20,000 Nights Of Shelter Challenge

For 20 years, Interfaith Sanctuary has been bringing shelter, compassion, and hope to our unhoused neighbors.

On December 5, 2005, we opened the doors of our first church to provide our first night of shelter - the beginning of what would become a two-year, seasonal program rotating among faith communities.

In 2007, we purchased our 10,000-square-foot shelter and opened year-round. Each night, guests were welcomed at 6 p.m., offered a warm meal, and given a safe place to rest.

By 2015, we began to imagine shelter in a new way, creating daytime programming to support families with children and guests struggling with mental health and addiction. When we saw the positive impact of this deeper level of care, we kept expanding. We built work programs, launched Word on the Street, created the Homeless Art Collective, opened early education for our littles, and built a Food Service Training Program to open new doors of opportunity.

In 2020, when COVID hit, we had to reimagine shelter once again. To protect lives, we created the Hotel Shelter, a safe haven for families and our most medically fragile guests.

Now, in our 20th year, we are ready to reimagine shelter in an extraordinary way - with our new 42,500-square-foot Reimagined Shelter Home on State Street.

This holiday season, help us move all of the hope we’ve built into the new year ahead. When you sponsor nights of shelter, your gift will lift the work we’re doing now and help carry it forward into this next chapter.

Our goal is to raise 20,000 nights of shelter - supporting our guests where they are today and helping them take the next step toward their new home in the new year.

What better way to celebrate the season than by helping us begin this next chapter.?Join us in celebrating 20 years of Interfaith Sanctuary and help us move hope home.