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| Affiliate Network Director, Brandy Hill. |
Family Promise of Collin County, TX comprises the northern suburbs of Dallas and marks the 13th Affiliate in the Lone Star State. Collin County has a population of nearly 800,000 with only one family shelter which turns away dozens of families each month. Nearly all social services are concentrated in Dallas to the south.
The first community meeting addressing the need for an Affiliate in Collin County took place in March of 2009 at the First Christian Church of Plano. They open with a network of 12 host congregations and a Day Center at a former municipal property in the town of Lucas. The director is Brandy Hill, a very capable and dynamic graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a MS in Counseling & Development and considerable experience working with families and children. The inaugural host congregation was Custer Road United Methodist Church. The first guest family is a couple pregnant with their first child. Both had lost their jobs and moved in with extended family in the area. However, they soon found the environment they were living in dangerous but had no place to turn—except Family Promise of Collin County. They shared with Brandy that “for the first time they felt at peace” and “truly felt like guests” at the congregation.Good luck to them and the new addition to their family. And welcome to Family Promise, Collin County.
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