WHEN FAMILIES ARE SAFE TONIGHT, THEY CAN BEGIN BUILDING A FUTURE TOMORROW.
Working families in our community are facing rising costs in nearly every part of daily life and unexpected setbacks can quickly threaten a family’s stability. More families are seeking help, and timing matters. Early, effective intervention can prevent short-term homelessness from becoming long-term instability.
Families Together works alongside parents and children experiencing homelessness, helping them move quickly from crisis to stable housing. Because every safe night matters—and safe nights create the foundation for hopeful futures.
What Becomes Possible After SafetY
Recently, our Executive Director, Jennifer Paul, was walking into the Families Together office when she noticed a woman sitting in her car outside our building, the window rolled down as she took photos of the shelter apartments. When Jennifer stopped to say hello, the woman explained why she had come.
Thirty years ago, she and her children had lived here while working to rebuild stability after experiencing homelessness. Families Together helped them move from shelter into permanent housing. Now, decades later, she had returned to show her family where that turning point began. As she spoke with our staff, she held her phone out the window, excitedly sharing photos of her son. When asked how she and her family were doing today, she turned with a wide smile and said simply: “We’re doing great.”
Moments like this remind us that the impact of safe housing reaches far beyond a single night of shelter. When families find stability, the possibilities for strong futures grow for generations.
Become a Match Funder
Inspire Hundreds. Multiply Impact.
One of the most powerful ways to support Safe Nights and Hopeful Futures is by becoming a Match Funder.
This year’s Double Challenge Match Goal: $75,000
When you commit as a Match Funder, your gift encourages others to give—magnifying the impact for families with children experiencing homelessness.
Community Care Builds Safe Nights and Hopeful Futures
Here are the many ways you can help create safe nights—and hopeful futures—for families.
Give a Financial Gift
$25 – Provides after-school snacks for children in our program
$150 – Provides a safe night of extended-stay hotel shelter for a family experiencing homelessness
$1,500 – Provides funds for water, electric, and gas deposits for 3 families moving into new apartments
$4,500 – Covers rental deposits for 3 families moving into permanent housing
Your gift helps create safe nights today—and hopeful futures tomorrow.
Share a Family Recipe
This spring, two generous organizations are providing pantry staples for families in our program. We’d love to include recipes that turn these ingredients into simple, nourishing meals.
Do you have a favorite recipe that uses canned goods or shelf-stable ingredients? Send your recipe and the story behind it to Lucy Jones, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, at Lucy@FamiliesTogetherNC.org.
We’ll select three recipes to share with our families—connecting your family’s table with theirs.
Interested in supplying the missing ingredients or assembling meal kits? Lucy would love to hear from you.
Donate Children’s Books
Families Together is collecting new or gently used books for children ages 3–11 to share with families in our program.
We especially welcome books that reflect the diversity of our community and help children see themselves—and the possibilities ahead—in the stories they read.
Every child deserves the chance to fall asleep with a story—and dream about the future ahead.
Interested in organizing a small book drive or donating books from your collection? Reach out to Lucy Jones, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, at Lucy@FamiliesTogetherNC.org for drop-off details.
Share Our Story
Help us reach more families by sharing the Safe Nights, Hopeful Futures campaign with your friends, colleagues, and community.
Follow Families Together on social media, share campaign updates, or invite us to speak with your group about how our community is working together to ensure every family has a safe place to sleep—and the opportunity to build a hopeful future.
How Community Support Helps Families Move from Crisis to Stability: Virtual Event
Tuesday, April 21 | 12pm | Zoom
Join us for a virtual conversation with the Families Together team as they share how staff, volunteers, and community partners work together to support families navigating homelessness.
Hear from:
• Faith Godfrey, Emergency Shelter Specialist
• Kenneth Nixon, Property Strategy Manager
• Lucy Jones, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
Together they’ll offer a behind-the-scenes look at how safe nights become hopeful futures for families in our community.
DOUBLE Match Day – SAVE THE DATE
APRIL 21
On Tuesday, April 21,your gift will be DOUBLED—creating TWICE the impact for families with children moving from homelessness to stable housing.
This opportunity is made possible by generous Match Funders who built the challenge match fund that helps your gift go farther.
Mark your calendar and be part of the day our community comes together to create safe nights and hopeful futures for more local families.