ReLAUNCH IS LAUNCHING! Please consider a one-time or recurring donation.

NEW UPDATE (11/26/25): If you would rather purchase something from our cold weather wish list on Amazon, you can click here.

NEW UPDATE: We are opening a seasonal shelter at the Salvation Army, 409 Broadway, Knoxville. This new opportunity has accelerated our need for start-up funding to get online as soon as possible (no later than December 1, 2025). We will be open each night through February 28, 2026. A bit thank you to Salvation Army for renting us this space!

We have been awarded a $475,000 contract with the Office of Housing Stability (OHS) to provide 24/7/365 day space and shelter support, where our unhoused individuals, who wander the streets of Knoxville, have a dedicated place to meet their basic needs and access critical resources. Further, to help ensure Knoxville remains a vibrant community with boundless economic opportunities.

Our mission aims to achieve both goals at once as we focus on:

ReLAUNCHING BACK INTO SOCIETY: To flourish, it's essential to begin by surviving and achieving a sense of stability. We want to help restore dignity and stability for our unhoused neighbors by providing food, water, restrooms, showers, hygiene products, basic first aid, and, most importantly, to be welcomed with kindness. We have partnered with numerous agencies to act as a resource command center for social services to support individuals experiencing homelessness comprehensively and materially.
COMMUNITY IMPACT: Knoxville is a hotspot for economic opportunities and tourism. The inherent challenges of performing basic, private life-sustaining activities in public spaces due to a lack of shelter lead to public health issues, safety concerns, and economic burdens for the broader community. We believe that by providing these wrap-around services, we can reduce the nuisances in our city caused by homelessness.

STATEMENT OF NEED

ReLAUNCH is requesting two phases of funding:

Phase I - $125,000 URGENTLY NEEDED NOW!!

Due to the new seasonal shelter opportunity and the OHS reimbursement cycle, we need to raise enough capital to bankroll start-up costs, including one-time expenses and recurring operating expenses. This need is urgent to launch our program, and any amount helps.

The proceeds received from this fundraising campaign support both start-up costs ($125,000 as well as position us to launch our capital campaign to further our greater mission of adding more homeless shelter beds.

Phase II - $275,000

We are seeking financial support to cover vital fundraising efforts as well as capital to launch our revenue-generating activities, so that ReLAUNCH will one day be self-sufficient.

ReLAUNCH is about ReBUILDING! So it makes sense that our sustainability model is to find a location to set up a used hardware supply store. Where folks can donate surplus construction supplies, which we can then sell for revenue to fund our programs. What better way to offload leftover construction items sitting in your garage than by donating them for an in-kind donation?

Phase III - TBD - OUR ULTIMATE GOAL: HOMELESS SHELTER: With our current housing crunch in Knoxville, Homeless Shelter are vital in ending Street Homelessness in Knoxville, TN!!! - Have a place? Know of a place, let us know! At this point, information for potential locations is as valuable as dollars in our pocket!

Please consider a one-time or recurring donation.

We are also looking for business owners who may be interested in a donation-in-kind of donated space (for a period of time, while we launch our business sustainability.

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ReLAUNCH Under the Bridge

If we ALL do a LITTLE, THAT IS A LOT!

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