City with Dwellings: A Community First Initiative

06/13/2026

The 2026 Cook Medical Beat the Heat 5K is almost here! Join us on Saturday, July 18 for an evening of fun, community, and healthy activity—all while supporting stable housing for our neighbors.

You can walk, run, or simply fundraise. Raise $200 or more and your registration fee is fully refunded!

📍 Winston‑Salem Fairgrounds
🗓 Saturday, July 18
Register here: https://runsignup.com/Race/BeattheHeat5K/Page/Become-a-Fundraiser

Whether you’re participating or sharing the link with friends, every step helps our neighbors move toward stability.

06/09/2026

If you’re heading out for groceries this week, we’d love your help! ☕💛

Bulk ground coffee and creamer are some of the most meaningful (and most used!) donations at our Community First Center. Sharing a cup of coffee is often how trust, care, and connection begin with our neighbors.

Donations can be dropped off at:
📍 City with Dwellings, 502 N. Broad St.
🕘 Monday–Thursday, 9:30–11:30 AM

Questions? Email [email protected]. Thank you for helping us support our community!

06/02/2026

Come. Sit with us. Be counted.

City with Dwellings will join more than 30 community partners at the Forsyth County IAF Founding Assembly on Sunday, June 14 — and we’re bringing 50+ supporters with us. We’d love for you to be one of them.

Your presence shows our leaders that our community believes in investing in housing stability for our neighbors.

📅 Sunday, June 14, 2026
🕓 4–6 PM (arrive by 3:30 PM)
📍 Emmanuel Baptist Church, Winston-Salem

👉 Register: https://forms.monday.com/forms/8796fbc705314721d286e09db6044779?r=use1

06/01/2026

As we reach the midpoint of the year, it’s a wonderful moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the work happening here at City With Dwellings.

Summer is a season of renewed energy in our community, and whether you’re hoping to get more involved, support our mission, or learn what our team is focused on right now, we’re grateful to have you with us. Your compassion and willingness to show up make a real difference for our unsheltered neighbors.

If you’d like to volunteer, make a donation, or explore ways to support our outreach and housing stability efforts, you can visit our Get Involved page here: https://www.citywithdwellings.org/get-involved/

As always, we’re here if you have any questions. Wishing you a meaningful and joy-filled summer from all of us at City With Dwellings.

05/29/2026

🌞 Summer Reads That Inspire Action

We’re kicking off our reading series with *There Is No Place for Us* by Brian Goldstone — an eye‑opening look at America’s working homeless and the realities of housing instability.

Summer is often a season that brings renewed interest in reading. Whether a good book for a vacation trip, or shorter articles for sitting on the porch, we will be sharing reads that our staff find important to a deeper understanding of homelessness.

Add There is No Place For Us to your reading list this season:
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism e...

05/28/2026

Meet the newest member of our team, Ashley Sutton!

Ashley came to City with Dwellings a few months ago, and he has already become a familiar, steady presence for the neighbors who walk through our doors and a grounding part of our team.

As a Community Care Navigator, he helps guests navigate the practical steps that can feel overwhelming when you're in the middle of a crisis: obtaining vital documents, applying for jobs, and working through the systems that stand between someone and stability. But he'll be the first to tell you that some of the most important work he does is simply sitting with a neighbor and listening. Ashley believes something that guides everything he does: the people we serve are just regular people too.

When he's not at the Community First Center, you might find Ashley cooking out with friends, out on the water kayaking, working through a crossword puzzle, or watching birds. We're so glad he's here.

05/26/2026

🏃‍♀️🏃 Beat the Heat 5K is almost here!

City with Dwellings is proud to be a Charity Partner for the 2026 Cook Medical Beat the Heat 5K on July 18. Walk, run, or fundraise — every step helps neighbors move toward stable housing.

Raise $200 or more and your race registration fee is fully refunded!

Register or become a fundraiser:
https://runsignup.com/Race/BeattheHeat5K/Page/Become-a-Fundraiser

05/25/2026

Charlie walked into our resource day center carrying something heavier than paperwork. He had a letter. An eviction notice. A court date. And a problem that wasn’t his fault.

Assistant Director Lea Thullbury shares what walking alongside someone looks like.

Read more on our blog, The Hive. Citywithdwellings.org/the-hive/
Or head to our profile for links.

05/19/2026

Every person deserves a place to call home. At City with Dwellings, we walk alongside people experiencing homelessness and housing instability, helping them move toward a place to call home.

And we can’t do it without volunteers like you.  

Join us for Volunteer Orientation on Tuesday, May 26th, from 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM at City with Dwellings.  

Before you attend, you’ll need to fill out our Volunteer Interest Survey. It only takes a few minutes, and it’s your first step toward making a real difference.  

Scan the QR code or visit our website to complete your inquiry today.   We’d love to see you there. Together, we can help someone find their way home.

05/13/2026

On May 6th, the current Leadership Winston-Salem Flagship class began their Social Services Day at City with Dwellings. This caring group of leaders learned about the adverse effects of childhood trauma from Tanya Blackford, Director of Western NC Partnerships & Faculty at Crossnore Communities for Children. It set the stage for a day of learning across our social services partners in Forsyth County.
Thank you to Tanya and our friends at Leadership Winston-Salem for starting your day with us.