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  • 2024 RUF Summer Camp Appeal logo
  • Picture the joy on a child’s face as they board a bus headed for summer camp – the excitement, the anticipation, the endless possibilities that lie ahead. For many children across Houston, this experience is a cherished memory full of new friendships and valuable life lessons.

    But for children from families facing financial hardship, summer camp isn’t even a blip on their radar. In Houston alone, over 86,000 children are on the edge of homelessness annually, their dreams of attending camp fading away before they even have a chance to begin.
  • $8,313

    raised of $12,000 goal
    supporters
  • CLOSED
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In Support of RaiseUp Families
RaiseUp Families stabilizes parents from vulnerable communities who face unexpected financial crises so their children can focus on their education, giving them the opportunity for a better life. These families live paycheck to paycheck and have fallen behind in rent due to an unexpected financial crisis. 
 
Our mission is to stabilize families in their homes before an eviction occurs, then provide them with skills and resources to become self-sufficient so their children can focus on their education, giving them the opportunity for a better life. Established in 1994 as Westside Homeless Prevention (and later known as Westside Homeless Partnership), RUF’s founders completed 2 years of research on how best to create life-long stability. 
YOUR GIFT MATTERS

$847

Covers a weeklong life-changing experience for one child

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$363

Gives three nights of camp for one child

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$121

Purchases essential camper packing supplies

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$75

Provides an entire week of clothes for one child

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$45

Purchases two children one piece of luggage each

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$150

The essentials for one camper! 1 sleeping bag 2 quick dry beach towels 2 bathing suits Nalgene water bottle Slip-on water shoes

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$25

Gives a sheet set, pillow, and blanket or sleeping bag to one child

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