Save the Sanctuary: Protect 17 Acres of Healing Land

Gin’s 17‑acre sanctuary faces tax deed sale; funds will redeem taxes, stabilize home

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Save the Sanctuary: Protect 17 Acres of Healing Land

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Save the Sanctuary: Protect 17 Acres of Healing Land

I’m asking for help to save the sanctuary that has been my home, my healing ground, and the foundation of my life’s work.


I have until May 20, 2026 to redeem the property taxes on my home and the surrounding 17 wooded acres. If the taxes aren’t paid, the land and home can be taken through the tax deed process.

To protect the sanctuary and stop that process before more penalties and legal fees accumulate, I need to raise $75,000.

If we reach $150,000, it will not only redeem the taxes but also stabilize the property and eliminate the credit card debt that built up during the hardest years. That would give me the runway needed to fully build the work this sanctuary was meant to support.

What This Land Is

This isn’t just property.

These 17 wooded acres became the place where my family survived and rebuilt our lives after my husband passed away.

I raised four children here as a widowed mother. The land held us when grief and survival felt overwhelming.

Over time, the sanctuary also became the birthplace of the work I’m building today through Zero Point Eclectic and the Quantum Fusion Fellowship of Compassion — spaces dedicated to healing, reflection, and helping people reconnect with themselves.

Over the years, this land has become more than a home. It’s a living sanctuary. Deer move quietly through the woods, cranes pass overhead, and winding paths pass through trees that have held decades of grief, healing, and rebuilding.

Alongside the wildlife live the animals who share this refuge with me — Bear, my loyal companion, a small herd of goats, and several rescued dogs and cats who have become part of the rhythm of this place.

Losing this land wouldn’t just mean losing a home. It would mean losing the foundation of everything I’ve been building here.

Why I’m Asking for Help

For most of my life I’ve been the one helping others—coaching kids, feeding families, offering emotional and spiritual support, showing up when people needed someone to lean on.

Sometimes that help was time, sometimes it was care, and sometimes it was quietly covering what someone else couldn’t afford in a difficult moment.

Giving has always come naturally to me. It’s how I survived my own hardest years, and it’s how this sanctuary and my work grew over time.

Now I’m asking for help protecting the ground that made all of that possible.

This isn’t about funding a lifestyle.

It’s about saving a sanctuary and giving the work rooted here the chance to grow.

What Your Support Does

Your contribution will help:

• Redeem the property taxes
• Stop the tax deed process
• Protect the sanctuary land and home
• Keep the animals and healing space here safe
• Provide runway to build the mission this land supports

Every contribution matters. Even small donations help move this closer to stability.

If You Can’t Donate

Sharing this campaign can make an enormous difference. The more people who see it, the greater the chance we have of protecting this land.

From My Heart

This sanctuary has held grief, healing, animals, community, and the quiet rebuilding of a life.

If you feel moved to help protect it, I’m deeply grateful.

With love,
Gin Bishop

Organizer

Gin Bishop
Organizer
Woodstock, IL

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