Raleigh's Place

No one should navigate foster care alone.

Raleigh’s Place surrounds children and families navigating foster care with Christ-centered support—from childhood into adulthood.

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Foster care affects more than where a child lives.

For children and families navigating foster care, the challenges rarely end with a placement.
Children need safe relationships and a place to belong. Families need a community that will
help them keep saying yes. Young adults need support as they build a life of their own.

Children need belonging.

Foster care can bring profound change and uncertainty. Consistent relationships and safe
community remind children that they are known, valued, and loved.

Families need support.

Foster, adoptive, and kinship families carry both the joy and the weight of caring for
vulnerable children. Practical help and genuine community can make a lasting difference.

Young adults need a foundation.

Leaving foster care without a healthy family safety net makes the transition into adulthood
especially difficult. Stable relationships and practical support matter.

We believe the Church can step into those gaps.

Raleigh’s Place exists to surround children and families with practical support,
lasting relationships, and the hope of Jesus Christ.

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Support for the foster care journey—from childhood into adulthood.

Raleigh’s Place serves children, families, and young adults through four interconnected ministries.

Strengthen the Family

Partner Homes

Foster, adoptive, and kinship families should not have to walk alone. Partner Homes provides practical resources, encouragement, training, community, and opportunities for families to build meaningful relationships with others who understand the journey.

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Encourage the Child

Camp 1:27

Camp 1:27 is a free Christ-centered summer camp where children connected to foster care experience adventure, friendship, caring mentors, and the Gospel in a place designed to help them feel safe, valued, and included.

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Equip the Young Adult

Workmanship Initiative

Workmanship Initiative helps young adults transitioning from foster care build a strong foundation for adulthood through safe housing, employment preparation, education, transportation, financial skills, mentoring, discipleship, and consistent relationships.

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Engage the Community

Katie’s Kloset

Katie’s Kloset turns everyday generosity into ministry. Our community thrift store provides affordable goods to local shoppers, offers practical resources to foster families, and generates support for the ongoing work of Raleigh’s Place.

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Relationships change stories.

Every number represents a person, a relationship, and another opportunity to demonstrate the love of Christ.

15+
Years of Camp 1:27
69
Campers Served in 2026
6
Young Adults Served by Workmanship
6
New Families Added to Partner Homes in 2026

Stories of Hope

Behind every program is a person—and every person has a story.

“One of the biggest things Raleigh’s Place has given me is the chance to experience a normal life. I’m having fun for the first time. I get to go out, make friends, work out, read, enjoy art and video games, and actually live—not just survive. Raleigh’s Place has given me a place to belong, people who believe in me, and hope for what comes next.”
Isaac
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There’s a place for you in this story.

You do not have to become a foster parent to make a meaningful difference in the life of a child or family connected to foster care.

1

Choose how you want to help.

Give financially, volunteer, donate goods, serve at camp, support foster families, or partner through your church or business.

2

Get connected.

We’ll help you find an opportunity that matches your interests, abilities, and availability.

3

Help change a story.

Your generosity helps create stable relationships, practical support, meaningful experiences, and opportunities for children and families to thrive.

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Our Story

Born from loss. Built around hope.

Raleigh’s Place began with one family’s grief and a calling found in James 1:27. After Tim and Sharon King lost their daughter Raleigh shortly before her twelfth birthday, God used their loss to draw their family toward children experiencing profound loss of their own.

What began with one family’s decision to foster has grown into a ministry serving children, strengthening families, preparing young adults for adulthood, and inviting the Church and community to become part of the foster care story.

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Why We Serve
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress…”
James 1:27

Our Christian faith shapes why and how we serve. We seek to meet practical needs, build lasting relationships, and faithfully demonstrate and share the hope of Jesus Christ.

WHAT WE BELIEVE
Facility Rentals

Planning a retreat or group gathering?

Raleigh’s Place offers cabins, gathering space, swimming, recreation, and overnight accommodations in Central Alabama for churches, youth groups, ministries, nonprofits, and other groups.

Your rental also helps support our ministry to children and families navigating foster care.

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