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Through an additional investment, Together Rising is helping vulnerable families evacuate from Afghanistan. Families are getting out as we speak. While we cannot share details at this time due to the sensitivity of this work, we want you to know that you are continuing to stand with these families.

As her abdomen throbbed and her lungs struggled to fill, Fitz drove herself to the emergency room. In the weeks prior, she’d been in a constant state of fatigue. It had gotten so bad that she’d resorted to taking small naps several times daily, even during her work breaks. In the ER, Fitz’s blood pressure…

Mackayla is fighting for her life while caring for her newborn baby. Through Together Rising, all of us—this community—provided the financial support that is allowing her to focus on what she needs to: her treatment and her little girl. Mackayla was first diagnosed with laryngeal cancer while pregnant. Stage four. Her precious baby daughter, Avery,…

We are deploying $237,408.06 to three boots-on-the-ground organizations that are meeting the most urgent needs of families impacted by Hurricane Ida. Together, all of us are supporting: Second Harvest Food Bank, whose team prepares year-round for emergencies like Hurricane Ida so they can activate immediately to help the most vulnerable families. Their team has been…

The world feels overwhelming right now. Unbelievably so. When it all feels like too much, we focus on doing the next right thing, as our founder Glennon Doyle says. Today, the next right thing for Together Rising is supporting Afghan families who have arrived in the U.S. through a $300,000 investment that will provide critically-needed…

Today, we are making an initial $200,000 commitment to meet the most urgent needs of families impacted by Hurricane Ida. Every penny is being urgently deployed thanks to TEAM LOVE—our amazing recurring monthly donors—whose continuous support allows us to respond as soon as crises strike. Yesterday, on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida…

Because of you, our more than half a million dollar investment is on the ground right now providing urgent relief for Haitian families and children. Last week, we asked you to join us in supporting the thousands of families who were devastated by August 14th’s excruciating earthquake. Together, we raised an additional $328,099.77, bringing our…

Thousands of Afghan women, children, and families are risking their lives in desperate attempts to evacuate—and you are helping bring them to safety through a $250,000 investment that is already on the ground. We watched in horror with the rest of the world as the Taliban took Afghanistan, knowing the unimaginable terror and persecution their…

Our first deployment of urgent relief for Haiti is on the ground right now providing life-saving emergency surgery for critically-injured patients. More than 6,000 people are injured. Thousands are in desperate need of urgent medical care, including emergency surgery for those most critical. Yet massive shortages of medical providers and supplies are making it nearly…

**100% of what Together Rising receives in donations through Friday will be deployed to provide urgent relief from yesterday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. Please join us in standing with the people of Haiti by giving at TogetherRising.org/give (link in our bio).** Yesterday morning, a massive, 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, leaving at least 724 people…