Families Together
2025 Spring Fundraising Campaign
Each spring Families Together (FT) holds their Spring Fundraising Campaign to help families in Wake County who are experiencing homelessness find a stable homing situation. Their holistic approach towards helping to move families experiencing crisis into stable situations is vitally important and has a real impact on our community.
Did you know that the average rent in Raleigh has gone up by 52% in the past 5 years?
Or that in that same time frame, there has be a 200% increase in those experiencing homelessness in Raleigh?
Or that this year alone 8,000 children are expected to live without a stable home?
In 2024, FT was able to help a little over 200 families move from a crisis situation into stable housing through a holistic approach that has a 98% long-term success rate! That is absolutely incredible. However, the great work that FT does isn’t free. It costs roughly $10,000 to move a family through this process. Over the last four years, St. Philip led efforts we’ve donated over $500,000 to help house at least 50 families through FT! We’re becoming known as a congregation that rises to the occasion
This year, we look forward to partnering with FT once again to help fight family homelessness in our community. Starting on Sunday, May 4, St. Philip will be sharing some additional information about FT, their mission, and some facts about homelessness in our community as we ask you to once again, prayerfully consider giving to support this great cause.
We’ve set an ambitious goal to raise $100,000 to support Families Together this year.
This won’t be possible without a strong show of community support. We’re asking you to help us build the foundation so that Families Together can continue to do its incredible work in our community.
We know we can reach this goal — because we’ve already secured commitments from a group of generous supporters who believe deeply in this mission. But there’s a catch: they’re challenging us to show that our broader faith community is behind this effort before they fully release their funds.
In short: every dollar you give this month brings us closer to unlocking a total of $100,000 and housing 10 families.
Your gift is more than a donation — it’s a signal that this mission matters, and it will help activate a powerful wave of support for those experiencing homelessness in our community.
If you feel moved to give to this wonderful cause you can do so through St. Philip OR by giving directly to Families Together.
- Giving through St. Philip = Online OR via check. Please indicate in the comments/memo section that the gift is for Families Together.
St. Philip Giving Link: https://st-philip.org/giving/
- Giving directly to Families Together = Online. Please indicate that you are connected to St. Philip Lutheran Church in the comments.
FT Giving Link: https://familiestogethernc.org/general-donation
WANT TO GET CONNECTED?
If you are interested in finding ways to plug-in or in getting additional information about any of our Outreach Opportunities, please contact [email protected]
Ongoing Outreach Needs:
- (BBM) – Brown Bagin Ministries food donations of Salty & Sweet Snacks (through a generous partnership with The Cypress of Raleigh Retirement Center, we have all the fruit donations we need!)
- (RHP) – Brown Bag Ministries on the 2nd & 4th Saturday’s each month
- (NRM) – Volunteer at the Food Pantry
- (NRM) – Volunteer at the Thrift Shoppe(s)
- (RHP) – Volunteer for the “Homework Help Program”
- (FT) – Volunteer to help with FT’s Meal Ministry every 3rd Thursday 5-7pm
Meal Ministry: Dinner Volunteer Opportunity—Join Families Together in making a meaningful impact by providing a warm meal for families in their shelter and housing programs during their Monthly Workshops. These gatherings offer adults valuable guidance from our Housing & Family Services Team, while children engage in enriching activities. A shared meal before each session fosters connection and support among families.
How You Can Help—Families Together invites volunteers from their church partners to prepare and serve a nutritious meal for approximately 20 people, including:
* Entrée, dessert, and beverages
* Paper goods and serving supplies
Homemade meals are wonderful, but if cooking isn’t an option, restaurant-prepared meals are also welcome. Volunteers are encouraged (but not required) to stay and engage with families after dinner.
Workshops take place on the third Thursday of each month at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church. Sign up to volunteer here: Families Together: Workshop Meal Ministry
About the Ministry –
Families Together seeks to provide families (parents with children) who are experiencing homelessness in our community with a secure roof over their heads. They believe that no child should be homeless, and they are a leading organization in the fight against rising home insecurity within Wake County. St. Philip actually helped start Families Together a little over 40 years ago, and we take pride in the fact that we are helping families experiencing homelessness in our community. To learn more about Families Together and their mission, please visit their website https://familiestogethernc.org/
Families Together is close to the heart of many at St. Philip due to our relationship with this awesome ministry… and the fact that some of our members had a hand in its inception as Pan Lutheran Ministries! PLM Families Together has changed its name to “Families Together” to better reflect their primary purpose to keep families with children together. They provide housing and comprehensive services for families experiencing homelessness in Wake County. Their programs include assessment, short-term housing, rapid re‑housing support, intensive support services, permanent housing placement, and 12-month stabilization care.
The Tidy Team – The Tidy Team Cleaning Crew helps ready short-term apartments that provide temporary housing for families with children experiencing homelessness. Because of the demand for our emergency shelter apartments, we only have a week to clean up before they are needed again. Ideally, volunteers on our “stand-by” cleaning crew would have flexible schedules during the week and would be available with only a few days’ notice to come deep clean and sanitize one or more apartments. Savings in cleaning services expenses enable us to expand our program. Please contact Sandy Glass at [email protected] to be added to the group of those interested!