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Erin’s thank you to us

Please watch this video—it’s Erin’s thank you to us. Erin, a single mom to three-year-old Fitz, was diagnosed with triple negative, stage four breast cancer that had metastasized to her spine and liver. Her doctor offered her end-of-life care at 38. Lee, Righton, and Pamela, her colleagues and champions, found a promising new treatment but…

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449 oxygen concentrators are in transit to India

Because of YOU, 449 oxygen concentrators are in transit to India! The surge in Covid cases has depleted India’s healthcare system of vital resources, leaving patients to die in parking lots waiting for oxygen. In response, we announced a $150,000.00 commitment for oxygen and urgent medical assistance. We then asked you to give if you…

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Erin is dreaming of years with Fitz again

Remember earlier this year when Erin, a single mom to three-year-old, Fitz, was facing stage four triple negative breast cancer and was going to miss her one shot at treatment because she couldn’t afford to pay? We have an update for you. After the first round of treatment that you, through Together Rising, activated so…

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“Nobody ever asked me what I wanted for Christmas before.”

When families living on the Pine Ridge Reservation shared their holiday wishes through our Holiday Hands program in November, you—this always-showing-up community—fulfilled every request in under four hours, for all 753 families. Our trusted partner on the ground, Jeri, shared these quotes from two community members—and said your gifts are having a wonderful impact on…

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You have invested over $10 million to fight for separated families & detained children

It’s been more than three years for families who were separated since those parents have held their babies. Three years. Once three-year-olds are now six. Precious moments—years—have been forever lost. As Erika shared with us yesterday, every day that goes by is an “excruciating eternity” for these parents.  Can you imagine being forcibly separated from…

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What’s happening to separated families & detained children right now

Today, we hear directly from our trusted partner Erika Pinheiro, whose organization, Al Otro Lado, has reunited more separated families—parents were deported without their children—than any other organization, in conversation with Together Rising Board member Amanda Doyle. In partnership with Erika, Together Rising has reunited 35 families who were deemed impossible to find and ineligible…

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