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Meet Our Shero – Jasmine
Friends, meet one of our Sheroes! We first met Jasmine when her friend, Sarah, nominated her for our May 2015 Sheroes Love Flash Mob award. Taken into a life of prostitution when she was only a teenager, Jasmine struggled with abuse, drug addiction, and homelessness. When she decided to get out, her trafficker threatened to kill her if she tried to leave.…
CONTINUE READINGLetters from Casa de las Niñas
Together Rising was contacted by an aid worker working in Latin America. He told us about Casa de las Niñas in Managua, Nicaragua. A part of the Nicaragua Institute for Human Promotion (INPRHU), this girls’ home offers both residential and outpatient care for female victims of domestic abuse aged 7-18. The program gives victims of…
CONTINUE READINGEveryday Giving – NC Girls on the Run!
Earlier this year, we received a request to get our little sisters running (and rising) in Moore County, NC. A grandmother wrote in to tell us about the community in which her three young granddaughters live – a neighborhood with a high military family presence and many families struggling to pay their bills. The community lacked in healthy activities…
CONTINUE READINGMother’s Day Love Flash Mob – May 2016
Mother’s Day Compassion Collective Love Flash Mob was held in May 2016. We launched a Mother’s Day campaign, continuing our work with refugees and extending our mission to include caring for homeless youth in the United States. Because love is not Either/Or. Love is And/Both. Our communities rallied again and raised over $560,000 to fund…
CONTINUE READINGYou Are Saving Lives. This IS The Love Revolution. Don’t Miss This.
An update on Together Rising’s work with refugees, written by Glennon Doyle Melton and originally posted on Momastery.com: Friends, it’s time to update you on The Compassion Collective and our work to care for refugees in Europe. All the stories you are about to read — stories about the lives saved, the people fed, the shelter given—they…
CONTINUE READINGThere’s No Such Thing as Other People’s Children
An update on Together Rising’s work with refugees in Europe, written by Glennon Doyle Melton and originally posted on Momastery.com: At the end of last month, you and I and 41,000 of the biggest-hearted people on Earth came together to respond to today’s refugee crisis, the worst humanitarian emergency since World War II. This response—The…
CONTINUE READINGTogether Rising & Refugees in Europe
An update on Together Rising’s work with refugees in Europe, written by Glennon Doyle Melton and originally posted on Momastery.com: You’ve noticed I’ve been quiet lately. That’s because two months ago, you trusted Together Rising with hundreds of thousands of dollars to help refugees in Europe. After the Love Flash Mob, Amy led us as…
CONTINUE READINGGlobal Love Flash Mob – October 2015
Together Rising Global Love Flash Mob was held in October 2015. We raised $475,141 in 24 hours, with an average offering of $22, to provide funds to build a wing for the Heartline Maternity Center in Haiti. We lifted up warrior mamas and midwives in Haiti by supporting an organization dedicated to giving women the…
CONTINUE READINGThe Gift of Connection
Friends, meet precious Devon and his mama, Jaclyn. Devon was born with some serious heart conditions, he has been in the hospital almost non-stop since birth. Devon’s great aunt Holly wrote and told us about Devon, explaining that the hard situation is being made harder because, while this little family lives in the UK, Jaclyn’s family…
CONTINUE READING4-Year-Old Ellie is Running on Her New Prosthetic Legs
Remember our Ellie, the four-year-old Together Rising raised up in our last Love Flash Mob? Ellie is our Warrior Baby who was in 7 different homes before she found her forever home with her mom Miranda, Well…. ELLIE GOT HER LEGS!!! Several months ago, Miranda wrote to Together Rising: "A genetic disorder caused Ellie's legs to be…
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