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 Green County Director, Bryce Riemer |
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Family Promise of Green County, WI, along the Illinois/Wisconsin border, is the 6th Affiliate in the Badger State. It all began with a community meeting in March and culminated with the acceptance of a family into the program on November 7th. That’s 239 days; about 7 weeks less than it takes to gestate a baby. On a definitely related note, it also had one of the largest turnouts for a community meeting, with more than 130 people coming to Monroe UMC on a cold March evening.
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| Karen Olson, President, and keynote speaker Diana Butler Bass. |
Family Promise representatives and supporters, more than 260 in all, convened from September 23-25, 2011 in Salt Lake City for their national conference, Moving Mountains. The theme reflected the challenges faced by families and Affiliates alike in the current economy, as well as the amazing work being done by 171 Affiliates across the country each day. The conference was made possible, in part, by the generous sponsorships of American Express, MassMutual, Dinsmore Steele, Recycled Rides, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Brian Jaffe Associates.
 Bradley County Director Shady Hernandez surrounded by staff and Board |
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Family Promise of North Central Palm Beach County is the 9th affiliate in the Sunshine State. Centered around West Palm Beach, FPNCPBC took time to develop. But last fall the network hired a director, Rhonda Clinton, a seasoned non-profit professional and quickly set to work getting the rest of the network into shape, in response to great need. More than 1600 children in the county school district are identified as homeless, the vast majority of those in greater West Palm Beach.
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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.
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| Director Chris Najarro readies the Day Center. |
Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley becomes our fifth network in California. Santa Clarita is the 24th largest city in the state, yet only came into existence in 1987. Through consolidation of several towns, including Valencia and Newhall, a new city was created. Like many boomburbs, it is primarily a middle and upper-middle class community with few social services. There is no shelter for families in the Valley. 850 Children in the junior/senior high school were homeless in 2009; this does not even account for the children under 12, the largest segment of homeless children.
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| Family Promise Trustee Susan Watts enjoying the festivities. |
Family Promise’s 9th Annual Spring Event was a tremendous success, raising more than $240,000 to support our efforts to help families in need. Held at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., on April 29, the event was attended by 123 donors, volunteers, Trustees and friends of Family Promise.
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| Executive Director Tom Miller |
Family Promise of Midland is now open, becoming our 12th network in the Lone Star State. Efforts began in 2009 when Alissa Shutts, who was working with children at risk, connected with Don Kiser, a Family Promise associate and board member in Longview. The need was clear: 197 children in the Midland school district were identified as homeless in 2008 and all service providers in Midland have seen increases in demand in the intervening years.
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| Bergen Co. Families on the Move! |
Tucked in the northeastern corner of New Jersey, Bergen County has the 16th highest per capita income in the United States, creating a very high cost of living and extremely expensive housing. Family Promise of Bergen County becomes the 16th Affiliate in the Garden State. However, the path it took to joining our network has been unique.
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| MassMutual Joins Family Promise at Our Fall Event. |
Family Promise and MassMutual Financial Group are working to develop a long-term partnership to benefit families and communities served by our Affiliates. The relationship began with the volunteered participation of several MassMutual representatives, including Tom Hayes, Stephen Sherwood and Jeff Anand at our Nassau County, NY Affiliate. From that emerged the opportunity to extend LifeBridge, MassMutual’s free life insurance program, to qualified families served by Family Promise Affiliates.
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| Lawton Raises the Banner |
Family Promise of Lawton (FPL) became the second Affiliate in the Sooner State. Efforts began in earnest in September of 2008, with a community meeting at Centenary Methodist Church kicking things off and their sister network in Shawnee guiding the way as they pushed forward.
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