolute blast partnering with OTH. Working with the staff has been a pleasure in itself, through the riveting conversations on the phone, to our many email correspondence, their unwavering professionalism and knowledge made this experience one to remember. We’re realizing our tiny home dream a lot sooner than we thought because of this organization.
It was my pleasure working with this team in Bellingham Wa this year. What an experience!!! The love was felt everywhere, everyday. Team work was awesome and inspirational
Volunteering with Operation Tiny Home is an honor. What this amazing nonprofit organization does for veterans, Native American and those in need of housing deserves recognition. Watching communities come together and support the development of tiny homes is rewarding. I’m proud to be involved in this worthy program.
Having worked with several nonprofits over the years I know a great one when I see it. You don't have to wonder where your donation dollars go or how they're used its evident in the outcome of their work and the lives tranformed.
