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The Rent Party
Join us for the 9th annual Rent Party Thursday, May 15 presented by CN. Guests will enjoy a cocktail reception, dinner, auction, live music, and complimentary valet parking at an amazing *NEW* venue, The Treasury in Pontiac.
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Get involved as an individual or with a group! Our volunteers are amazing and help us accomplish our mission each and every day.
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Lighthouse relies on donations from the community to support those who need our help! Learn more about how you can get involved.
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Check out our 2023 Annual Report to see the impact you helped us make in our community last year.
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Lighting The Way
By investing in Lighting the Way: A Campaign to Alleviate Poverty in Oakland County, you will impact thousands of lives and help break the cycle of poverty for future generations.
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The Rent Party
Join us for the 9th annual Rent Party Thursday, May 15 presented by CN. Guests will enjoy a cocktail reception, dinner, auction, live music, and complimentary valet parking at an amazing *NEW* venue, The Treasury in Pontiac.
Click Here
Volunteer
Get involved as an individual or with a group! Our volunteers are amazing and help us accomplish our mission each and every day.
Click Here
Host a Food/Supply Drive
Lighthouse relies on donations from the community to support those who need our help! Learn more about how you can get involved.
Click Here
Annual Report
Check out our 2023 Annual Report to see the impact you helped us make in our community last year.
Click Here
Lighting The Way
By investing in Lighting the Way: A Campaign to Alleviate Poverty in Oakland County, you will impact thousands of lives and help break the cycle of poverty for future generations.
Click Here
The Rent Party
Join us for the 9th annual Rent Party Thursday, May 15 presented by CN. Guests will enjoy a cocktail reception, dinner, auction, live music, and complimentary valet parking at an amazing *NEW* venue, The Treasury in Pontiac.
Click Here
Volunteer
Get involved as an individual or with a group! Our volunteers are amazing and help us accomplish our mission each and every day.
Click Here
Host a Food/Supply Drive
Lighthouse relies on donations from the community to support those who need our help! Learn more about how you can get involved.
Click Here
Annual Report
Check out our 2023 Annual Report to see the impact you helped us make in our community last year.
Click Here
Lighting The Way
By investing in Lighting the Way: A Campaign to Alleviate Poverty in Oakland County, you will impact thousands of lives and help break the cycle of poverty for future generations.
Click Here
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The Rent Party

Join us for the 9th annual Rent Party
Thursday, May 15 presented by CN.
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Spring Newsletter

Spring is a time of growth and renewal. At Lighthouse, it’s also time for building and construction. This season, we will break ground on several

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May 9, 2025

Five Years Later, COVID-19 Need Remains

Five years ago this month, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed how Lighthouse provides services to the most vulnerable members of our community. Faced with the

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March 13, 2025

Transportation, hours, shelter beds among gaps in Oakland, Macomb homeless systems

The death of two children while sheltering in a van with their family last month has prompted the city of Detroit to extend a housing

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March 4, 2025
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Supporting and empowering our clients in achieving long-term economic stability.
 

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Building equitable communities that alleviate poverty.

South Oakland Shelter and Lighthouse of Oakland County merged on July 1, 2019. With over 85 years of combined experience, the new Lighthouse has grown and become a beacon of hope for more individuals than ever before.
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Real stories of real life change.

"Lighthouse made things happen for me. Once I moved in there, my mind could finally rest and I felt safe."
Princess
Princess
“Lighthouse is great. It is a life changer. I don’t think they know how much they give a person. You go from such a dark, dark place. And then there is Lighthouse and they give you hope.”
Ajala
Ajala
“I appreciate that people are going beyond their time with their family to help you. The food, the clothes, the opportunity to have a place to sleep…it’s priceless. That gives you the motivation to do better.”
Stephen
Stephen
“Lighthouse did so much for us….They brought us meals and food. They even gave us Christmas presents. It made such a difference during a really hard time. Who else but Lighthouse would give me a place to stay when I had nowhere to go?”
Kim
Kim
“I look back and can’t believe where I am now. I wouldn’t be where I am without Lighthouse.”
Mazi
Mazi
“THANK YOU to everyone at Lighthouse. If it wasn’t for this program, I don’t know where I would be. I would be on the streets with my children.”
Shelter Client
Shelter Client
“It doesn’t have to be that you are homeless, and it’s not just about physical problems. Mental health issues are a huge problem. But here is some place you can go to get help, and Lighthouse is there to help you.”
Teri
Teri
“If you reach out to Lighthouse and they are able to do it, then they will do it. They are very nice people.”
Mikey
Mikey
“You see this bright house when every house is dark. Sometimes you don’t want to go into the light because you don’t know what you will find. Going to the Lighthouse shelter was that bright house for me and it was the beginning of my new life.”
Imani
Imani
"Lighthouse made things happen for me. Once I moved in there, my mind could finally rest and I felt safe."
Princess
Princess
“Lighthouse is great. It is a life changer. I don’t think they know how much they give a person. You go from such a dark, dark place. And then there is Lighthouse and they give you hope.”
Ajala
Ajala
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Pontiac, MI 48342
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