Tonight, on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, we stand with all those who are in pain and hurting — including Jada’s family, as they grieve her loss.    Beloved mother, sister, wife, and daughter, Jada died this year after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. She was…

Your giving to Together Rising enables us to act quickly to provide life-saving funds in times of crisis. We are writing to give you an update about the specific ways your investment has translated to the healing of lives, families, and communities all over this country and the world during the 2019 calendar year alone.…

This weekend, lawyers YOU funded at Al Otro Lado rushed to a California hospital where US Border Patrol agents had threatened to take away a two-day old newborn from her 19-year-old mother. CBP threatened to detain the mother and send her back to Mexico, separating her from her two-day-old baby, who remains in the NICU.…

This is the story of a warrior mama named Lucy and her beautiful children. It is one of the most brutal stories we have shared, but also one of the most beautiful. Lucy and her husband adopted their son, Manny, when he was one day old still detoxing from his pre-birth exposure to methamphetamines. They…

Time and time again, when Together Rising has the privilege of meeting people’s urgent and vital financial needs, they tell us that the most impactful part of the gift was the gift of being seen – being truly seen, believed, and supported for the first time in too long. It is a lifeline to all…

Laura is a volunteer at a therapeutic horse barn in New Jersey. She is passionate about helping animals and at-risk youth, and took a leap of faith to pitch her dream idea to the barn owner: A summer camp for foster children. The owner said, “If you can pull it off, you can do it.”  …

We give thanks for YOU!!!   Many of us take time today to remember the things we’re thankful for, so here at Together Rising we wanted to say how thankful we are for YOU!   Over the past few years you’ve poured yourself into this community, in many acts of love, generosity, grace, gratitude, persistence,…

HOLIDAY HANDS UPDATE! YOU DID IT!!! Today, through our Holiday Hands program, you met the needs of 550 families in less than 2 hours. You are unbelievable. We at Together Rising are overwhelmed, filled up, exhausted, and mostly – grateful. Grateful for the courage of the askers and grateful for the character of the givers.…

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!   Today, people log on and release outrageous, lavish, radical love by meeting the holiday needs of total strangers. Right now, we are matching 550 Holiday Hands families with givers!   Holiday Hands is an annual labor of love for Together Rising, but mostly it’s a miracle that YOU pull off every…

This week we have been highlighting some of the amazing veterans your donations have lifted up through Together Rising’s work with Kline Veterans Fund providing support to homeless and at risk veterans and their families in Nevada. You helped Army Vet G find a place to live after she had been living in her car,…