Our mission is intersecting faith and community to empower
Grayson County families to end child homelessness.
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Message from our Director
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Happy New Year! I always enjoy reflecting on the past year and imagining what the new year might bring.
Thanks to your support, in 2019 we served 8 families, including 19 children. Seven of these families now have their own homes, and the 8th is still in our program. We are interviewing another family that may enter the program this week. You also made it possible for us to provide goods and services (such as food, blankets, clothing, diapers, emergency assistance, etc.) to an additional 34 families, as well as referrals to 184 others. Thank you for
ALL
that you do for Family Promise! You are showing God's love to our community in tangible ways, and you are making a difference!
May you have many blessings in 2020!
Gratefully and optimistically,
Leigh
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Thank You to the Texoma Woodcarvers Guild
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As you may recall from our October newsletter, the
Texoma Woodcarvers Guild
made a beautiful Nativity Set that they raffled off in a drawing held at the
Sherman Arts Fest
. Woodcarver Fred Lewis recently presented Family Promise of Grayson County with a check for over $1,100 in proceeds! We are so grateful for this generous support from our talented community! They are helping us whittle away the problem of childhood homelessness!
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Santa and Mrs. Claus Deliver
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Santa and Mrs. Claus made a special appearance to help the Lone Star Chapter of the Seventh Sin Motorcycle Club (SSMC) deliver Christmas joy to a family that recently moved into their own home after being in the Family Promise program! Despite an accident involving one of their members, about a dozen bikers arrived bearing gifts for this special family and bringing smiles (and a few tears of joy!) to everyone present. SSMC is a brotherhood of law enforcement, veterans, and like-minded individuals looking to facilitate, sponsor, and support social, educational, and charitable programs in our community. Thank you so much to this great group for the delightful Christmas they delivered!
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Grateful for MasterKey Ministries and Habitat ReStore
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Thank you to
MasterKey Ministries
for hosting another great semester of, "Getting Ahead in a Barely Getting By World"! We are so proud to have another of our guests among the recent graduates of this 16-week class. Whenever possible, guests of Family Promise attend this class, and all have found it to be very beneficial.
We also are thankful for
Habitat for Humanity's ReStore
. Two of our families moved into their own homes in time for Christmas! Thanks, in part, to the wonderful bargains available at ReStore, these families had the furniture they needed in their new homes. We love being able to collaborate with such fine local ministries!
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We are so grateful to have our Sherman High School volunteers back at the Day Center! For the past two years, Symantha Murray’s
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
(FCCLA) class has gone through Family Promise training in order to learn more about our organization. These very helpful students come two or three at a time, every other week, during the winter and spring semesters. They do tasks ranging from setting up our Christmas tree to organizing our supplies. They are speedy and enthusiastic, and we always are impressed with how efficiently they get things done! Thank you, Bearcats!
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THF Grantee Holiday Event
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The
Texoma Health Foundation
(THF) held their annual Holiday Event to showcase nonprofits that have received grants from THF. In 2019, Family Promise of Grayson County was granted reimbursement for mental health services provided for the guests of Family Promise. Primarily, counseling services are provided by the Child & Family Guidance Center of Texoma on a sliding fee scale. When that is not possible, Family Promise works with other counselors. In both cases, THF reimburses Family Promise for these expenses, allowing guests to receive counseling at no cost. All guests, ages three and up, are strongly encouraged to attend counseling while they are in the Family Promise program, as we want our families to acquire as many tools for success as they can before they move into their own homes. We are so appreciative to THF for this generous grant! Thank you to Family Promise Board Member Bobby Hancock, former Board President Becky Frank, and Case Manager Amyee McAlister for representing Family Promise at this fun annual event!
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Elias and Hanna Regensburger Foundation Grant
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Area nonprofits receive grants from the Elias and Hanna Regensburger Foundation.
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Thank you so much to the
Elias and Hanna Regensburger Foundation
for the recent grant to Family Promise of Grayson County. We greatly appreciate the Foundation’s ongoing support of the mission of Family Promise by providing this grant towards guest transportation. It is critical to our guests’ success that they can get to and from work, school, job interviews, etc. This was the second half of a two-part grant. The first half of the grant provided transportation assistance to families who now have their own homes in our community. These families could not have achieved this success without this assistance. Board Members of the Foundation
gave grants to about a dozen area nonprofits at a gathering at the Paragon Realty office.
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Please Check Your Address Book!
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Please check your records to ensure you have Family Promise of Grayson County's address listed as 901 E. Houston, Suite 100, Sherman, Texas 75090. We still are getting a few letters addressed to our former P.O. Box. Your correspondence is important to us!
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Family Promise Hits the Gridiron
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How cool is this!? Adam Butler of the New England Patriots wore these Family Promise cleats in their game earlier this year against The Kansas City Chiefs! We're so grateful to Adam for shining a light on the issue of family homelessness!
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If you would like to learn more about Family Promise of Grayson County including:
- How to participate
- How to volunteer
- How to support through donations
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