Students Supporting Students, S3

12/04/2024

🎓 A Milestone to Celebrate – and a Chance to Make a Difference!

In just a few days, the first student HOST matched with a host home in August 2022 will walk across the stage to receive his college diploma! His journey is a testament to hard work, resilience, and the incredible power of community support.

📖 Read more about his inspiring story here: https://tinyurl.com/5x3ebfcd.

Your donation to HOST can help more students like Jabson turn their dreams into reality. 💛 Every dollar you give will be matched up to $5,000! Double your impact and support college students facing housing insecurity today.

11/26/2024

Students Supporting Students is a basic needs student-led coalition, that advocates and champions students access to food and housing.

We are committed to connecting students to resources and other community partners in the area to receive needed services to achieve student success or graduation.

If you are in the Raleigh, NC area- if you are a student, professor, post-secondary institution officials, or a strong community leader- please share this resource.

Check out this Flyer (5.5 x 8.5) designed by wakecoopext.

03/26/2024

Are you a college student? If you are, we know you're figuring out finances.

Start with the basics! Attend and learn about budgeting, renting and your housing rights, sponsored by an amazing organization that fights housing insecurity. Learn more about money, and HOST - Housing Options for Students Today.

HOST is sponsoring a financial wellness workshop for college students this Wednesday, March 27, 4:00-5:00 PM. In partnership with Capital Area Workforce Development and Telamon Corporation, we will host an online session where students can learn more about planning and budgeting to help them find and maintain stable housing. Capital Area Workforce Development will also share information about its services that can help students who are unemployed or underemployed with a job search and career development goals. This workshop is open to any college student or potential college student. Register at https://forms.gle/iGKrEunZXWHRYcD38 to receive the meeting link by email.

03/22/2024

Students Supporting Students is a student led coalition that addresses basic needs insecurities on respective college campuses.

S3 is committed to working throughout their academic year to address issues that prohibit students from being as successful as they can be. Student's academic and professional success are heavily affected by a lack of food, housing, transportation, and many other resources. S3 is committed to addressing this issue.

The students have been developing and working on a Wake County student resource guide that is now available online. We strongly encourage financial aid officers, professors, housing staff and any other related profession to please share this link with your network and with your students.

One resource on this guide can make a difference.