The Reno Initiative for Shelter and Equality

07/22/2026

🎉 Our Raffle is LIVE! 🎉

Support local families in recovery while entering to win some incredible prizes from amazing businesses across Northern Nevada! 💙

From family adventures and wellness experiences to local restaurants, shopping, and more, there's something for everyone—and every ticket purchased helps make a difference.

💙 Every dollar raised supports the CrossRoads Families program, helping provide family enrichment activities, wellness resources, and essential items for parents and children. Funds help cover everything from museum passes and family experiences to diapers, car seats, children's clothing, hygiene supplies, school supplies, and other essentials that help families build healthy, stable lives in recovery.

🎟 Two ways to enter:
✨ Purchase tickets now using the link here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/crossroads-families-raffle-fundraiser
✨ Or join us on Saturday, August 1, from 11:00 AM–2:00 PM at Lazy 5 Regional Park to purchase tickets in person and browse all of the raffle baskets!

A huge thank you to the many local businesses who generously donated these amazing prizes—we couldn't do this without your support. ❤️

Thank you for supporting your neighbors on their journeys toward recovery and wellness.

RAFFLE BASKETS (SELECTED AT CHECKOUT):🚜 Family Fall Adventure: 4 Admission Passes to Andelin Family Farms + 4 Railroad Tickets to Virginia City Railroad⛳…

07/06/2026

Our street outreach program doesn’t have funding for the most crucial aspect: basic living supplies! We’re talking hygiene supplies, electrolyte packets, snacks, water, socks, first aid kits, and more. We’re raising funds for these things by hosting a grand ole event ✨✨✨ we rely on collective action to make sure our neighbors have the things they need to make it day to day. Wanna be a part of that collective support? 👇👇👇

Come out to Filthy McNasty’s this Saturday, July 11th. Every single dollar raised from the drink special and raffles goes directly toward buying these vital supplies that our neighbors need.

Where: Filthy McNasty’s
When: Saturday, July 11th 3-10pm
The Fun: Raffles + Food Truck + Drink Specials
Let’s bridge the gap together. See you there! 🖤

03/11/2026

We’re deeply grateful for the trust our partners, colleagues, and community members have placed in us and look forward to continuing this work together!

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03/09/2026

We’re so excited to have received the Reno Aces Foundation grant in support of our Families CrossRoads program! These funds go directly to supporting the parents and children in our program through the purchase of supplies such as new car seats, boosters, apartment unit upgrades, and family meal supplies 🤍 thank you for having us at Fan Fest this weekend and for choosing us to receive these funds ! We’re so excited to keep collaborating!

12/02/2025

This Giving Tuesday, you can make a life-changing impact in three simple ways:
🧡 Purchase an item from our Amazon Wishlist (link in bio)
💙 Give directly to support our programs (link also in bio)
💛 Donate needed items for our shelter and families (DM us!)

Your support helps keep our Good Neighbors Warming Shelter open for neighbors with nowhere else to go and strengthens our CrossRoads Families program, where parents in recovery can heal without being separated from their children.

Together, we prevent family separation, break cycles of trauma, and offer warmth, safety, and hope.

Give today. Healing is stronger together.

11/18/2025

THANK YOU for hosting RISE at this month’s Drag Bingo fundraiser!! We raised $1,100 for our CrossRoads Families program, meaning that your donations will help keep our families fed and given all the basic living supplies they need: toiletries, baby and children supplies, clothing, cleaning supplies, school supplies, etc.

And huge shout out to .coxx.x for making all of us almost p*e ourselves from laughing so hard. You’re both brilliant and amazing ✨✨✨

11/13/2025

We’ll be at Sat & Sun! We’ll have a raffle goin’, $1/ticket and one big basket of goodies as the grand prize. First 15 people to buy 10 tickets or more get a voucher for a FREE In & Out burger and/or a voucher for FREE frozen yogurt 🍔🍦 proceeds go to supporting our street outreach program for the winter season. Come support local vendors and musicians!

06/02/2025

We are incredibly grateful to partner with the Washoe County Human Services Agency and the WOARF Community Reinvestment Team to launch CrossRoads Families! Drawing from our experience operating the OUR Place Family Homes, the Women and Children’s CrossRoads program, and the Men’s CrossRoads program, we’re excited to provide comprehensive, recovery-supportive services that keep families together. We believe this approach will greatly enhance their chances of achieving lasting health, stability, and happiness.

A heartfelt thank you to all of our partners and the community members whose support helped make this vision a reality!