The City of Raleigh’s shelter adoption program began in September 2012. Adoption requires maintaining the shelter. Those wishing to participate in the initiative can assist in removing trash in and around the shelter area on a monthly basis. City of Raleigh staff will provide adopters with trash bags, disposable gloves and safety vests to assist in the trash removal around adopted shelters. These volunteers also are asked to notify City of Raleigh staff of any special maintenance needs and report vandalism or suspicious activity.
On Tuesday, November 13, citizens can begin the adoption process with on online Adopt-A-Shelter web application.
How to adopt a Raleigh bus shelter
1. Visit, http://adoptashelter.raleighnc.gov/
2. Click on the map and pan around to activate all the bus shelter locations.
3. Claim responsibility for maintaining a city bus shelter by registering.
Click on "I haven't signed up yet" to begin the quick registration.
Enter your full name.
Enter the organization name that will be printed and posted on the assigned bus shelter.
Enter phones numbers.
Choose a password.
Click the "Sign up" button to register.
At this time, you will NOT receive a confirmation email.
Congratulations, thank you for registering.
4. There are two easy ways to find a bus shelter to adopt.
Searching the address or neighborhood.
Panning to the shelter location using the map feature on the right.
5. Adopt a Bus Shelter
Click on the red marker. A pop up window will appear.
Give this bus shelter a name: Enter the your organization name.
Click the Adopt button.
You will see a confirmation message: You just adopted a bus shelter!
At this time, a program manager from the City of Raleigh will follow-up within a few days to complete the process.
