Safe Tonight Shelter

10/29/2026

Safe Tonight Shelter opens its doors November 16th!

We are so excited to be getting ready for this season, and so many of you have asked, "How can I get involved?" Here's how.

We've set up sign-up sheets for:
🍽️ Dinners for our guests
📦 Supplies
🥘 Ready-made foods

Sign up here:

Kids Empowered On The Move (KEOTM) is once again supporting the Safe Tonight Shelter pop-up winter shelter by coordinating dinners, supplies, and community volunteers! Safe Tonight Shelter provides a safe, warm place for women and children experiencing homelessness in Oakland County. The shelter hel...

10/23/2026

Here’s a full explanation of emergency housing assistance and the Oakland Connects program. Check out this video to learn more about how the program works and the resources available to individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis.
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10/21/2026

You deserve support, safety, and a space to explore your next steps.

Our 12-week Domestic Violence Workshop offers a confidential, supportive place to connect, learn, and build on your strengths. Guest speakers will include therapists, survivors, and coaches.

If you’ve experienced domestic violence, you’re welcome to register. If someone you care about may benefit, please share this flyer and encourage them to reach out.

All meeting details, including location and dates, will be shared privately after registering.

10/16/2026

🛏️ We’re just weeks away from setting up the beds and preparing to welcome women and children into Safe Tonight Shelter for the winter!

We’ve created an Amazon Wish List filled with supplies to help us create a clean, safe, and welcoming space for every family who walks through our doors.

Here’s how you can help: 🛒 Purchase an item from our Amazon Wish List. 📣 Share this post with your friends, family, and community. ❤️ Help us spread the word and make a difference for women and children facing housing insecurity this winter.

Will you help us get these beds ready? Together, we can make sure no woman or child has to face a cold winter night without a safe place to stay.

🛍️ Shop our Amazon Wish List here:

10/05/2026

Urgent food need!

10/01/2026

THIS IS IT. Tonight's the night!

Safe Tonight, Home Tomorrow
Tonight at 6 PM | The Crofoot, 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac
Come early!

In two focused hours, leaders and advocates are coming together to fuel the critical operations that ensure families find safety tonight and stability tomorrow.

What you're walking into:
• Strolling hors d'oeuvres and dinner, cash bar
• Carolyn Clifford as our MC
• Karen Lippowiths' "Extended Stay" installation, a firsthand look at families living long term in extended-stay hotels right here in our county
• Guest speakers including Carolyn Clifford, Karen Lippowiths, Kenneth Briggs, Senator Rosemary Bayer, State Representative Brenda Carter, Senator Jeremy Moss, and Pontiac's greatest mayor of all time, Mike McGuinness, just to name a few

Free parking in the lot across the street. Just pull up and one of our attendants will let you in. Dress is business casual.

Tickets and donations: givebutter.com/safe-tonight-home-tomorrow

Photos: Karen Lippowiths, "Extended Stay"

09/27/2026

156 and 58. Remember those two numbers. Last winter, 156 guests found a warm bed, hot meals, and a locked door at Safe Tonight Shelter. And 58 of them walked out of our shelter and into transitional housing. That's not charity. That's a bridge. On October 1, help us build a longer one: https://givebutter.com/safe-tonight-home-tomorrow
📷 Karen Lippowiths, from "Extended Stay"

09/26/2026

Five days out! Here's something new.

Karen McCann Lippowiths, the documentary photographer behind the exhibit at Safe Tonight, Home Tomorrow, has released a limited edition collection of prints from her Extended Stay project. These are the faces and rooms of families living long term in motels across Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and beyond. A boy peeking through a Red Roof Inn window in Southfield. A Fourth of July "staycation" at the Rodeway Inn in Auburn Hills. A man in Detroit searching for his ID five months after being forced out of the Leland Hotel.

Every print is signed, framed, and numbered. Proceeds through October 1 support Safe Tonight Shelter and Kids Empowered on the Move.

A few things worth knowing:
Buy now through October 1. Pick up at the event, or have it shipped after.
You do not have to attend to purchase.
Take it home, or donate it for display at The Collective, where you'll be recognized as the sponsor.
Two sizes: 14x8 (edition of 15, $375 suggested minimum) and 30x17 (edition of 5, $2,500 suggested minimum). 100% of the large print proceeds go to Safe Tonight, Home Tomorrow.

Browse and purchase here: https://karenlippowiths.com/safe-tonight

Event tickets and donations: https://givebutter.com/safe-tonight-home-tomorrow

Thursday, October 1, 6 PM at The Crofoot, 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac. See you there!!
Photo: Karen Lippowiths

09/25/2026

Meet the artist behind the evening. Award-winning documentary photographer Karen Lippowiths has spent years documenting families living long term in extended-stay hotels for her project "Extended Stay." On October 1, her immersive, multi-part installation comes to The Crofoot for Safe Tonight, Home Tomorrow. You won't just hear about the need. You'll see it. 🎟️ https://givebutter.com/safe-tonight-home-tomorrow | karenlippowiths.com