What if we told you you could change your city with just $5? Enter our sophomore Give Raleigh campaign, where that’s exactly what you can do—and double your impact.
Until Dec. 15, every donation—whether $5, $10 or some larger amount you have to spare or want for a tax write-off—is being matched by our partner TowneBank/Towne Insurance, up to the first $10K donated.
Making good on Aesop’s proverb that “no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted,” every dollar literally adds up—and galvanizes the generous spirit of Raleighites. “I’ve seen firsthand, over and over again, that Raleigh is a city full of passionate and generous people,” says Nicole Stewart, former Raleigh city councilor and current director of engagement for the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. “When there is a cause they care about, they give what they can to support it. And small dollar donations add up and make a huge difference—especially for our local nonprofits.”
There’s still time to give, to make a difference with just a few dollars—and help us smash the near $25K we raised out of the gate last year. We are so thrilled to use our bullhorn for benevolence as we partner with this year’s trio of local nonprofits touching every age group and innumerable need—Haven House, Healing Transitions and SAFEchild—for a better tomorrow for all of us. It’s giving generous! Donate now at giveraleigh.com.
Haven House
Building strong young people and bright futures for five impactful decades, Haven House’s legacy is one for the books. Empowering youths ages 6–24 who are homeless; in crisis; or having difficulty at home, school or in the community to understand, work through and overcome challenges, the local safe haven is the place for vulnerable youth to find their way—and find the help they need. “Haven House served over 1,500 youth last year—a 25% increase from the year before—reflecting the urgent and growing needs in our community,” says Haven House Chief Executive Officer Michelle Zechmann. “The Give Raleigh campaign is vital to meeting those needs by helping us reach more young people. … Every donation, no matter the size, is about coming together to provide hope and a brighter future for all.” havenhousenc.org
EVERY DONATION MAKES AN IMPACT
$5 💰
One meal for a youth (10–17) at Wrenn House
$10 💰💰
One pair of athletic shorts for intervention program
$25 💰💰💰
One day of outreach and basic needs for youth experiencing homelessness
$50 💰💰💰💰
One hour of crisis counseling to youth and/or their families
Healing Transitions
At the core of every community is its people—all of them. And Healing Transitions is a beacon of real community for all Raleighites via its “Recovery for All” MO: Always open. Always free. Always everyone. Always another chance. Always community. And no matter who we are or how it begins, we all come to the same realization that we’re powerless to control addiction alone. Thankfully, there’s a way to prevent from-OD-to-RIP. “Healing Transitions is committed to making essential, effective recovery services accessible to everyone—especially those who are homeless, uninsured and underserved,” says Healing Transitions Executive Director Chris Budnick. “To eliminate barriers, we offer all of our services completely free of charge. This means every single donation—no matter the size—plays a critical role in our mission. When we say every dollar matters, it’s because it helps us continue saving and transforming lives—and the impact doesn’t stop there. It ripples out, touching families, friends and the broader community. It’s our neighbors’ support that makes this possible.” healing-transitions.org
EVERY DONATION MAKES AN IMPACT
$5 💰
One meal
$10 💰💰
Average prescription
$25 💰💰💰
Day of service on campus
$50 💰💰💰💰
24-hour stay in nonmedical detox
SAFEchild
Safety is not a birthright. But it should be. And they don’t teach parenting in school. But, fortunately, bringing healthy families to the forefront is SAFEchild via its roster of support and education services you won’t find anywhere else. In short, in a world where access is everything, SAFEchild is changing—and saving—lives. “We are the place for parent education and support, children’s medical evaluations when there is suspected abuse, and school-based programs in every Wake County public elementary school, plus several charter and private schools,” says SAFEchild’s Executive Director Cristin DeRonja. “We are that safety net for children and families in Wake County. Every dollar means so much to us… to be able to provide life-saving and life-changing services to children and families. And every dollar raised through Give Raleigh to ensure SAFEchild’s mission can thrive is critical to the health of the community.” safechildnc.org
EVERY DONATION MAKES AN IMPACT
$5 💰
Child care for a family attending SAFEchild parenting classes
$10 💰💰
Medical gown for a child seen in SAFEchild’s Advocacy Center
$25 💰💰💰
Funny Tummy Feelings programming for a Wake County first-grade classroom
$50 💰💰💰💰
Parenting classes, meals and child care for three Wake County families in SAFEchild classes
What if you could change your city with just $5?Now you can. Turns out, “no act of kindness, no matter how small, [really] is ever wasted.” Embodying the essence of Aesop’s proverb, RM’s sophomore Give Raleigh campaign—where every dollar literally adds up—is launching for 40 days of giving Oct. 1 in partnership with TowneBank/Towne Insurance to inspire the generous spirit of Raleighites.
Coming off an inaugural campaign supernova that raised a whopping $24,242, we look to double down on our community investment this year with a new handpicked trio of local nonprofits: Haven House, Healing Transitions and SAFEChild. As with last year, every dollar raised will stay right here in Raleigh and help families just like yours and ours. And our benevolent partners TowneBank/Towne Insurance will again match the first $10K of every donation—think $1, $5, $10 and beyond, donated to the one that most resonates with you or split three ways—and thereby doubling your dollar’s impact.
“Your donation matters,” says Nicole Stewart, former Raleigh city councilor and current director of engagement for the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. “Once upon a time in Raleigh, there was a group of 20-year-old women who pooled their fresh-in-their-career dollars together to donate to causes they cared about. Together, with even more of their friends, they raised nearly $10,000 in one year (and that was in 2007!). Over the course of their 14-year run, they raised and donated over $425,000. Small dollar donations add up and make a huge difference—especially for our local nonprofits.”
Raleigh is one of the most charitable cities in the country. Beyond sheer Southern hospitality, we donate, volunteer and buy tickets supporting boots-on-the-ground charities whose hard work wraps their arms around local families in their time of need and gives hope for a better tomorrow.
I’ve seen firsthand, over and over again, that Raleigh is a city full of passionate and generous people,” says Stewart. “When there is a cause they care about, they give what they can to support it.”
And each of these impactful organizations make a difference in our city each and every day across all sectors—strengthening and empowering families, youth and all, including the uninsured and underserved, through child abuse services, housing, crisis management and addiction recovery. Together we hope to galvanize our community’s inherently good nature to come together and propel these critical purposes.
Read about these three impactful organizations—and give hope where otherwise there may not be any. Then, from Oct. 1 to Nov. 10, let’s smash the funds raised last year, Raleigh! It’s giving generous! Donate at giveraleigh.com.
Photography by Keith Isaacs, courtesy of Healing Transitions
Recovery for All
At the core of every community is its people—all of them. And Healing Transitions is a beacon of real community for all Raleighites via its “Recovery for All” MO: Always open. Always free. Always everyone. Always another chance. Always community.
Regardless of birth year or bankroll, addiction likely touches each one of us in our lifetime—whether ourselves, a partner, a parent, a peer, a child, a colleague and so on. And it doesn’t always look the way you’d imagine. It affects individuals and families from every community in all walks of life—tearing at the very fabric of who we are. Separating us from everything we’ve known. Alienating us from everyone we need.
And no matter who we are or how it begins, we all come to the same realization that we’re powerless to control that addiction alone. But there’s a way to prevent “from OD to RIP.” And a glimpse of hope can reroute the course of an entire life.
Healing Transitions is committed to making essential, effective recovery services accessible to everyone—especially those who are homeless, uninsured and underserved,” says Healing Transitions Executive Director Chris Budnick. “To eliminate barriers, we offer all of our services completely free of charge. This means every single donation—no matter the size—plays a critical role in our mission. When we say every dollar matters, it’s because it helps us continue saving and transforming lives.”
“Healing Transitions is committed to making essential, effective recovery services accessible to everyone—especially those who are homeless, uninsured and underserved,” says Healing Transitions Executive Director Chris Budnick. “To eliminate barriers, we offer all of our services completely free of charge. This means every single donation—no matter the size—plays a critical role in our mission. When we say every dollar matters, it’s because it helps us continue saving and transforming lives.”
A lifeline for neighbors in need, with a focus on “healing” (recovery) and “transition” (rekindling desire to return to meaningful and productive life), so-named Healing Transitions is dedicated to the notion that addiction doesn’t have to be the end of the story. With open doors 24/7, the organization is Wake County’s only long-term, peer-based recovery program, serving the needs of all those struggling—with no financial barriers.
“Most importantly, Healing Transitions turns people’s lives around who can’t afford expensive recovery programs, but it also cleans up Downtown significantly,” says Healing Transitions board member David Meeker, who also serves as partner in Trophy Brewing, which has dedicated much of its resources and efforts, including the popular Trophy Trot, to the healing org. “We are so lucky to have Healing Transitions in Raleigh.”
Through its on-demand and innovative peer-to-peer addiction services ranging emergency drop-in shelter and nonmedical detox to long-term services and sustained sobriety, the recovery-oriented organization is dedicated to meeting anyone where they are, including those who are homeless, underserved and uninsured. In short, Healing Transitions saves lives. Period.
What I love about Healing Transitions is they don’t give up on people who need help,” says local hospitality titan Scott Crawford, who, beyond his dedication to nourishing the community via his boon of best-in-class concepts, also serves as a distinguished member Healing Transitions’ board of directors—and is marking his 20th year of recovery with his inaugural October Freedom Harvest event to benefit the nonprofit.
“There were people in my life who didn’t give up on me,” adds the renowned chef/owner of Crawford Hospitality and five-time James Beard semifinalist—including for Outstanding Hospitality this year. “And this is the reason I can celebrate 20 years of sobriety now—there’s no better way for me to celebrate than to give back to my sobriety community.”
To that end, every dollar donated to Healing Transitions saves lives—“and the impact doesn’t stop there,” says Budnick. “It ripples out, touching families, friends and the broader community. And it’s our neighbors’ support that makes this possible.” healing-transitions.org
Photography by Keith Isaacs, courtesy of SAFEchild
Stop Abuse for Every Child
Safety is not a birthright.But it should be. And they don’t teach parenting in school. Fortunately, bringing healthy families to the forefront is SAFEchild via its roster of support and education services you won’t find anywhere else.
“We are the place for parent education and support, children’s medical evaluations when there is suspected abuse, and school-based programs in every Wake County public elementary school, plus several charter and private schools,” says SAFEchild’s Executive Director Cristin DeRonja.
Established in 1992 with an MO to Stop Abuse For Every child (aka SAFE)—because “every child has the right to mature in an environment free from abuse and neglect”—it’s the only child-abuse prevention agency serving Wake County and providing a full range of no-cost critical prevention and intervention services for children and families.
[SAFEchild] took a horrible experience and made it as comfortable, manageable and safe as possible considering the circumstances… without causing any additional harm,” says a local parent whose child was served through the SAFEchild Advocacy Center.
“We are that safety net for children and families in Wake County. Every dollar means so much to us,” says DeRonja. “We raise over $3 million annually to be able to provide life-saving and life-changing services to children and families. And every dollar raised through Give Raleigh to ensure SAFEchild’s mission can thrive is critical to the health of the community”—not to mention having more people involved and aware of the prevalence of child abuse and to advocate for the children, she adds.
In short, in a world where access is everything, SAFEchild is saving lives. “I describe it as free counseling,” says a former participant. “It was such a breath of fresh air to actually… have someone who truly understands where you are, like right there.”
Today, the org’s reach has expanded far beyond physical safety. Raising a tremendous $11.1 million in just two years, the nonprofit bowed its 20,000-square-foot Raleigh facility last fall, allowing it to further empower children and caregivers and build stronger families via a range of programs, classes, parenting resources and support groups.
Photography by Keith Isaacs, courtesy of SAFEchild
“As Wake County continues to grow, so does the need for supportive family services,” says DeRonja. “The new space positions us to provide more for a growing community in a very time-sensitive manner—which all ties back to resources. For us to meet families and children in a time-sensitive way and provide more of what we do, it all ties back to people financially supporting our mission.”
As one local parent who learned multifarious avenues for positive parenting puts it: “It’s an education you won’t get anywhere else. This is a program you need, a group you need, before you know you need it.”
Thus, as little as $5 can have an immediate impact on programs and services that change the trajectory of—and even save—several lives and strengthen the safe and healthy community it fosters for all of us.
In a group of people sharing their stories, “you realize it’s not just you that feels this way,” says another program participant. “You come to realize mine can change too.” safechildnc.org
EVERY DONATION MAKES AN IMPACT
$5
$10
$25
$50
Child care for a family attending SAFEchild parenting classes
Medical gown for a child seen in SAFEchild’s Advocacy Center
Funny Tummy Feelings programming for a Wake County first-grade classroom
Parenting classes, meals and child care for three Wake County families in SAFEchild classes
For 51 years, local youthhave been lifted up by a haven for hope. Building strong young people and bright futures for five impactful decades, Haven House’s legacy is one for the books.
With an MO of empowering youths ages 6–24 who are homeless; in crisis; or having difficulty at home, school or in the community to thrive and be safe, supported and successful, the transformative nonprofit has altered the course of tens of thousands of vulnerable youths’ lives and futures for the better since its inception in 1973.
Helping them understand, work through and overcome challenges, Haven House is the place for youth to find their way—and find the help they need. “Haven House served over 1,500 youth last year—a 25% increase from the year before—reflecting the urgent and growing needs in our community,” says Haven House Chief Executive Officer Michelle Zechmann.
The Give Raleigh campaign is vital to meeting those needs by helping us reach more young people struggling with homelessness; mental health challenges; and problems at home, school or in the community,” Zechmann continues. “Every donation, no matter the size, is about coming together to provide hope and a brighter future for all.”
A critical asset to the health of the entire community, Haven House meets our local young people and their families where they are. Together, its 10 essential programs have helped youth navigate and overcome some of life’s most difficult challenges; be better prepared to transition into adulthood; and find paths to success by providing critical access to resources, counseling, connections, mentorship and community.
Of those programs, Wrenn House answers a critical call by providing a safe space through the only homeless, runaway and crisis-intervention program and shelter for ages 10–17 in the Triangle. Meanwhile, point-of-entry Street Outreach provides runaways, homeless and street-dependent youth under age 24 with their most essential needs and resources, and transition-in-place assistance helps homeless 18–24-year-olds (and their minor dependents, if applicable) move into transitional housing.
Doubling down on bright futures, myriad programs work with at-risk, court- or juvenile justice system-involved youth—from physical to mental. Innovative Second Round implements boxing, weight training and fitness to teach discipline, teamwork and leadership, while the January-launched Outpatient Therapy program provides guidance and resources to address growing mental health matters via clinical assessments, individual and family therapy sessions, and education.
Haven House was exactly what my son needed,” says one parent of the program. “For a while early on, I wasn’t sure [graduating high school] would happen, but I knew it could, and Haven House made it possible.”
Ultimately, Haven House is there for all of us when no one else is. And every donation, no matter how small, makes a difference in the life of a young person in our community. Just $5 can quickly add up to rewrite a child or young adult’s worst chapter for a better ending. Donate for a better future. Because it takes all of us. And we are “stronger together.” havenhousenc.org
EVERY DONATION MAKES AN IMPACT
$5
$10
$25
$50
One meal for a youth (10–17) at Wrenn House
One pair of athletic shorts for intervention program
One day of outreach and basic needs for youth experiencing homelessness
One hour of crisis counseling to youth and/or their families
What if you could change your city with just $5? Enter our Give Raleigh campaign, where that’s exactly what you can do—and double your impact. Until Nov. 10, every donation—whether $5, $10 or some larger amount you have to spare or want for a tax write-off—is being matched by our partners TowneBank/Towne Insurance, up to the first $10K donated.
Proving that “no act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted,” Give Raleigh allows each of us to truly impact the lives of people in Raleigh with as little as $5 or as much as you can contribute to a trio of significant local nonprofits making a daily difference: A Place at the Table, TLC (founded as Tammy Lynn Center) and Transitions LifeCare. Beyond the tangible effect these three altruistic endeavors makes locally, they share a common thread of imparting dignity by leveling the playing field—whether that’s via sustenance, empowerment or compassion.
Over the last eight years since our inception, Raleigh Magazine has donated, sponsored and supported many local charities in hopes of one day launching a project such as this one to create even greater positive change in the city we love. That day has come—and we implore you to help us make our first 40-day Give Raleigh campaign a grand-slam success. giveraleigh.com
A Place at the Table
We all deserve “a place at the table”—which is exactly what the so-named pay-what-you-can cafe has been serving Raleighites for almost six years. At A Place at the Table, just $10 donated dishes a dignified made-fresh-daily meal to a hungry Raleighite—meaning when you donate just $5 to Give Raleigh, when doubled, you are feeding one person and making a direct impact on Raleigh. By allowing patrons to pay it forward via the Table card, APATT empowers those in need of a meal to “pay” for their meal with a black card (read: acts like a credit card) that levels the playing field for all diners. While it can be hard to find a seat at APATT, the compassionate cafe is not just a “place” to grab a delicious breakfast or lunch. It’s “a place where everyone has dignity and choice”—where everyone and anyone can get a meal no matter how much money they have to their name. tableraleigh.org
How Your Support Helps:
• Provides meals to community members in need, addressing hunger and food insecurity in Raleigh • Sustains the only pay-what-you-can cafe in Raleigh • Helps cover rent, food costs and other operations of the cafe
Transitions LifeCare
Endings can be—and should be—just as beautiful as beginnings, and that’s exactly what your $10 donation to Transitions LifeCare can deliver to a child or adult who deserves to die with dignity, and to a family making the most difficult decision of their lives. No one wants to die in a cold, lonely hospital room or care facility, nor do they want their parents, sibling, spouse or child to. Founded in 1979 as Hospice of Wake County, Transitions LifeCare answers that call by enabling everyone touched by a life-altering or terminal illness to “catch the joy and share the pain” via compassionate care—either at home or in the in-patient Hospice Home—and emotional and spiritual support for the patient and the family navigating end-of-life decisions, serving as the guidepost for transitioning Raleighites peacefully. transitionslifecare.org
How Your Support Helps:
• Provides compassionate care—either at home or in the in-patient Hospice Home—so no one spends their last days in pain or discomfort • Covers cost of care for all seriously and terminally ill adult patients in need • Gives grief support to patients, families and members of the community free of charge, providing the chance to hold their hands at a time when they are acknowledging the need to heal
TLC
None of us would ever want to be denied our favorite cup of joe or the feeling of warm sunshine on our face. Ultimately, it’s life’s simplest pleasures that are our most essential needs. And those needs are precisely what you can meet by donating just $5 of TLC (tender loving care) to TLC (formerly Tammy Lynn Center). Born out of the desire to empower people with intellectual or developmental disabilities with the same opportunities as their able-bodied peers, TLC provides a vast roster of life-changing care for families—respite care, autism therapies and community living support, to name a few—to instill dignity, ignite hope and embrace possibility. And your donation is that difference-maker—the ability to change not just an individual’s life for the better, but an entire family’s. nctlc.org
How Your Support Helps:
• Provides educational-, residential-, therapy- and community-related support services • Gives options for individuals in the areas of physical, nutritional, developmental and occupational therapy; speech-language pathology; and psychological supports • Offers on-site residences with daylong care for children and adults with profound disabilities and complex medical needs • Offers tailored care management • Options for respite care and other supportive services
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Those famed words by Anne Frank are at the very heart of our inaugural Give Raleigh campaign, a partnership between Raleigh Magazine and TowneBank/Towne Insurance to inspire the generous spirit of Raleighites.
Over the next 40 days, we ask you, our loyal readers, to support three handpicked local nonprofit organizations that make a difference in our city each and every day: A Place at the Table, TLC (formerly Tammy Lynn Center) and Transitions LifeCare. Donate to one or the entire trio of charities—every dollar matters.
To wit, TowneBank/Towne Insurance will match the first $10,000 donated—doubling the impact on our neighbors regardless of age or station. Whether you’re able to contribute $1, $5 or $25, your charitable dollars will help create a lasting impact on the lives of community members in need.
Turn the page to read about these three impactful boots-on-the-ground charities whose hard work wraps their arms around local families each day—and gives hope where otherwise there may not be any. giveraleigh.com
A TABLE FOR ALL
A Place at the Tableis not just a “place” to grab a delicious breakfast or lunch. It’s “a place where everyone has dignity and choice”—where everyone and anyone can get a meal no matter how much money they have to their name.
But feeding Raleigh comes at a price—and it’s thanks to APATT’s generous donors and paying customers that the nonprofit is able to continue nourishing the community. Lest you think you can’t make a difference, just $10 covers the cost of a meal at the cafe.
Due to the impacts of inflation and the pandemic, more Raleighites are food insecure than ever before. Prior to the pandemic, APATT had 70% paying customers and 30% pay-what-you-can, the latter offset by either paying less, volunteering, using a PLACE Card or belonging to a family that eats for free.
Now those numbers have seen devastating declines, with 40% paying customers and 60% pay-what-you-can meals—though all meals were 100% free during the pandemic. NTM the amount of money it takes to run the cafe: roughly $1.2 million a year (operations, paying staff, buying food and supplies, etc.).
Founder and Executive Director Maggie Kane maintains each one of us can easily help make a significant impact, even if it doesn’t seem like you’re doing much. “With the increase of so many of our friends needing a good, dignified meal, we hope you will continue to dine with us, have your meetings at Table and bring new friends throughout the week,” she says of the notable nonprofit, whose revolutionary model has been recognized nationally by the likes of Good Morning America and the TODAY Show.
Making it easier for every penny to count, part of that model includes monetary donations to help address hunger and food insecurity in Raleigh. Donors can sign up to be a Table Neighbor and set up recurring monthly gifts, whether that’s one meal per month ($10), 100 meals ($1,000) or any amount in between.
That said, just grabbing a coffee or a quick bite at the do-good diner helps further its mission—and rest assured it’ll be a good one. The menu—made fresh daily with locally sourced ingredients by Director of Operations Andrew Gravens—attracts diners throughout the city with such sweet and savory offerings as breakfast platters, pastries, sandwiches, soups and salads, plus coffee, espresso drinks and beyond.
Individuals can also pay it forward by purchasing a PLACE Card—available both at the cafe and online—to hand out to community members or leave at APATT. The cafe also provides them to nonprofit partners. Alternatively, you can opt to spend an hour or two of your day volunteering at the restaurant.
Ultimately, APATT is reinventing how we feed our community as a whole. It invites people of all walks of life to gather over the one thing that continues to unite us all: food. “Table would not be here without all of you,” Kane emphasizes. “We could not do this without you, nor would we want to.” tableraleigh.org
How Your Support Helps:
Provides meals to community members in need, addressing hunger and food insecurity in Raleigh
Sustains the only pay-what-you-can cafe in Raleigh
Helps cover rent, food costs and other operations of the cafe
BENEVOLENCE BY THE NUMBERS
~10,000 pay-it-forwards to date
60% diners who pay less, volunteer, use PLACE cards or eat for free
~150,000 meals given away to date
~$500,000 value of meals donated to date
125–150 average pay-what-you-can meals served daily
40% diners who pay the price of a meal or more
22 paid staff making $19/hour or more with benefits
150 average number of volunteers per day
$25 rent per square foot
EMPOWERING FULFILLMENT
“The center has been a lifeline to our family. … I know when I’m bringing [my daughter] back [to TLC] after a long weekend, I’m dropping her off at a place that is safe, comfortable and where she’s loved like one of the family.”
So says Keith McDonald, whose daughter Quinna has been receiving services from TLC since 2016. Founded as Tammy Lynn Center, the local nonprofit homes in on empowering all—regardless of their abilities.
Whether or not you personally have a loved one with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD), all of us know someone. In fact, approximately 6.5 million people in the U.S. have an intellectual disability. If you’ve ever wondered how you can make an impact in their lives, TLC is the solution.
Born out of the desire of three families for their children to have the same options as their able-bodied peers, TLC became the first Raleigh institution to provide life-changing care for families—supporting those in all walks of life via on-site and community-centered programs. Think education, respite care, autism therapies and community living support, to name a few.
“Igniting hope and embracing possibility,” TLC offers tailored services to each family’s unique needs, whether that’s enabling someone to learn a new daily living skill, taking a step closer to independence, improving a communication ability or further integrating themselves into a supportive social setting. And for those residing in a community group home, the impactful organization boasts an MO of providing “whatever you think about home that makes you smile,” for their residents.
That’s where your dollars can make a huge difference. Even a $10 donation can go a long way toward TLC’s mission to ignite hope and embrace possibility. Small moments like snacking on a favorite food from home or playing outside on a sunny day all add up to the much bigger goal: empowerment and joy. It’s your time and/or finances that supports that freedom and power of choice—a big aspect of TLC’s mission.
Just take a moment to acknowledge the little choices throughout your day that add up, such as whether or not to stop for your favorite coffee or deciding to have a quick catchup with a friend. Everyone deserves a say in their life’s little details. Therefore, your support has the ability to change not just an individual’s life for the better, but an entire family’s.
Effective care goes beyond assisting those with a disability. TLC lays the groundwork for the entire family to thrive through its respite services, making space for primary caregivers to take a step back for a moment of rest and therefore further solidify a healthily operating family unit. TLC has focused on supporting families and their loved ones with a disability for the last 53 years—and its path to positive impact only continues thanks to the help of generous Raleighites who share the vision of empowerment for all.nctlc.org
How Your Support Helps:
Provides educational-, residential-, therapy- and community-related support services
Gives options for individuals in the areas of physical, nutritional, developmental and occupational therapy; speech-language pathology; and psychological supports
Offers on-site residences with daylong care for children and adults with profound disabilities and complex medical needs
Offers tailored care management
Options for respite care and other supportive services
BENEVOLENCE BY THE NUMBERS
38% estimated increase in people living with an intellectual or developmental disability in our community by 2040
700+ children and adults receiving support services—educational-, residential-, therapy-, and community-related each year
1,800+ family members: parents, siblings and family caregivers impacted
53 years providing medical, residential, therapy, community living, education and supportive services.
TRANSITION OF CARE
The end of life deserves as much respect, care and beauty as the beginning—and death with dignity is better than a life of suffering. If you’ve ever uttered a wish that you could offer more to someone coping with loss than “thoughts and prayers,” Transitions LifeCare answers that call.
Founded in 1979 as Hospice of Wake County, the longstanding community lifeblood enables everyone touched by a life-altering or terminal illness to “catch the joy and share the pain” by providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to both the patient and the family navigating end-of-life decisions—regardless of age, race, religion or financial circumstances (including those who are uninsured or living in poverty).
While so few of us will have any say in when or how we die, palliative care is the one beacon of hope—and choice we can make—in a sea of the unknown so that a person can pass pain-free and comfortably where they wish. Wherever you are on that life-changing journey, Transitions LifeCare provides guidance, resources and expert services so patients and their families can live more fully. In essence: “Your life. Your care.”
Bringing in end-of-life care is easily one of the most painful decisions you will make—to accept the days are numbered and let go with grace. Whether or not you have personally had to make such a choice, it is one that each of us will face. And when it does touch your life, it likely won’t be about your own illness or transition of care—it’ll be when you’re making the tough decision to let someone you love go, to choose to let them die comfortably and with dignity.
That’s where Transitions LifeCare—and your donation—comes in. Every dollar adds up. Even $25 goes a long way in helping just one family by providing compassionate care—either at home or in the in-patient Hospice Home—that allows their loved one to enjoy every moment to the fullest. Or, for those suffering the ultimate loss, your donation can allow them access to free-of-charge grief counseling so that they can focus on getting the support they need to heal without the stress of financial strain.
Each of us matters until the last moment of our life, and we deserve to live until we die—and die peacefully. That’s exactly what your support ensures, as Transitions boasts the best possible resources to provide premium health care for the most vulnerable patients in our community—both kids and adults—and provide support for their families and caregivers during their difficult days. The empowering nonprofit also serves as the area’s only pediatric hospice program—and provides grief support for those who have suffered a loss.
Every donation, regardless of the gift amount, provides peace, comfort and compassion—and helps Transitions LifeCare reach its annual goal of $2.5 million, 100% of which is spent on patient care. With a commitment to caring for all area patients, Transitions LifeCare literally serves as the guidepost to transitioning people peacefully. transitionslifecare.org
How Your Support Helps:
Provides compassionate care—either at home or in the in-patient Hospice Home—so no one spends their last days in pain or discomfort
Covers cost of care for all seriously and terminally ill adult patients in need
Gives grief support to patients, families and members of the community free of charge, providing the chance to hold their hands at a time when they are acknowledging the need to heal
