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. Providing an array of individualized supports and services ensures families can remain stably housed and thrive long-term. Families Together works alongside parents and children experiencing homelessness, helping them move from a season of crisis into a new chapter of stability and growth. Because safe nights are just the starting point for hopeful futures.
What Becomes Possible After Safety
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 campaign’s Double Challenge Match Goal: $80,000
When you commit as a Match Funder, your gift encourages others to give—magnifying the impact for families with children experiencing homelessness.
CELEBRATE DAF DAY
October 8th
October 8 is DAF Day, a national day to highlight the power of Donor Advised Funds to create lasting change while making giving simple and strategic.
Using your DAF to make a gift helps local children and their families find a safe place to sleep and the individualized support they need to focus on what comes next. For the families we serve, a DAF gift means more than a financial donation — it’s the difference between instability and a secure home, between uncertainty and hope.
Use our handy DAF Direct widget to make a donation in just a few simple steps. When recommending a DAF to our mission, please designate PLM Families Together.
Together, we can turn generosity into stability for families who need it most.
“What Comes Next?” Video Series
Families in our community and members of our team share what becomes possible when safety provides hope and the individualized guidance that builds a stable foundation. Together, their stories will explore how families in our community address a variety of compounding factors that can destabilize and affect long-lasting housing security. Follow along to see how our neighbors’ access to quality healthcare, proper nutrition, and employment and education support allows them to continue building toward long-term stability.
Addressing Health Needs
A grandmother tells the difference safe nights and access to quality healthcare made for her son and three grandchildren.
Building Hope
A mother describes the moments hope began to return: first, when her children felt safe enough to play and enjoy being children again, and later, when her family secured permanent housing and could begin focusing on what came next.
Employment & Education Support
Stabilization & Employment Mentor Advocate Paul describes a family etc. etc.
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Building Hope
Food & Nutrition
Accessing Healthcare
Community Support
Employment & Education
Strong, Hopeful Futures
HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE PERFECT GIFT?
As the holiday season approaches and many are preparing to spend time with their loved ones, children and their families experiencing homelessness in our community are looking for a roof overhead where they can be together to share the heartwarming moments we all look forward to at this time of year.
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31 DAYS, 31 CHANCES
DOUBLE IMPACT GIVING DAYS
YOU’RE INVITED to join us for our Double Impact Giving Days, kicking off on Giving Tuesday, December 1st, and continuing through the end of the month. Thanks to a match fund created by fellow philanthropic community partners, you’ll have the unique opportunity to create TWICE the impact for local children and their families experiencing housing instability.
Your support during such a special time of giving means even more families searching for safe and stable housing can access the resources they need to leave uncertainty behind and create new paths towards bright, hopeful futures.
Don’t forget to MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT.
The Power of Community:
Together, You Make the Season Brighter for Children Experiencing Homelessness
Your support means families and children in our program can enjoy experiences that go far beyond housing — moments of joy, learning, & community that help them thrive all year long.
Here’s how Families Together, with the help of our amazing supporters, is making this season extra special:
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Thanksgiving Meals
Every family in our program will gather around the table to share a Thanksgiving meal, thanks to baskets lovingly provided by our sponsors. And with pantry support throughout the year, Families Together helps ensure that no child goes to bed hungry.
We are still in need of sponsors for Thanksgiving Meals. If you’re interested in sponsoring a family this Thanksgiving, please reach out to our Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator at Volunteer@FamiliesTogetherNC.org and check out the flyer below with needed items.
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Stocking Starters
This holiday season, we’re continuing our Stocking Starters project—small but meaningful gifts that bring delight and comfort to children. We know our community loves to give back during the holiday season and we need your help to make sure every child has a stocking.
If you’d like to help us spread holiday cheer to Wake County families by participating in this initiative, click the button below to find out more details!
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Holiday Smiles
From toys to special surprises, our Holiday Smiles program makes Christmas morning magical for children in our program. With the help of sponsors and supporters, kids’ holiday wishes come true—bringing joy, laughter, and a sense of belonging.
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Shaw University Tour
College is a huge milestone for many families and we want to make sure the children in our families feel supported in their journey to higher education.
If you have a connection with a local college or university and would like to help create an opportunity for children in our families to learn more about college, please fill out the interest form below.
creating Safe Nights and building Hopeful Futures
Here are the many ways you can help Wake County children and their families experiencing homelessness enter a new chapter of stability and hope.
Give a Financial Gift
$1,500 – Removes the barrier of rental and utility deposits for a family moving to stable housing creating more safe nights and hopeful futures.
$750 – Provides 25 hours of education and employment guidance to help parents and adult children build pathways to long-term success.
$300 – Connects three families to health care support, helping establish a strong and healthy foundation for the future.
$150 – Provides one safe night of shelter for a family facing homelessness.
$75 – Provides transportation for 10 middle and high school students to visit a local college and imagine new possibilities for their futures.
Your gift helps create safe nights today and hopeful futures tomorrow.
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.