Join us on August 26th and September 10th when FPAC will be hosting our own booth at the farmers market. This is your chance to buy into the raffle for our Australian Beauties Quilt as shown below. That is $3 per raffle ticket and $10 for $4.
Nick Demerly is our Americorps VISTA here at Family Promise! Nick is from Fowlerville, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 2020 with a BA in International Relations. He enjoys reading, playing guitar and violin, and hiking throughout Wyoming.
Nick grew up on a farm in rural Michigan, which sparked his interest in non-profits working in rural areas. He started volunteering in high school and began his VISTA year in February 2021. Nick enjoys working one on one with community members. He looks forward to working with and learning from Family Promise and hopes to continue working in the non-profit field once his year with AmeriCorps is finished
Intercultural Harmony Initiative
As a part of our Intercultural Harmony Initiative, FPAC is co-hosting two upcoming events.
Tales of Cultural Diversity
In November FPAC will be partnering with "Tales at the Tap" to host a community storytelling event. This community-driven event invites individuals to tell their personal stories as they relate to a theme.
Because this is a community-driven event we are asking for your theme ideas. For this specific Tales event, ideas should be related to 'cultural diversity.' Past themes have included 'Survivors', 'Man up' and 'Courage and Community.' Please send your ideas to either director.familypromise82070@gmail.com or talesatthetaphouse@gmail.com with the subject line "Diversity theme ideas." All themes should/ will work to promote representation and inclusion.
Wind River Culture Night
Family Promise is partnering with Devine eats and guest chef Lynette Greybull to bring a Wind River Culture Night to the Laramie community.
Chicken & beef tacos, Spanish rice, beans, and Lynette's homemade salsa will be served out of the Devine Eats food truck at the September 24th Downtown Laramie Farmer's Market.
During this event, dancers will be performing a variety of cultural dances.
Family Promise of Albany County is in the process of an exciting new project, and we need your help.
In the past, FPAC kept families in a rotating selection of churches. As COVID-19 began closing down churches we were forced to alter our model. Today we keep families in hotels. This new model is more
expensive but has come with some advantages including increased intake capacity, and it relieves pressure on our host congregations.
Our next step is to establish a static site. A static site is a transitional shelter facility under FPAC operational control where families can stay, meals can be delivered, and family advocacy can be
centered. We are currently paying to keep families in hotels. We would like to keep folks in a facility of our own. Our model will remain the same. Host congregations will still deliver meals, families will still
meet in our day center, but we won’t have to account for fluctuating hotel costs.
At the present time FPAC is not asking for donations (although we are happy to accept financial contributions). Rather, we are hoping to identify land or property where we can establish our transitional shelter site. We are reaching out to you as a member of our support network in hopes you
are aware of or own available property for purchase or donation where we might build or establish this site.
A viable property will be:
1. Between one and a half and two acres
2. Zoned commercial or for group homes (R2, R3, etc.)
3. Within three miles of town
4. The capacity to connect with city utilities (water and sewer)
Please reach out to director.familypromise82070@gmail.com with information or call us at 307-742-6480.
Thank you for your support!
Thank You!
We want to thank Laramie Connections for contributing their dunk tank for our fundraiser!
Quilt Raffle
Quilt raffle tickets are on sale till October. Don't miss your chance to win this amazing quilt! Proceeds help FPAC support families at-risk of homelessness
