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Family Promise of Tuscola County invites you to participate in our Cardboard Camp Out community awareness fundraising event!Teams build a cardboard shelter and spend one night learning what too many families face for weeks or months 🏙️. Build your own cardboard “home,” sleep outside, and stand with local parents and children experiencing homelessness.
REGISTER, JOIN A TEAM OR DONATE TO SUPPORT A TEAM HERE:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/cardboard-city
CLICK FUNDRAISE: to register your team, join a friend's team, or do a solo fundraising campaign to support our mission!
OR CLICK DONATE TO SELECT A TEAM TO SUPPORT, donate to our general mission, or become a monthly supporter of our work!
EACH TEAM IS ENCOURAGED TO SET AND MEET THEIR OWN FUNDRAISING GOAL UPON REGISTERING!
Each team will be sent a unique team giving link, and printed flyers to pass out to their friends, and family.
Prizes will be awarded to teams that raise over $500 to support our mission to end family homelessness in Tuscola County!
Event Information:
WHY: Your participation supports Family Promise of Tuscola County’s mission to end family homelessness through prevention, emergency shelter, and long‑term stabilization. Let's build awareness and raise funds to help local families move toward lasting independence. In 2026 we served 82 families and prevented 160 children in Tuscola County from experiencing homelessness.
WHEN:
Friday, November 13, 2026, 4pm - Saturday, November 14, 2026, noon.
WHERE:
Tuscola County Fairgrounds
Midway Hall
700 S. Almer St.
Caro, MI, 48723
HOW:
You can create a team, or join an existing team.
Once a team is created, you will receive your own team fundraising link to share with your team members and supporters!
OR
You can select a team to support!
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Friday, November 13, 2026:
4 pm- 6 pm: Cardboard Camp Out
Check In, Build
(bring your own materials; mini cardboard homes are available online through Amazon)
6:30 pm: Dinner will be served inside the warming center (Midway Hall)
7:30 pm: Evening Activities
CAMP OUT 9pm-9am, Midway Hall will be open overnight for a warming center and for restroom use.
Saturday, November 14, 2026:
9 am: Breakfast will be served inside the warming (Midway Hall)
10 am: Impact Lab facilitated by Thumb Community Health Partnership
12 pm: Clean up/breakdown
Midway Hall will be open throughout the night as a warming center, and restroom use.
We realize this event is in November in Michigan! Please make sure to bring proper clothing, outerwear, sleeping bags, waterproof ground cover, etc.
As a reminder, all participants will be required to complete a participation agreement/waiver. All adults and volunteers are subject to a background check. Youth teams must have a registered adult to supervise overnight.
All participants will receive an informational email prior to the event.
Registration closes on November 10th.
For more information, please contact
[email protected]
or call
FPTC Executive Director, Lauren Amellal at (989)325-8285
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700 S Almer St, Caro, MI 48723-18ND, United States
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