Safe Nights. Hopeful Futures. – Continuing the Work Together
Last month, we began something together.
We launched our support of Families Together’s Safe Nights. Hopeful Futures. campaign—and already, we’re seeing the impact. Through a strong start, including a recent match day, more than $33,500 has been raised toward our $75,000 goal.
That is meaningful momentum.
But we are not finished yet.
Because this effort is about more than a number—it is a response to what is happening in our own community.
In Wake County this year, nearly 8,000 children will experience homelessness.
Eight thousand.
Not as a distant statistic—but as children, families, and stories. Parents doing everything they can to hold life together… and still finding themselves one unexpected expense, one rent increase, one moment of crisis away from losing stability.
And the pressures continue to grow.
Homelessness in Raleigh has increased by 27% in the past year alone, with projections pointing toward a 200% rise since 2020. Rent has climbed 52% over the past five years, and our community is short more than 65,000 affordable housing units.
And even as the need grows, resources are shrinking.
Families Together is one of many organizations in Wake County supporting those experiencing homelessness—and all are facing significant funding challenges right now.
But Families Together plays a unique role within that system.
They are one of only a handful of organizations focused specifically on keeping families together through homelessness. In many shelter systems, parents and children are separated during crisis. Families Together works to ensure families can remain together—offering not just shelter, but dignity, stability, and a path forward.
For more than 45 years, they have walked alongside families in crisis, helping them move into stable housing through a holistic model of care. In 2025 alone, they helped over 200 families find stable housing—with a 96% long-term success rate.
This is not just effective work.
It is holy work.
Because home is more than walls and a roof.
Home is safety.
Home is dignity.
Home is rest.
And this ministry is not just something we support—it is part of who we are. St. Philip helped begin Families Together, and over the past five years, this congregation has helped raise more than $600,000 to support families finding their way home.
Now, we continue that legacy.
We continue building safe nights.
We continue trusting for hopeful futures.
Our goal is to raise $75,000 by May 31—and every gift helps make that possible.
If you feel moved to be part of this work, you can give in one of two ways:
Through St. Philip (online or by check; please note “Families Together”)
Directly to Families Together (please indicate your connection to St. Philip)
Every gift becomes a safe night.
Every act of generosity becomes a hopeful future.
And together, we are helping make those futures possible.