Raleigh's Place

10/15/2026

NEW LOGO. SAME MISSION.

Raleigh’s Place has a new look!

Our updated logo simplifies the design we have used for years while keeping the heart of it intact: the cross of Christ at the center, surrounded by people in community.

The four figures also reflect the four pillars that guide our ministry:

Strengthen the Family. Encourage the Child. Equip the Young Adult. Engage the Community.

The logo is new. The mission is not.

Living the Gospel by Loving the Fatherless.

10/13/2026

Fall is on the way, and Katie’s Kloset is getting ready to support foster children and families as the cooler weather arrives. 🍂

This season, we’re looking for gently used fall and winter clothing to help kids across Chilton County feel warm, confident, and cared for. Every coat, pair of jeans, or cozy sweater helps us live out our mission of loving and supporting the fatherless through practical, meaningful resources.

If you have items to donate—or if you can help us spread the word—we’d be so grateful. Your support makes a real difference for the families we walk alongside.

Want to learn more about how Katie’s Kloset serves the community? Visit https://www.raleighsplace.org

10/09/2026

Happy Pastor Appreciation Month to the folks who have made room for the fatherless in their pulpits and their budgets!

Foster care in Alabama is not only a government problem. It is a question the Church gets to answer. And in Chilton County, congregations have answered by wrapping around households nobody assigned them: meals delivered at odd hours, nursery volunteers trained to be patient with a child who startles easily, offerings that keep our shelves stocked and a camper's week paid for.

Pastors carry that load quietly. They also carry hospital visits, hard phone calls, and their own family's needs, usually in the same week.

Pastor Appreciation Day falls on Sunday, October 11 this year. Tag a pastor who has encouraged your family, or read how churches stand in the gap at raleighsplace.org/stand-in-the-gap.

09/29/2026

We are thankful for the support from United Way of Central Alabama.

United Way of Central Alabama launched its Chilton County campaign and celebrated $25,000 in Community Project Grants to 14 local agencies and programs at its k...

09/28/2026

September 28th is National Good Neighbor Day, and it's a meaningful reminder of how small acts of kindness can strengthen the communities we’re blessed to be part of. At Raleigh’s Place, we see every day how showing up for one another transforms lives—whether it’s volunteering your time, offering support to foster families, or helping provide resources through programs like Camp 1:27, Katie’s Kloset, or our Partner Homes.

Today, we’re celebrating the neighbors who go the extra mile for children and families across Chilton County and beyond. If you’re looking for ways to get involved, give back, or learn more about our foster care ministry here in Clanton, we’d love for you to connect with us.

How are you celebrating the good neighbors in your life today?

09/23/2026

Behind every foster family that lasts is a community that showed up.

That is the whole idea behind Raleigh's Place Partner Homes. Licensed foster homes, adoptive parents, and relative placement families in our area can lean on us for the practical things nobody warns you about.

What partnering looks like:

▪️Weekly food boxes at no cost
▪️Clothing and household items as needs come up
▪️Birthday and holiday surprises so no kid gets overlooked
▪️A Foster Parent Night Out every quarter, plus parenting classes that count toward DHR continuing education credits

Most people in Chilton County have never heard this program exists. Foster parents burn out feeling unsupported, and that is preventable.

Share this post so a household who qualifies finds us, or call our office at (205) 755-9615 to ask about applying.

09/22/2026

As of September 22, there are exactly 100 days left in 2026 — 100 more days to make a difference for foster children and families across Chilton County and beyond. At Raleigh’s Place, every day is an opportunity to live out our mission of supporting vulnerable kids through Christ-centered care.

As we move into the final stretch of the year, here are a few meaningful ways you can help us finish 2026 strong:

• Make a year-end gift to support programs like Camp 1:27, the Partner Homes program, Katie’s Kloset, and the Workmanship Initiative. Your generosity helps us continue providing resources, mentorship, and transitional living for foster youth.

• Explore volunteer opportunities and serve with us through events, camp, or ongoing support roles.

• Share our mission with someone who may want to join our work in loving and supporting the fatherless.

Whether you've partnered with us for years or recently became part of our community, we’re grateful. Everything we’ve accomplished this year has been possible because of supporters like you.

If you’d like to connect or have any questions, we’d love to hear from you.

09/17/2026

We’re looking for the next leader of Camp 1:27.

Raleigh’s Place is hiring a year-round Camp Coordinator to help lead Camp 1:27 into its next season of ministry.

We’re looking for someone who loves Christ, can lead and develop people, enjoys recruiting and building relationships, and is ready to take ownership of a ministry serving children impacted by foster care.

📍 Clanton, Alabama
💼 Year-round salaried position

You do not have to already be a Camp Director to be a strong candidate.

Know someone who comes to mind? Tag them, send them this post, or share it with them directly.

Learn more and apply:
raleighsplace.org/camp-coordinator/

09/16/2026

One week at Camp 1:27 can rearrange how a kid sees themselves.

15 summers in, we have hosted more than 1,000 children from across Alabama: kids in foster care, kids in relative placement, kids who have been adopted. Every single one comes at no charge.

What a week holds:

▪️Two pools, Gaga ball, archery, arts and crafts, and hiking trails through the woods
▪️Cabins, a fire pit, and an amphitheater where the whole camp gathers
▪️Bible study during the day and chapel every night
▪️Adults who learn a camper's name on day one and still remember it years later

The stories we tell later are usually the small ones. A camper who said "absolutely not" on Monday trying it anyway on Thursday, with someone cheering from ten feet away.

Pray for our campers and counselors year-round, and see what a week looks like at raleighsplace.org/camp.

09/09/2026

September is National Kinship Care Month and somewhere in Chilton County, a grandmother is packing a lunchbox she did not expect to be packing at this stage of life. An aunt is learning a middle schooler's class schedule. A longtime friend of the family is figuring out how to fit a car seat into a two-door sedan.

Kinship caregivers say yes to a phone call nobody plans for. They keep children connected to the people, the neighborhood, and the last name they already know.

Research keeps confirming what these households live out every day: staying with kin softens the disruption.

They rarely get a banner or a nomination. So consider this the banner.

Know someone raising a relative's child? Tag them below, or send them to raleighsplace.org/our-programs to see the support we offer relative placement families.