Sleep Out 4 Shelter is an event organized by Keys to Change. The goal of Sleep Out 4 Shelter is to challenge our community to spend one night out of their comfort zone to raise awareness and funds so we can help people who are experiencing homelessness have a comfortable place to call home. While we can never recreate the real-life experience of what it means to be truly homeless, we hope you will join us by sleeping outside of your comfort zone for one night in November. We hope to unite the community to focus on how we can see a functional end to homelessness in our area.

Be sure to post your photos on social media and share them with us.  Tag us and use #sleepoutsville on the night you choose to Sleep Out!

• Register with the link below
• Join us on any night in November that you’d like to Sleep Outside your comfort zone
• Plan to raise funds for each hour you sleep out
• Begin to ask for monetary donations. We encourage participants to start with nothing to bring to their sleeping bag and set a personal goal that they can get an item to the Sleep for each dollar amount they raise. An Example below is:
  • $5: Blanket
  • $10: Pillow
  • $25: Pajamas/Jacket
  • $50: Flashlight
  • $100: Water & Snacks
  • $150: Tent
  • $200: Air Mattress
• Sleep Out 4 Shelter and share your experience and “sleep out selfie” on social media with friends & family
  • Please use the following hashtags: #KeystoChangeSleepOut #SleepOut4Shelter #SleepOutSville
• Within 30 days of your event, return your donations to Keys to Change. Donations can be mailed to: PO Box 2994, Summerville, SC 29484

• Over half a million people are homeless.
• One quarter of homeless people are children.
• Over 39,000 Veterans are experiencing homelessness across the country.
• In the Lowcountry, 30% of people experiencing homelessness are Veterans.
• Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness among women.
• One in five homeless people suffers from untreated severe mental illness.
• Some cities are increasingly making being homeless a crime.
• In the last two years estimates say there are 500 persons in the Lowcountry experiencing homelessness on any given night.

At Keys to Change our mission is to provide a safe environment, support services, and an avenue to independence for those in a housing crisis.

Keys to Change is challenging participants to raise funds for and awareness of the homeless in our community. Funds will be used to provide a comfortable place for those in need.