Dorothy Day House is a Memphis nonprofit that does something most shelters in our city are not set up to do: keep entire families under one roof while they work toward stable housing. Most emergency shelters separate families by gender, sending fathers one direction and mothers, daughters, and young children another. For families with teenage sons, that often means an impossible choice. Dorothy Day House was founded in 2006 to fix that gap, and it is still the only program in Memphis providing transitional housing to whole families together, with no exceptions for who gets to stay.

Today the organization operates three transitional houses: Dorothy's House, Loretta's House, and Joseph's House. Families receive safe housing, case management, and the time and support they need to rebuild stability. Dorothy Day House does not take government funding. It runs on the generosity of individual donors, businesses, volunteers, and community organizations across the Mid-South.

Why Rivard-Royall Is Involved

Our owner Steven Royall first connected with Dorothy Day House at a Memphis Rotary Club meeting and came away convinced that this was a Memphis cause worth standing behind. From there, we reached out directly to Dorothy Day House to ask how a local dealership could be useful, and we have been proud partners ever since. Helping Memphis families stay together while they get back on their feet is the kind of work we want our name attached to.