Our story
How it started
Fall for Community was started in 2025 by Zeina, owner of New Phase Navigation. It began simply: she invited friends to come together during Homelessness Awareness Month, bring whatever they could, and spend an afternoon assembling donations for their community.
The name comes from the season it began in — and from the invitation underneath it all: fall for your community. Notice it. Get attached to it.
2025 impact
One afternoon, together
28
community members
85–100
care packages
$225
in loose change donated
Bulk
pantry + essential items donated
Participants also took care packages home to keep in their cars, so they'd have something to offer when they crossed paths with a neighbor who could use one.
2025 photo story
It started with a group of friends
Donations arriving. Bandana teams sorting. Hygiene kits, care packages, rolled coins, food on the table, and a wall of names on a hand-drawn tree.
About
New Phase Navigation
Fall for Community was founded by Zeina and is an initiative of New Phase Navigation, a healthcare navigation and case-management company. The work of connecting people to what they need is the same instinct behind this event — it just happens around folding tables, with neighbors.
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Planning committee
The people behind the day
Bree King
Charles Onash
Erica Sustar
Kaitlyn Fohl
Makayla Davis
Zeina Toure