This Is Reno is partnering with the Reno Initiative for Shelter and Equality for 2023’s Giving Tuesday fundraising campaign.

“For every new $100 subscription to This Is Reno, 30% will be donated to RISE to help support the OUR Place emergency shelter for women and families,” This Is Reno’s Bob Conrad said. “OUR Place is one of many local efforts to help those in need, and we are grateful to partner with RISE this year.”

RISE is peer-driven, according to the nonprofit’s Executive Director, Ben Castro. “Through almost a decade of working with our neighbors who live outside, we have found that they are capable, resourceful, creative and resilient people.”

“Life is about living, not just surviving, and we recognize that when individuals are trusted and invested in, they thrive,” Castro added.

RISE’s OUR Place shelter is operated in partnership with Washoe County. It is a low-barrier emergency shelter designed to provide a warm, safe, home-like environment where guests feel welcomed and wanted.  

“This approach is meant to remove the stigma of poverty and provide a conducive space for healing and growth,” Castro added. 

Support for journalism also important

News outlets are shrinking and dying every day in America, and research has shown that when that happens, politicians and local governments engage in more corruption because they know community members are not informed of their activities. 

“This Is Reno is one of the only local news media outlets consistently reporting on most all school board, county commission and Reno City Council meetings,” Conrad added. “Reader support is the only way for local journalism not only to be sustained but also independent. Paying subscribers get access to all of our original reporting and help reduce reliance on advertising.”

New subscribers can support both efforts by signing up here: https://thisisreno.com/rise/