Side note:

Roosters crowing.

Inspirational music plays.

On screen:

This video opens as the sun comes up over a rural highway. A white truck with a trailer travels the road past a historic dome and a homeless encampment under an overpass. The truck's door reads: 'Mobile Loaves & Fishes, Serving Goodness,' and a man with a glasses and a white beard sits behind the wheel.

Alan Graham:

It's very important that if we ever wanna mitigate this pandemic of homelessness in our country, the entire community really needs to get involved from top to bottom.

On screen:

Unhoused people sit outside their tents as the man looks out his window. Now, he sits at a courtyard picnic table wearing a silver cross necklace and a hat that says, 'Goodness.'

Text on screen:

Identifying text appears beside him: 'Alan Graham, Founder and CEO, Mobile Loaves & Fishes.'

Alan Graham:

Why do we do what we do? It’s to empower communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.

On screen:

His truck drives through a neighborhood. In a parking lot, he opens the trailer and helps unhoused people load up bags of food and clothing.

Alan Graham:

Our first goal is to transform the paradigm as to how people view the stereotype of the homeless. We believe that the single greatest cost to homelessness is a profound catastrophic loss of family.

On screen:

Alan chats with and hugs community members.

Alan Graham:

We were dreamin' big dreams and inside those dreams, these little embers that are burning, there was no one to pour fuel on those dreams.

On screen:

Alan drives his truck through a city in the evening, then gazes out across a calm pond.

Alan Graham:

And I began to realize how do I pour fuel on those dreams and move them into a place of dignity?

On screen:

Sitting on a patio, Alan pets a black lab. He puts a leash on the dog, and walks him through an RV park.

Alan Graham:

I was a real estate developer.
Alan Graham (NAT):

Come on, let’s go for a walk. Come on.
Alan Graham:

And so I began to fantasize about developing an RV park with a heart.

On screen:

He visits a neighbor.

Alan Graham (NAT):

How's it going, brother?
Neighbor (NAT):

It’s going great.

Alan Graham (NAT):

Yeah?

Alan Graham:

Dedicated exclusively to the chronically homeless men and women that you see on the streets of our city. And here we are.

On screen:

A man in a straw cap smiles from his porch, then a woman in a tie-dye tank top. A bearded man smiles as he holds his dog. A windmill spins in a breeze, and a car drives past a sign reading, 'Welcome! Community First! Village.' An aerial view shows RVs and mobile homes weaving around circular blocks and cul-de-sacs.

Alan Graham:

Currently, the Community First! Village, this is a 51-acre master plan community that has 535 homes. We have a phrase that housing alone will never solve homelessness, but community will. So everything about this is a relational movement, not a transactional movement.

On screen:

Colorful shotgun-style houses sit in a row, and residents tend to a community garden. A man harvests carrots and tosses them into a bin. Now, identifying text appears beside a woman with dark, wavy hair.

Text on screen:

'Melissa Pillars, Executive Director, New Markets Tax Credit, JPMorgan Chase.'

Melissa Pillars:

Mobile Loaves & Fishes is a really special client to work with. This is really just the first phase of reintegrating these individuals with a sense of community and then also providing them opportunities to earn dignified income so they can start on the path to a better life.

On screen:

A view sweeps over the central garden as residents and Community Partners till and water. A woman mows the lawn of her RV site as a man washes off a carrot. Residents gather under a tent with coolers, and one cleans the mirror of a hair salon. They choose from a table of desserts, and gather under string lights in a community courtyard.

A man with a long gray beard folds his arms as he stands in the road.

Text on screen:

'Blair Racine, Neighbor of Community First!! Village:'

Blair Racine:

I moved here March of 2018. Welcome to my home.

On screen:

He unlocks his door and gives a tour of a tidy living room with homey decor and a modern kitchen. He sits on his bed.

Blair Racine:

It's very roomy. I’ve got a complete kitchen and a queen size bed, you know? I’m so blessed to be here because it saved my life. No doubt in my mind.

On screen:

A sign in the kitchen says, 'home,' with a heart for the O.

Alan Graham:

What they say out there is hopeless, and then they come in here and what they find is hopefulness. It’s that transformation that knocks me over every time. And that's what I love the most about what I get to do.

On screen:

Alan fist bumps Blair as residents play instruments, shoot pool, and laugh together in a community building. Alan walks though the village in the evening, and a view pulls out of a wooden heart covered with string lights. Another sign reads: 'Community Inn: Your gateway to Goodness.'

Alan Graham:

When you're trying to do something of this magnitude, it requires a lot of creativity. And part of that creativity is a tool called New Markets Tax Credits that involve people like JPMorgan Chase.

On screen:

A blueprint shows the community design while digital mock-ups model the homes. Outside, Alan holds a village map as he surveys a landscape. Later, he steps out onto a deck labeled 'Front Porch' to greet Melissa. They share a hug.

Melissa Pillars:

New Markets Tax Credits provides Mobile Leaves & Fishes with an additional subsidy to fund their project.

On screen:

Melissa and Alan review a map, then step onto the porch as Alan sweeps his hand around the village. A two-story building is labeled 'Living Room.'

Melissa Pillars:

Our first one was in 2020 in which we funded the Living Room which is a community center for them.

On screen:

Alan shows Melissa into the living room space, and they play shuffleboard. Another building is labeled 'Hub,' where Melissa and Alan visit a man in an art studio. Another building has single stall restrooms and showers.

Melissa Pillars:

As well as their entrepreneur hub, communal showers and bathrooms. We love the project so much we actually came back for a second investment. We invested through phase three to help build out their communal spaces, their corporate offices as well as a welcome center.

On screen:

Melissa and Alan walk up to a covered deck and look out over the village. Alan gestures and points to buildings and structures.

Alan Graham:

Our relationship with JPMorgan Chase has been extraordinary. It’s a win-win situation that fits entirely into our vision statement of empowering communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.

On screen:

A community member smiles, and another gives two thumbs up. He pats back of the man beside him. Melissa and Alan ride through the village on a golf cart, honking at and greeting neighbors.

Alan Graham (NAT):

Hey guys!

Neighbors (NAT):

How’re you?
Alan Graham (NAT):

Doing great!

Melissa Pillars:

We know that this organization is gonna continue to chip away at this problem and figure out how they can continue to do more. And we want to be with them every step of the way.

On screen:

They ride past homes as a resident waters a flower bush and a windmill spins in a breeze. Construction workers build a new house.

Alan Graham:

It's a phenomenal place. This is our home.

On screen:

Alan smiles in front of his truck, and the video closes with logos over white:

Logos:

'J.P.Morgan. Chase.'

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Text on screen:

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