"At Friendship Shelter, our team works every day to end homelessness in south Orange County, one person at a time. Our core belief is simple: Housing ends homelessness. Our unique impact has its roots in the compassionate volunteers who founded us nearly 35 years ago. Today, their advocacy lives on in our shared belief that all of us are better off when each of us has a home. And, our approach is working. In the most recent Point in Time count, homelessness in our service area -- south Orange County -- dropped 23% and in Laguna Beach, where our shelter and outreach programs operate, we saw a 60% reduction in street homelessness. I hope you'll take a few moments to learn about our organization and our vision to end homelessness in south Orange County. Won't you join us?"