Arrive Home and Build Then Bless are a perfect match. Every month, Arrive Home team members get money on a debit card to spend on people around them—friends with rare diseases, church service projects, and so much more. Anything they can think of, their work gives them funds to bless the lives of their community.
Arrive Home is on a mission to make homeownership achievable for everyone, with a special focus on breaking down barriers for underserved communities. By offering innovative financial solutions and fostering inclusivity, they help lenders and buyers create paths to sustainable, responsible homeownership.
Their easy-to-use platform simplifies the lending process, ensuring more families can build lasting stability and a brighter future. At Arrive Home, they believe that every home bought creates a ripple effect, empowering generations to come.
Build Then Bless Experiences from the Arrive Home Team
Take a look at some of the experiences Arrive Home team members have shared on the community page in the Build Then Bless app:
“I have shared a food basket to the community my church serves for families in need. This is a monthly contribution I have been donating, and now with the help of Arrive Home I am able to provide this to 3 families. I know it’s not much but believe me, it’s an enormous blessing to them.”
“While picking up some last minute ingredients for Thanksgiving, I bought a 4 pack of $10 Starbucks gift cards. My 2 toddlers and I went around the store and handed them out to people working. The girls loved it!”
“Shaunna and I always have the same employee that bags our groceries. He is always very thoughtful. Shaunna asked what he was doing for Thanksgiving, and he said he would be at home by himself. She suggested we use Build Then Bless to buy him a gift card to have a nice dinner.
When we tried to do it; he was reluctant, and we had to talk to the manager of the store to tell him about this great program we do at Arrive Home called Build Then Bless. The manager thought it was amazing, and he approved everything, but the employee, after receiving the gift card, was still shy and didn’t want us to take a picture with him. Lol.
I think sometimes it’s hard for people to accept good things because it’s so unusual—that alone is a great reason to do this program. Nevertheless, Happy Thanksgiving Tim!”
“Yesterday, we handed out coffee and sandwiches to people on the streets. In total, 13 people were able to have dinner, thanks to your support. It was a really special experience, and it felt great to make a difference for those in need.”
“My friend’s son was diagnosed with Wilson’s disease. He will be needing a lot of medical care. They have set up a Go Fund me and Venmo account to help pay for the cost of the hospital, doctors, and the potential liver transplant. Their son is very young, and it came as a sudden change in health.”
“I sent a Christmas gift basket to a widow whose yard I maintain. She lost her husband a few years ago and has no family here in Utah. Whenever I work in her yard, I take some time to sit and chat with her. I can only imagine how hard it must be to spend the holidays without family, so I wanted to remind her that there are people who truly care about her.”
“My friend from back home had a sudden, tragic loss in her family earlier this week and I had sent flowers to her and their family. After talking to her, she was telling me it’s been the hardest to see her little kids so affected by it.
I used some of my Build then Bless funds to send them a playhouse that they can color and play with in hopes that it can lighten this dark time for them.”
“We were able to buy ingredients for someone that recently lost their job and couldn’t buy food for Christmas Eve dinner.”
“A friend of mine just found out they have stage 4 cancer. I sent them some goodies to brighten their day.”
“There is a family that we go to church with. They have ups and downs. One of the hardest things for them is their Mother does not spend much on the oldest, it has always been this way. When I was talking with the oldest before Christmas, I asked what he was hoping to get, his reply was ‘I honestly do not expect to get anything.’
This broke my heart, he is an amazing kid, first to volunteer whenever any work project is announced, or just when he sees something that needs to be done. He and his 2 brothers have 1 phone with service and it is mostly for the one just younger than him, he has a really old phone that cannot play most of the games his friends play.
So I decided that he needed a better phone so he would be able to play games with his friends. Purchased a used one on Ebay and gave it to him. I have only seen this kid cry once in the 6 years I have known him, and that was when he was told that something was not his fault and he did not need to worry about it. (He had never been told that before, usually when something goes wrong he is told it was his fault, even if it was not.)
He cried when he received this gift, he could not believe that somebody would do something so nice and unexpected for him. He was so excited he immediately told all his friends. Did the 50 cover the phone? no, but it helped to make someone most deserving a little happier.”
“A couple in my neighborhood recently just got married and had their 1st baby. The father is from Congo and is still learning English. I was able to bless them with a ton of diapers from Amazon.”
“A father in my community lost his job. I was able to bless him with a $50 gift card to Olive Garden to still take his wife on a date.”
“A family in our neighborhood has had a tough couple of months, and my wife and I wanted to do something to help brighten their day. We didn’t want to intrude or make a big deal out of it, so we decided to put together a little gift basket with some snacks, drinks, and a few treats for their kids.
To keep it simple and anonymous, we left the basket on their doorstep, rang the doorbell, and quickly walked away. It felt like the right way to do it—no fuss, no expectations, just a small way to show they’re not alone.
We don’t know how they reacted, and that’s okay. We just hope it brought them a little comfort during a hard time. Sometimes, it’s the small things that mean the most.”
“My friend’s son, Levi, was born with DiGeorge Syndrome, an intellectual disability, congenital heart disease, Autism and other medical issues. He was a candidate for a medical service dog. A dog breeder who specializes in service dogs donated Levi a puppy. I donated my funds to the training of the service dog for Levi. The training is a 2 year long process, around $20 – $50k plus insurance and equipment for the dog.”
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