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 to unite the community to focus on how we can see a functional end to homelessness in our area.

• Complete the Sleep Out 4 Shelter Google Form: https://forms.gle/smSMc8L19frebVkm6
• Pick ANY night during November 2024 to Sleep Out 4 Shelter.
• Choose the location to Sleep Out (examples: outside, garage floor, living room floor, school gym, office, church, or your friend’s couch)
• Set your fundraising goal.
• Begin to ask for monetary donations. We encourage participants to start with nothing to bring to their Sleep 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: #SleepOut4Shelter #Hope4thehomeless
• 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.