The Renewal Center

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ The Renewal Center Annual 5K Walk/Run📅 November 7, 2026

Join us as we honor the life and legacy of Kay Southern while raising funds to support individuals experiencing homelessness in Northeast Louisiana.

Your sponsorship helps provide meals, showers, laundry access, social support, case management, mentorship, and other essential services that help people move toward stability and self-sufficiency.

💎 Platinum Sponsor – $5,000• Logo featured on event T-shirt• Recognition on printed promotional materials• Featured in social media promotions• Mention in media interviews• 5 complimentary race registrations

💎 Diamond Sponsor – $2,500• Name on event T-shirt• Mentions in media interviews• Recognition in social media posts• 4 complimentary race registrations

⭐ Gold Sponsor – $1,000• Name on event T-shirt• Recognition in social media posts• 3 complimentary race registrations

🏅 Silver Sponsor – $500• Name on event T-shirt• 2 complimentary race registrations

🏆 Champion Sponsor – $250• Name on event T-shirt• 1 complimentary race registration

Every sponsorship makes a difference and helps restore hope in our community.

📞 Summer Shipley: 318-535-5302📧 [email protected]🌐 www.renewalcenternela.org

📅 Sponsorship Commitment Deadline: September 1, 2026

Please like, share, and tag a business, church, or organization that might be interested in becoming a sponsor. Together, we can restore hope and transform lives throughout Northeast Louisiana

06/06/2026

💙 We are so grateful for each and every donor who supports our mission. Your generosity is changing lives and helping people in our community find hope, stability, and a path forward. Thank you for making this work possible!

👇 Donation links are in the comments. 💙

06/06/2026

💙 A Real Story of Hope 💙

"My first night in my apartment, I just couldn't stop smiling!"

I was so happy that I just couldn't stop smiling. I went to bed smiling and woke up smiling even though I was here by myself. My apartment is completely empty but that's fine, it's so much better than trying to figure out where I'm going to sleep so I can avoid another trespassing charge."

For years, this individual lived with untreated schizophrenia, PTSD, and depression. Mental health challenges prevented access to emergency shelter and made daily life overwhelming.

"I don't understand why everyone is so afraid of me. It's probably my facial expressions or my body movements, and I must look scary. But it's just me, and I'm not dangerous. I'm the one that is usually afraid of everything."

When we first met him, he was homeless, without health insurance, an ID card, a Social Security card, or any source of income. He was struggling with partially amputated feet and had even been permanently banned from the city bus system due to behaviors related to untreated mental illness.

Today, his story looks very different.

✅ Housed in his own apartment
✅ Receiving treatment and participating in therapy
✅ Health insurance obtained
✅ ID card and Social Security card replaced
✅ Income established
✅ Scheduled to see a podiatrist next week for ongoing foot care
✅ Transportation provided through a bicycle generously donated by "The Knights of Columbus"

This is what homelessness often looks like. It isn't laziness. It isn't a lack of desire to do better. Sometimes it's untreated mental illness, trauma, missing documents, lack of transportation, health problems, and a system that can be difficult to navigate alone.

What changed?

Someone took the time to see the person behind the circumstances.

Thank you to every donor, volunteer, partner, and supporter who makes stories like this possible. Because of you, people are finding stability, healing, and hope.

❤️ Homelessness is temporary. Human dignity is permanent.
❤️ Every person deserves the opportunity to move forward.
❤️ Every success story begins with someone who cares.

06/06/2026

💙 We are so grateful for each and every donor who supports our mission. Your generosity is changing lives and helping people in our community find hope, stability, and a path forward. Thank you for making this work possible!

👇 Donation links are in the comments. 💙