News & Updates

November marks Michigan’s annual Homelessness Awareness Month (HAM), a statewide effort observed for over two decades to raise awareness about housing insecurity and homelessness. RATI’s HAM 2025 theme is Housing for Healthy Communities – Strengthening the Safety Net, recognizing the connection between affordable housing and other social determinants of health. Read more about sponsoring HAM 2025 […]

Room at the Inn is excited to announce that we have received a $100,000 matching grant from the M.E. Davenport Foundation! For the next year, every monetary donation will be matched dollar for dollar — doubling your impact for our neighbors in need. Give now: roomattheinn.org/donate/ OR givebutter.com/4Lju6r We’re incredibly grateful to the M.E. Davenport

Room at the Inn is inviting the public to attend our September board meeting for an update on housing and homelessness in Marquette County. The public board meeting will be held on Thursday, September 18th, 2025 from 6pm to 8pm at the Peter White Public Library (217 N. Front St.), in the Community Room. Register

Throughout April and May 2025, Room at the Inn invited the community to celebrate the 90th birthday of our Founder, Helen McCormick, with a birthday card fundraising campaign. Read more about Helen and the founding of RATI here.  Thanks to our supporters, we’ve already raised $1,460 — and we’re just getting started! To continue celebrating

Join us in celebrating Room at the Inn Founder Helen McCormick’s 90th birthday during the month of April. You can support us in honoring Helen’s legacy by making a donation to sign her HUGE birthday card from our community to show our commitment to her vision. The larger your donation, the larger your name, note,

We, the undersigned organizations committed to addressing homelessness in our community, are deeply saddened and shaken by the tragic loss of two young lives in Detroit this week. The death of these children is a reminder of the urgent and life-threatening circumstances faced by individuals and families experiencing homelessness, particularly in the harsh winter months.

Room at the Inn is looking for volunteers for our annual Point in Time Count! The Point in Time Count will take place January 29th, time TBD – meeting at the Catholic Social Services Building (347 Rock Street). The event is tentatively scheduled to begin between 9pm and midnight. Volunteers will be placed on a

Room at the Inn has opened a two-unit emergency shelter designed to serve families with children in need of immediate housing. The shelter is the first in the region to specifically serve families with children, who are not fleeing domestic violence. As of November 27, 2024, the shelter has already provided emergency shelter to two