OCTOBER WAS EPIC

On October 14th staff, volunteers, partners, sponsors, donors, alumni, board members and our beloved community joined forces to pull off our most successful fundraiser ever!

With 204 in attendance, this year's theme was

WONDERLAND

This year our annual fundraiser dinner was pure madness! Graciously hosted at Win River Event Center, this magical evening was full of surprises. From beautiful decor, custom cookies, elaborate raffle and silent auction, spunky volunteers, face painting, costume contest, touching testimonies, and even a surprise performance by Francis Court Kids, this was a night to remember. This joyful night brought in over $19,000 in proceeds, a generous contribution to our mission of rebuilding lives!

Having our community's support means the world to us........

THANK YOU

We hosted our 3rd Annual Halloween Party for clients and alumni!

SO MUCH FUN!!!!

On October 27th FaithWorks hosted a party for all of our families!! There were so many fun activities including pumpkin painting, mummy bowling, eyeball hunt, cupcake walk, family photos and of course tons on candy!!!

We enjoy providing opportunities for our families to create memories and traditions.

A special thank you to Evanna for baking beautiful cupcakes and helping out with the cake walk!

Additional thanks to Francis Court Alumni; Mina, Lena, Issaac, and Andrew for lending a hand.

Thank you to those who donated candy! We make a good team!

It is a Season of Training

Learning and growing is always in season however recently we have gone full throttle on training. In addition to the specialized evidence-based trainings listed below, we have also been CPR Trained, and trained to administer Narcan.

TOUCHPOINTS

With funding from The ACES Resiliency Grant, Youth Advocate Kathy Garcia is in the middle of completing the intensive 28-hour training program that introduces the Touchpoints Approach, which is an evidence-based approach to building strong family-child relationships from before birth through age 5. Touchpoints provides a practical, preventive approach that supports professionals in forming strengths-based partnerships with families.

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

Four staff members are attending SCOE's year long intensive workshop teaching practical, evidence-based skills and insight to help clients walk toward positive behavior. They are leaning about the stages of change, MI principals and appropriate strategies for engagement.

NURTURING FATHERS

Case Manager Dan attended First 5 Shasta's training and learned about the philosophy of nurturing fathers. He can now implement and facilitate the Nurturing Fathers program, as well as the Marriage & Parenting Program (an offshoot of the NP curriculum designed for couples, co-parents and anyone single wanting to process past relationships with the goal of doing it better next time)!

Three of our families secured permanent housing!!!

WE ARE SO PROUD OF EACH OF YOU!

PRAISE GOD

Congratulations to House of Cornelius Veterans Billy and Steve for completing the I Can Only Imagine Curriculum.

The 4 week curriculum helps people learn to see themselves through God's eyes and rest in His approval, purpose and eternal hope. Through support and prayer with a case manager, participants uncover past wounds to help reveal a new identity.

SAVE THE DATES.......

Give Where YOU Live ..... Early Giving starts on November 15th and Giving Tuesday is November 29th 2022! Click below to visit our Giving Tuesday Platform

FaithWorks Giving Tuesday Platform

Shout-outs & A’paws

Black Bear Diner has joined NSGT as an hourly sponsor since Day One. This year they wanted to offer a few additional prizes to help boost donor engagement and community awareness!

During the month of November please share this voting link below with everyone you know. The top 3 “vote-getters” will receive additional prizes toward their NSGT total on 11/29!