Ukraine update
On Friday, we announced Together Rising’s $250,000 initial commitment—and we came to you and asked if you’d join us in standing in continued solidarity with those whose lives were shattered by the invasion of Ukraine. In less than 72 hours, more than 13,000 of you donated an incredible $1,003,617.38. We are deeply grateful for this…
CONTINUE READINGUkraine Response
Yesterday, just before dawn, Russia invaded Ukraine, launching widespread attacks across the sovereign nation. In both the capital of Kyiv and in villages across the nation, families piled into cars and trains, desperate to flee, terrified as their lives were upended in a moment. Soldiers faced the impossible reality of sending their children and partners…
CONTINUE READINGTina
Before the pandemic started, Tina worked full-time for a busy restaurant. When the restaurant shut down, she had to give up her job as a waitress, which she’d had for ten years. It was her only source of income. Like so many, she was forced to file for unemployment. The restaurant eventually reopened. Tina returned…
CONTINUE READINGAlmera
Who is helping keep Almera’s family—and thousands more like hers—safe, dry, and sheltered? You are. Right alongside our partner on the ground, the incredible team at ShelterBox. Meet Almera. She lives in the Cebu region of the Philippines with her husband and their eight children. Almera’s home was destroyed by December’s Super Typhoon Rai, known…
CONTINUE READINGWe helped Evie get the power wheelchair that she needed!
You helped Evie get the power wheelchair that she needed! Evie is “a loving mother of two, a grandmother of three, a sister, daughter, and a friend to everyone she meets.” She was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis seventeen years ago. When we met Evie, she was going through an especially…
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At just seventeen years old, Lance wrote to us himself to ask if we’d help his parents make their family home more accessible for his sister, Mallory. After reading just the first few sentences of his application, we could instantly feel the love that Lance has for his family. He shared that Mallory has cerebral…
CONTINUE READINGColorado fires update
“Nothing will ever be the same ” is what Jennifer, a single mom to four-year-old son, Jay, wrote to describe what the Marshall fire took from her and her family. Jennifer, her son, her brother, and her parents had all been living together. While she remains indescribably grateful that none of them were physically hurt,…
CONTINUE READINGColorado Fires
The most destructive fires in Colorado’s history have burned hundreds of homes to the ground. Families have lost everything. Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate within minutes as 110 MPH winds and extremely dry conditions fueled the fires’ spread across thousands of acres, completely destroying families’ homes, including an entire 350-home subdivision.…
CONTINUE READINGShelter and life-sustaining supplies for families in the Philippines after Super Typhoon Rai
Last week, Super Typhoon Rai, also known as Odette, absolutely devastated the Philippines. More than 660,000 people—hundreds of thousands of families—remain displaced from their homes. An estimated 159,000 homes sustained damage, of which more than 60,000 were completely decimated. Beyond shelter, families are without power, food, water, and other vital necessities. At least 375 people…
CONTINUE READING$265,566.06 to feed more families in Kentucky and support surrounding states
We promised we’d come back to you to share where every penny of donations is being invested in communities in Kentucky and surrounding states. Together Rising is deploying $215,566.06 to feed more families in Kentucky. We are investing in Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland, whose team is working hard to get meals to families in the…
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