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Winter Shelter Hosts Needed

Winter Shelter Hosts Needed

Congregational Shelter Hosts Create Spaces of Life Saving Shelter I am getting so excited about a new season of Winter Shelter for our guests. This...

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Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Community Engagement staff give sustainability and support So, you’ve heard about RITI’s three shelter programs - Congregational Shelter, Family...

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Children in the Inn

Children in the Inn

CITI Camp Finally at Home! For twelve years, RITI has sheltered people experiencing homelessness in Memphis, and children have always been among the...

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Recuperative Care Center

Recuperative Care Center

Welcome to RITI's Recuperative Care Center! Have you ever wondered what happens to someone experiencing homelessness who is released from the...

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Affordable Housing?

Affordable Housing?

The only solution to homelessness is housing. View the presentation to learn more about the issues RITI guests face with locating and sustaining...

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Volunteer Appreciation Month

Volunteer Appreciation Month

We Love Volunteers! A note from our Volunteer Coordinator and highlights from April's INN SIGHT newsletter. April is Volunteer Appreciation Month,...

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Social Work as Advocacy

Social Work as Advocacy

Social Workers Appreciation MonthHighlights from RITI's Monthly Newsletter INN SIGHT March is Social Work Month, and we are celebrating the hard...

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Donor Appreciation

Donor Appreciation

Will You Be Our Valentine? Month of Love brings appreciation for RITI Donors Roses are red,Violets are blue,Giving is sweet,And so are you! During...

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Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

Happy Holidays from Room in the Inn - Memphis! As we enter this season, many of us start to think about being home for the holidays. Now more than...

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Give Well, Give Forward

Give Well, Give Forward

Lessons on Giving, From Our Creative DirectorHighlights from RITI's Monthly "INN SIGHT" I’d like to pause during this busy time of year to say thank...

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Light, Love, Shelter

Light, Love, Shelter

13 Years of #LIGHTLOVESHELTERHighlights from RITI's November INN SIGHT November means the start of our 13th RITI Winter Shelter Season. This year,...

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Housing Stabilization

Housing Stabilization

  Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, RITI is delighted to introduce the Housing Stabilization project. Kathleen...

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CITI Camp

CITI Camp

Highlights from RITI's September INN SIGHT Since moving into our own new home at 409 Ayers Street earlier this year, RITI has celebrated with a...

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Volunteer at RITI’s New Campus

Volunteer at RITI’s New Campus

Volunteer at RITI's New Home! On April 19, we joined the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, the City of Memphis, and Shelby County in cutting the...

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Room in the Inn Finds a Home

Room in the Inn Finds a Home

Happy Epiphany - When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! Dear Friends, I am very excited to share this brief 3 1/2 minute video with you!...

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Our Finest Gifts We Bring

Our Finest Gifts We Bring

What Gifts Do YOU Bring? Dear Friends, “Our finest gifts we bring to lay before the King.” As you may know, these are lyrics from The Little Drummer...

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Recuperative Care Center to Open

Recuperative Care Center to Open

Memphis to become home to Mid-South’s first recuperative care center for the homeless Have you ever wondered what happens to someone experiencing...

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Navigating COVID-19

Navigating COVID-19

Like everyone, the RITI team has navigated a number of transitions since the COVID19 pandemic began. In March, we ended our winter shelter season...

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PRESS RELEASE: Empty to Enough

PRESS RELEASE: Empty to Enough

For Immediate Release RITI Memphis mobilizes to meet need for shelter this winterRITI invites local faith communities to join the host network as...

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

A Message from our Executive Director Dear friends,It is important that we all acknowledge the local and national efforts to oppose racism, white...

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Celebrating Interns

Celebrating Interns

Congratulations to our RITI Interns on their graduations! Celeste Rivers, MSWCeleste graduated from Union University’s School of Social Work on May...

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Hospitality in Every Place

Hospitality in Every Place

A Message from our Executive Director The mission of Room in the Inn-Memphis is to serve those experiencing homelessness in a safe environment of...

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Re-Centering, Yoga and RITI

Re-Centering, Yoga and RITI

Volunteer and instructor Laurie Kay shares her experiences and hopes for a safe yoga experience for our guests. Pictured above students from...

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IMPORTANT UPDATES: COVID-19

IMPORTANT UPDATES: COVID-19

IMPORTANT UPDATES CONCERNING ROOM IN THE INN SEASON Our guests and volunteers are our priority, especially during times where extra safety...

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New Year, New Opportunities

New Year, New Opportunities

Celebrating RITI's 10th Anniversary Season (November 2019- March 2020) Dear Friends,Join me in celebrating an important milestone for Room in the...

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100 Nights

100 Nights

Tonight marks the 100th night of our 2018-2019 Winter Shelter Season. We could not do this work without the power and love of the volunteers. We've...

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Month of Making Room

Month of Making Room

Join us throughout the Month of October as we celebrate a "Month of Making Room" and kick off our annual campaign for INNKEEPERS - our monthly...

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RITI Sunday

RITI Sunday

Room in the Inn - Memphis empowers faith communities to shelter and share meals with those experiencing homelessness. With the help of the city-wide...

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Season 9 Begins

Season 9 Begins

RITI Memphis Begins 9th Season November is almost here, and the Inn Crowd is busy preparing spaces of Holy Hospitality throughout the Greater...

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Responding to the Call

Responding to the Call

Will you answer? Room in the Inn - Memphis receives a lot of calls on a daily basis:check-in calls from our churches and volunteers,hopeful referral...

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Tis the Season

Tis the Season

Memphis "Inn Crowd" Begins 8th Season with 35 Host Congregations Seven years ago a tiny congregation, Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church,...

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Carpenter’s House

Carpenter’s House

February Updates Can you believe there is only a month left in the season? Currently the Inn Crowd spans 25 congregations across 8 denominations and...

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Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday

As RITI-Memphis grows, so do opportunities for giving Each Week in Memphis:27 Congregations7 Nights240 Meals and Beds Six years ago a tiny...

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Gwen’s Story

Gwen’s Story

On June 7th, 2012, Gwen Jackson was found murdered on the steps of a church. Reverend Lisa Anderson, Pastor of Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian...

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