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At Together Rising, we are not a community of  “givers” and “receivers.” We are a community committed to showing up for each other — sometimes we need a little extra and sometimes we give a little extra. This is why we love Billy and Teagan’s story.   You met Teagan this time last year when she…

When the pandemic hit in March, we said that Together Rising exists for just such a time as this. You have proven that We Belong to Each Other by continuing to show up — delivering $4.5 million to assist families in crisis, including $1 million of COVID relief and direct assistance for more than 400…

Tonight, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, we stand with everyone for whom this year has been immensely and extraordinarily difficult, including Melanie, whose former husband and the father to her three beloved boys, Tim, died from COVID in March. In her words, “even though he was the farthest thing from…

A guiding principle of Together Rising is that “As she rises, we rise” — and no story shows that truth better than this story of Ana.   The first generation of her family to go to college and a teen mom, Ana had the audacious dream of becoming a lawyer in order to empower people in…

This year has been extraordinarily and immensely difficult, leaving so many feeling alone. And in need of connection.  Meet Addison, an eight-year old who has been learning fully remotely. During that time, she’s been unable to be with her friends, as well as other family members she loves — just like so many of us…

  TEAM LOVE is made up of 6,157 people who are Together Rising’s recurring donors.   IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE 6157 MEMBERS OF TEAM LOVE, THANK YOU!     YOU are the lifeblood of Together Rising. YOU are the reason we are able to be virtual first responders: providing food, shelter, clothing, medicine –…

The Navajo Nation has a higher per capita COVID-19 death rate than any U.S. state.  Chronic underfunding, in violation of treaty obligations, has resulted in widespread structural, economic, and health injustices fueling the spread of the pandemic among these first citizens.   Together Rising continues to stand with the people of the Navajo Nation as…

https://togetherrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/HH-Update-Final.mp4 HOLIDAY HANDS UPDATE! We had more needs than we’ve ever had before, and we didn’t know — in this year, that has been so hard for so many — whether we’d be able to come together to pull off this miracle again. But YOU DID IT! 1,928 of you did it! Of course you…

TODAY IS OUR 10th ANNUAL HOLIDAY HANDS MATCH DAY!!!   Today, people release outrageous, lavish, radical love by meeting the holiday needs of total strangers.    This year has been especially cruel for so many.  Right now, there are 775 people who have submitted needs wondering if someone will show up today to help ease…

Meet back here tomorrow at 12pm ET/9am PT for Together Rising’s 10th Annual Holiday Hands!       Tomorrow is Match Day for Holiday Hands — a miracle that YOU pull off every year. It is the day we re-learn that small things with great love are what change the world. It’s when we prove what we…