What is TP the GP?

TP the GP and Help Support Our Bottom Line!

The Gathering Place exists to provide a safe and welcoming daytime refuge for women and their children and transgender individuals experiencing homelessness or poverty.  We offer everything from basic services such as meals and showers all the way up to resources for rebuilding lives such as housing stabilization assistance and GED tutoring.

But what is the most basic resource we offer?

Access to clean, safe and welcoming restrooms.

When you are experiencing homelessness, an act as simple as locating a safe and accessible restroom can be an extreme challenge.  For the more than 260 women and kids we serve everyday, knowing they can count on a safe bathroom break at TGP is one less thing to worry about.

Where do you come in?

Help us ensure that our bathrooms are clean, stocked, and ready to go!  It’s not the most exciting thing to fund, but trust us when we say it is one of the most vital.  To maintain all the restrooms at TGP over the course of one year, it costs approximately $15,000.  That’s $3,200 on toilet paper, $2,900 on paper towels, $160 on soap, and another $8,740 on janitorial services.

2)  Set up your own page by visiting this link and clicking the “Become a Fundraiser” button at the top of the page.   Then invite your friends and family to help you TP the GP, and spread the word about the campaign.  They’ll get onto the Stall of Fame, too.  You can even form a TP Team and work together.  When the campaign ends on National Toilet Paper Day (August 26th), there will be 2 prizes: one for the person who raises the most money, and one for the person who recruits the most donors to their page, regardless of total amount raised.

What could be better than that?  If you are a new donor, or if you make a gift higher than you have previously, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar by the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.  Read more about their sponsorship here.