Love Builds Up
A Home
Mission: Serve as an interfaith organization dedicated to bringing the community together to end homelessness, one life at a time.
Population Served: People experiencing homelessness in Mecklenburg County
History: In 2019, Urban Ministry Center and Men’s Shelter of Charlotte merged into one comprehensive service provider to form Roof Above.
Approach: The continuum of services covers everything from street outreach, basic services (mail, showers, laundry) and a year-round soup kitchen, two shelters for men, Room in the Inn, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing programs. In addition, Roof Above offers a substance abuse program that offers transitional housing to men in recovery.
How Love Builds Up
Looking for a way to make a meaningful impact in our community? Our friends at Roof Above, a nonprofit serving individuals experiencing homelessness, is in need of volunteers! Whether you’re an individual, part of a group, or prefer to help remotely, there are opportunities for everyone to get involved. From serving meals and assisting in shelters, to organizing donations and supporting offsite initiatives, your time and efforts will make a big difference.
To learn more about these opportunities and how to get involved, please view their Volunteer Opportunities or contact Christine Delia
You may also contact MPPC lay leaders Doug Faris and Steve Garrett.
We become neighbors when we are willing to cross the road for one another. There is a lot of road crossing to do. We are all very busy in our own circles. We have our own people to go to and our own affairs to take care of. But if we could cross the road once in a while and pay attention to what is happening on the other side, we might indeed become neighbors.
About: Room in the Inn is a program within Roof Above where colleges, congregations of faith, and other organizations open their facilities to provide shelter and food for people experiencing homelessness every Thursday night during the winter months, December 1 – March 31.
The MPPC Outreach Center is one site that offers a warm, safe place to sleep, serves three meals (dinner, breakfast and bag lunch) and then returns guests the following morning to uptown Charlotte. The program offers a unique way for people of faith to become directly involved with individuals experiencing homelessness. In addition to offering a warm place for our neighbors on cold winter nights, we offer a loving relationship between people experiencing homelessness and members of the host group.
We need you to make Room in the Inn happen! Sign up below to serve as a driver, bed maker, overnight host, or dinner and/or breakfast maker.
We need you to make Room in the Inn happen! Sign up below to serve as a driver, bed maker, overnight host, or breakfast maker.