November 2019 Update

Building community, strengthening lives.

Happy Thanksgiving

From the Family Promise Family to yours

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and you know how grateful we are for your support of Time, Talents and Treasures. Find all of the little things to be grateful for and continue to share love and compassion! We can accomplish so much together!

Please see the Director's Note at the end for a wonderful matching opportunity this Holiday Season!

FPSSC's 3rd Annual Dream Walk

Every Child Deserves A Home

The support of you and our community has made so many wonderful things possible. Here at FPSSC, it has allowed us to continue to grow and expand so that we can help more children and their families here in our community! See stats so far this year below.

Because of the amazing success of the last 2 years with our Dream Walk, we were able to add a new program, Open Doors, which has allowed us to help children and their families by preventing them from becoming homeless in the first place. We have been able to help them catch up past due rent and keep the children in the same home and at the same school. It also allows us to assist families with move in costs when they find a place because, when you live paycheck to paycheck, it is extremely difficult to come up with 3 or 4 thousand dollars for first, last and security. The program was able to help families like Libby's pictured above get into their own home and become stable. We have also been able to provide immediate emergency shelter in a hotel for families so no child has to sleep even one night on the streets or in a car.

Your support did all of this... And the 2019 Dream Walk was yet another success. We reached our goal of $70,000 and still have a little more coming in. We had over 185 walkers this year. What a great turnout! Thank you to everyone who participated and volunteered! Your continued support will allow us to continue to grow, expand and serve those in need in our community!

Current Needs

The Day Center and our families are currently in need of:

Toilet Paper
Paper towels
Cleaning supplies- multi purpose cleaner and tile cleaner
sponge mop head - Black n Decker
dish soap
body wash- large bottles
shampoo and conditioner- large bottles
toothbrushes
deodorant/antiperspirant
tampons- multi pack
Cough syrup / Tylenol for adults and children
Ear thermometer
Lysol spray
antibacterial cream/ointment
band-aids

Thank you so much to everyone who has made donations of goods from our needs list. It is much appreciated and necessary for our clients! We could not do what we do without all of the support from our community!

FPSSC Stats

As of October 31st, 2019, your support has helped us to serve over 160 families , including over 242 children . That is already more than 2 and a 1/2 times more than last year!

2018

58 families served: 104 children and 168 people total

Access Point - 15 families: 28 children and 41 people total

Emergency Shelter - 23 families: 36 children and 65 people total

Bridge Housing - 14 families: 21 children and 37 people total

Open Doors - 6 families: 19 children and 25 people total

To learn more about these programs, please visit our website at www.familypromisessc.org

Dates to Remember

Volunteer Training: 12-10 -2019 at the Day Center, 4-5:30 PM - This training is for anyone who wants to volunteer with their congregation doing meals, hosting and overnights. All volunteers must go through training. Please RSVP to Allisa at aoleary@familypromisessc.org to ensure adequate space is available.

Giving Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019: More info will be posted on our website and our Facebook page on December 2nd. Please check there for donation info. Thank you.

From the Director

Month of December $10,000 match opportunity.

I am very excited to tell you that we have been given a matching opportunity of $10,000 for all donations received in December. The match is coming from Four Thought Private Wealth (formerly Pinkerton Private Wealth) who have been Champions in supporting Family Promise of South Sarasota County. If you go to our website, www.familypromisessc.org and make the donation, please indicate that it is for the 2019 Holiday Match in the details section. If you mail a check to 720 Shamrock Blvd. Venice, FL 34293, please indicate on the memo line 2019 Holiday Match, so that we can get our match! Every $1 you donate this Holiday Season before the end of the year can turn in to $2 and do even more good!

Thank you for all you do and bless you all!

Jennifer Fagenbaum, Executive Director

jenniferfagenbaum@familypromisessc.org

941-497-9881 ext. 106

Special Thanks for funding support in 2019 for our programs to:

Annette J. Hagens Foundation

Christ United Methodist Church

Community Foundation of Sarasota

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Epiphany Cathedral CCW

Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation

First Baptist Church

First Christian Church

Grace United Methodist Men's Club

Jerome & Mildred Paddock Foundation

Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Club

Kates Foundation

Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary

Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary

Libertore Fund For Children, Inc

Plantation Community Foundation

Project Give

Publix Super Markets, Inc

Quinn Charitable Foundation

Royal Venice, Inc.

St. David's Episcopal Church

Sarasota County

Sarasota County Sheriff, Tom Knight

Stephen & Janine Marrone Foundation

Trinity Presbyterian Church

Trinity United Methodist Church

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice

United Way of South Sarasota County

Venice Community Orchestra

Venice Golf & Country Club

Venice/Nokomis Rotary Club

Venice Presbyterian Church

Venice Yacht Club Foundation

Women's Fellowship VUCC

Women's Sertoma Club of Venice

VOLUNTEER

If you would like to become part of the family, please visit our website to send us your information and we will be in touch about volunteer opportunities.