Rainy Day Fund

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Rainy Day Fund The Rainy Day Fund seeks to combat the criminalization of poverty by eliminating financial barriers associated with criminal legal system involvement.

Please Share. FREE Wills Clinic coming to Sumter this Saturday.
10/08/2026

Please Share. FREE Wills Clinic coming to Sumter this Saturday.

💙 Sometimes giving back means remembering where you came from.Rainy Day Fund would like to give a very special **thank y...
09/11/2026

💙 Sometimes giving back means remembering where you came from.

Rainy Day Fund would like to give a very special **thank you to Destinee Wilson**, a former member of our Board of Directors, for continuing to support the work and mission of Rainy Day Fund.

Destinee generously donated **$200 which helped to sponsor the Richland Library Social Work Department Hygiene Pantry for the month of August.** 💙

And look at what her generosity made possible!

With her $200 donation, we were able to purchase:

👕 **16 cotton T-shirts**
🧦 **30 pairs of crew socks**
🧼 **365 body wipes**
🧴 **200 deodorant wipes**

These may look like simple everyday items, but they can make a meaningful difference for someone who doesn't always have access to a place to shower, change clothes, or escape the heat and humidity.

A clean T-shirt.
A fresh pair of socks.
A way to freshen up.
A small moment of comfort and dignity.

**That's what community support can provide.**

Destinee, thank you for believing in this work and for helping us keep the Hygiene Pantry stocked for the month of August. We are incredibly grateful for your continued support! 💙

And now we're looking for more community champions!

For $200, you can sponsor a month of Hygiene Pantry supplies and help us provide essential items to our community through both of our Hygiene Pantries.

Want to sponsor a month?
Want to donate items?
Want to organize a collection drive?

📧 Contact Cole at [email protected] or Shontae at [email protected]

Let's keep the shelves stocked and the kindness going.

$200 can go a long way. 💙

When we ask our community, you show up. 💙A few weeks ago, we shared a simple ask: Rainy Day Fund needed a place where ou...
08/28/2026

When we ask our community, you show up. 💙

A few weeks ago, we shared a simple ask: Rainy Day Fund needed a place where our small team could gather for a full day of administrative work while we continue our search for a permanent office space.

We were overwhelmed by the response. The suggestions, connections, encouragement, and offers of support reminded us once again that we are surrounded by a community that believes in the work we do.

And one of those offers came from South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center.

We are incredibly grateful to SC Appleseed for opening their conference room to our team and sharing their space with us. This gives us the opportunity to step away from the usual hustle, work together in one place, and spend some much-needed time strengthening the foundation behind Rainy Day Fund.

Because the work doesn't happen only when we're meeting with clients. There is a lot that happens behind the scenes such as planning, grant writing, organizing, building systems, and making sure Rainy Day Fund is positioned to continue serving our community well.

Thank you, South Carolina Appleseed for making room for us. And thank you to everyone who responded to our original request, shared our post, offered suggestions, or simply cheered us on. This is what community looks like. People making room for one another so the work can keep moving forward. 💙

We are grateful.

South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center

With the help of Columbia's Rainy Day Fund Program, Brandon got his drivers license back and is one step closer to indep...
08/18/2026

With the help of Columbia's Rainy Day Fund Program, Brandon got his drivers license back and is one step closer to independence! 🎉

**UPDATE*-Correction made to the flyer**Social Work CEUs are pending.
08/18/2026

**UPDATE*-Correction made to the flyer**

Social Work CEUs are pending.

💙 **A little local love can go a long way.**We have some exciting news! saw our Hygiene Pantry post and reached out to h...
08/17/2026

💙 **A little local love can go a long way.**

We have some exciting news!

saw our Hygiene Pantry post and reached out to help. They are now hosting a donation box for our Hygiene Pantry! 🎉

We dropped off the box this morning, and now we're asking our community to help us fill it.

So, the next time you're stopping by smallSUGAR:

🛍️ Shop local.
🧴 Bring a hygiene item.
📦 Drop it in their donation box.
💙 Know that your purchase AND your donation are helping support our community.

We're currently looking for items including cotton T-shirts, socks, body wipes, travel-size body wash, shampoo, deodorant, lotion, sunscreen and lip balm.

**Thank you, smallSUGAR, for opening your doors and your heart to this effort. We are so grateful for businesses that don't just see a community need, they step up to help meet it.

Now, Columbia...let's fill that box!** 🙌

🚨 ATTORNEYS & SOCIAL WORKERS- THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU!What happens when the people we serve are carrying trauma, naviga...
08/16/2026

🚨 ATTORNEYS & SOCIAL WORKERS- THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU!

What happens when the people we serve are carrying trauma, navigating systems, and trying to find safety while we are trying to help them?

How we respond matters.

Rainy Day Fund is proud to host the Trauma Response Toolkit for Attorneys and Social Workers, a FREE professional training designed to strengthen trauma-informed care, advocacy, and connections to resources.

📅 Friday, August 21, 2026
⏰ 9:30 AM–3:00 PM
📍 Richland Library – Main Branch | Auditorium
1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC

✨ FREE to attend
⚖️ CLEs pending
🎓 5 Social Work CEUs approved
☕ Light breakfast refreshments + lunch provided

Featured sessions include:
• Hurt People Hurt People
• First Contact Matters: Responding to Victims of Stalking
• Bridging Systems: Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Legal Professionals and Social Workers
• Navigating Safety for Domestic Violence Survivors

This is an opportunity to learn, connect, and strengthen the way we respond to people experiencing trauma and crisis.

If you work with survivors, clients, families, or individuals navigating complex systems, we want you in the room.

👉 Registration is open! Scan the QR code on the flyer to register today.

Please share this post with an attorney, social worker, advocate, victim service provider, or community professional who should be there.

☀️ What if you couldn't escape the heat?Imagine spending 24 hours a day, 7 days a week outside in South Carolina's heat,...
08/11/2026

☀️ What if you couldn't escape the heat?

Imagine spending 24 hours a day, 7 days a week outside in South Carolina's heat, humidity, and sun.

No cool shower.
No air conditioning.
No fresh clothes waiting for you.

Now imagine what it might feel like to finally wash up, put on a clean T-shirt and fresh socks, apply some lotion or lip balm, and have a little relief from the elements.

Those things may seem small to us. They aren't small to someone who has been without them.

We've received wonderful support in the past, but donations have slowed down. We're hoping to get the shelves and the community moving again.

We need help with some specific items for the Hygiene Pantry:
👕 Cotton T-shirts, unisex if possible, colors other than white
🧴 Travel-size body wash
🧴 Travel-size shampoo
🧴 Travel-size lotion
☀️ Travel-size sunscreen
💙 Lip balm
🧦 Socks

Want to help?

📧 Contact Cole or Shontae: [email protected], [email protected]

Donate an item. Organize a collection. Share this post. Because dignity can look like something as simple as a clean shirt. 💙

A Simple Community Ask 💙As many of you know, Rainy Day Fund is currently searching for a permanent office space. While t...
07/29/2026

A Simple Community Ask 💙

As many of you know, Rainy Day Fund is currently searching for a permanent office space. While that search continues, we're looking for a temporary solution.

We're wondering if anyone has access to a conference room or meeting space that our small team could use one day a week for 6–8 hours over the next several weeks.

We won't be meeting with clients as this would be strictly for administrative work, planning, grant writing, case management, and keeping our programs running smoothly behind the scenes.

We've been utilizing the public library (and we're so grateful for that resource!), but meeting room reservations are limited to three hours, which just isn't enough time to complete everything we need to do.

If you, your employer, your church, or your business might be able to share a conference room with us one day a week, we'd love to connect.

Please send us a direct message or email us at [email protected] if you have a space or know someone who might.

Thank you for always showing up for our organization. Every act of kindness, big or small, helps us continue serving South Carolinians working toward stability. ❤️

Can't help with a space? We'd appreciate you sharing this post so it reaches someone who can.

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