Spring Plant Sale is On!

Occupy Madison Plant Sale is Saturday, May 2nd 10 – 4 at 304 N Third St. Music 12 – 2, snacks, beverages, tiny house tours, good company, great plants and fun!
Please stop by and check out our plants, our new items in our store and so much more!
Don’t worry if you missed it!  You can also shop online (updated with more plants throughout the morning!!!!) and pick up during hours we are open or stop to pick out your favorites Tuesday and Thursday 6 – 8 or Saturday and Sunday 10 – 2 if you miss the sale.
Online store is here if you can’t make it! https://occupy-madison-store.square.site/shop/all-outdoor-plants/20

 

 

Spring Orientation Sessions for New Residents

Occupy Madison still has openings!

There is NO APPLICATION PROCESS.  All you need to do is show up!  The process is:

    1. Attend Orientation 1 (11am)
    2. Attend Orientation 2 (1 am)
    3. Decide if this is something you want to do.  If so, attend 2 General Membership meetings to become a member.
    4. Once you attend one GMM, you can start earning hours.  Please note, the two orientations and 1 GMM can be completed in one weekend.
    5. Earn 100 hours of sweat equity by attending meetings, work days, craft making sessions, woodshop hours, free store hours or gift shop hours.
    6. After 100 hours you decide which village you want to live in and start attending their residents meetings.
    7. After 160 hours you can move into the village if accepted.

If you want to be put on the mailing list to get notifications of the meetings, email admin@occupymadisoninc.com

Our process is a bit unusual in that there is no screening and no application.  This is community living and the biggest thing to decide is if you want to live in a village with many residents in a shared community.  Your hut is your private space, but the kitchen, showers, laundry, bathrooms, etc are all shared space and you are expected to contribute both to your village as well as the organization as a whole.

Living in our villages is free!  You just need to participate in village activities, governance of the organization and helping to raise funds to keep the villages going.

We will be doing 3 more orientations on the following dates o the 1st and 3rd Saturday’s :

    • 11am Session 1 and 1pm Session 2 at 201 S. Stoughton Rd
      • April 4 & 18
      • May 16
    • General Membership Meeting – 6pm at 1901 Aberg Ave
      • April 5 & 19
      • May 3 and 17

We will not have orientations in June, July or August but will resume in the fall if we have openings.

Free Store Grand Opening – February 28th 2 – 5pm

Please join us for the official Grand Opening of our Free Store for people who are unhoused.  We have been collecting donations since the beginning of the year and we have it well stocked thanks to generous donations from the community!

If you would like to donate, we are taking donations of sleeping bags, tents, tarps, clothing of all kinds, personal hygiene supplies, blankets, towels, toilet paper and just about anything useful to someone without a house or apartment for adults and children.  
This time of the year, items to stay warm are especially important.  Hats, gloves, boots, winter jackets, hoodies, long underwear, etc.

We are also accepting household goods for people who get into an apartment.  Dishes, utensils, basic household goods are also excepted.  No large furniture.Items can be dropped off anytime at our 201 S. Stoughton Rd. location.  If you would like to check out the store or would like help bringing things in, we are there Monday 3 – 7, Thursday evening 5:30 – 7 and Saturday 10 – 2.

Our grand opening will be a fundraiser for Occupy Madison and a chance for the community to check out our 3rd and newest village at 201 S. Stoughton Rd.  We will have light refreshments, tours of our new village and perhaps some music/entertainment.

If you would like to sponsor the event, please contact us at occupymadisoninc@gmail.com.

Occupy Plant Sale Saturday!

Occupy Madison Tiny House Villages (three of them!) for people who have experienced houselessness is hosting our 10th annual Plant Sale on Saturday May 3rd from 10am – 4pm.

The event will feature music by our friends and awesome supporters Sunshine Daydrink noon – 3 . . . or so . . .

Along with tiny house village tours, food and drinks as well as plants, plants, plants and more plants!

You can pre-order your plants for pick up or come and choose the plants you desire.  Plant are available on our website.

Plants will be for sale through June.  If you miss the plant sale, you can order on line for pick or stop by the store weekly during store hours.

    • Tuesday 6pm – 8pm
    • Thursday 6pm – 8pm
    • Saturday 10am – 2pm
    • Sunday 10am – 2pm.

This is a fundraiser!  Funds raised from this sale help keep the villages paying their bills throughout the year.  The plant sale raises enough money each year to keep the 304 N Third St funded for 1/3 of the year . . . and more with your purchases!

If you aren’t into plants, check out the other things on our website for sale in our store or you can donate!

 

Fundraising, fundraising, fundraising!

Our best guesses at what we still need to raise to finish the village at 201 S Stoughton Rd is about $100,000.  Increasing construction costs and the costs of materials is, at this point quite expectedly, throwing us off our budget!

So, we need you, more than ever, to help with whatever you can spare.  This community has been so generous to us during the construction of our first and 2nd villages, they are both paid off and mortgage free!  Village three is our biggest project yet, and we got assistance from the County with purchasing the land, financing and pre-development work, as well as $500,000 for construction.  Unfortunately, the budget for construction is likely about $750,000 – until it goes up again!

Please consider donating if you can.  You can donate here or by clicking on the donate button on the right of the screen at the top (if on computer) or by scrolling down on your phone and clicking on the button.

Or, if you’d like, checks can be sent to 304 N Third Street, Madison WI 53704.

Or, stop by our plant sale Saturday, May 3rd at 304 N Third Street to enjoy music, food, tiny house village tours, good company and of course, plants!  If you can’t make the plant sale, order on-line or stop by Tuesday or Thursday evenings 6pm – 8pm or Saturday or Sunday 10am – 2pm.

Occupy Madison celebrates 10 year anniversary of 1st Village

Can you believe it has been 10 years?

Join us to celebrate and raise funds for our third village!

Sunday, November 3rd

    • 10am – noon – Join us at 304 N Third Street to see the very first village!
    • noon – 2pm – Join us at 1901 Aberg Ave. to see the 2nd village!
    • 2pm – 5pm – Join us at 201 S. Stoughton Rd. to see the home of the 3rd village and our new place to build houses!

At each of the villages you can take a tour, meet the residents, purchase items made by our residents and enjoy a scavenger hunt of sorts!

To donate:

Send a check to
Occupy Madison Inc.
304 N Third St.
Madison WI 53704
Or donate on line through PayPal (smaller monthly donations are particularly appreciated!)

 

To volunteer:

Leave your information here!

 

Spring Plant Sale Today! (and the next few weeks)

SATURDAY’S HAPPENINGS
Occupy Madison’s Annual Plant Sale is today! Saturday May 4th from 10 – 4. We will have food, music and lots of plants! You can purchase handmade products in our store, get a tour of a tiny house and the village and of course, by all your favorite heirloom tomatoes and peppers as well as other plants.
Sunshine Daydrink will be playing from noon – 3.
Rain or shine, stop on by!
ONLINE SALES
Order ahead to pick up this weekend or during regular store hours. If you miss the event, after the sale we will have regular store hours Tuesday and Thursday evening 6 – 8 and Saturday and Sunday 10 – 2. You will also be able to purchase on-line in May and June.
DONATE ONLINE OR SEND A CHECK
If you can’t make it or your garden plans are already full, you can always donate at https://www.paypal.com/donate… or send a check to Occupy Madison, 304 N Third St., Madison WI 53704