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Entries for 'Family Promise'
Our next Family Promise hosting week is November 3-8. If you can provide a meal for the families in this program, please get in touch with Gloria O'Connell at 570-220-1895. Thank you!
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Our next Family Promise hosting week is July 14–20, 2024.
If you can provide a meal for the families, please contact Gloria at 570-220-1895.
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Our parishes will be hosting Family Promise families the week of January 14–20 and are asked to provide nutritious meals. If you can provide a meal during this week, please contact parishioner Pam Fink at 570-916-0883. Thank you for your consideration.
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Our parishes are responsible for providing the meals for Family Promise from Sunday, May 28 through Saturday, June 3. If you are able to donate a meal, please contact Pam Fink at (570) 916-0883 or email her at picturepam@comcast.net. The parishes will also be responsible for meals August 13-19 and November 26-December 2.
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Now that Family Promise has restarted their overnight services to families experiencing homelessness, our next host week is August 14–21. We are seeking 6-8 cleaning helpers for the St. Lawrence Parish Center (the old St. Lawrence rectory) on August 3 at 7:30 a.m. The rooms need a thorough cleaning as no one has stayed in the rooms in two years. Please contact Gloria O’Connell at (570) 220-1895 if you can spare just a few hours of your time. Thank you!
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Family Promise has restarted their services to families experiencing homelessness. Family Promise hosted families at their center in January, but our parishes will be hosting the following weeks in 2022: February 13-19, May 29- June 4, August 14-20, November 27- December 3. Please contact parishioner Margy Foran at 570-360-1292 if you are interested in volunteering at any time during these dates. Thank you!
You can learn more about Family Promise on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/familypromiselycomingcounty/.
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Family Promise is having A Blanket and Coat Giveaway again this year on Friday, September 3rd. St. Boniface & St. Lawrence Parishes are accepting Gently used blankets and coats for this event. Please place donated items in the back of church in the boxes marked Family Promise by August 31st.
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Hello Friends!
We have had a challenging time of finding overnight hosts for our Day Center families.
Photos are of locking overnight room. It is cleaned daily and you may bring your own bedding. Only one person is needed each night, but there is room for two.
I have created an email calendar with the ability to sign up and see the schedule.
Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: SignUP
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It'...
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FAMILY PROMISE: Our next scheduled host week is December 20th-27th. If you want to know how you can help, contact Margy Foran@ 570-360-1292.
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“So many things have been suspended because of COVID-19, but what hasn’t been suspended is homelessness itself.” Claas Ehlers, Family Promise CEO.
Much like every other organization during this pandemic, Family Promise has changed the way they are able to care for homeless families. While the strength of Family Promise was the many people driven by their faith and compassion to show up with food and hospitality to aid a homeless family, the proximity of caring people causes undeniable risk to the health of our entire community at this time. Our parish i...
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Our Response to Covid-19 to the Community
FPGives is much like Raise the Region, however it is geared specifically for Family Promise. FPGives will be held on March 25th. Here is why we are in need of donations right now!
Family Promise is expecting a great wave of homelessness coming in response to those who are either unemployed or had hours reduced due to our state's response to the Corona Virus. Now is the time to make a huge impact with Family Promise.
We currently are in need of $10,000 to get our budget back on track for this month. Here is what your donation to Family Promise does:
Our Day Center is...
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We are blessed to receive a new coordinator of this intense and beautiful ministry, Sr. Christina Cables of the Sisters of Christian Charity. She has volunteered with Family Promise beforehand and feels happy to serve these vulnerable families. She will start immediately, but the next family does not arrive until April 2019. If you want to serve, contact her at sisterchristinamarie@gmail.com.
The 2019 calendar has been set for our Family Promise Host dates. Our dates are: April 14th to April 21st, August 11th to 18th, and December 29th to January 5th. If you are available & would like to help send an ...
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It is almost time for us to host the Family Promise guests again. Our next week will be Sept. 2nd–9th. Kathy Venaski, Food Coordinator can be reached at 570-419-5712 if you are able to provide dinner for one of the nights. Ray Fischer, Overnight Coordinator can be reached at 570-326-5464. There are 4 families: 3 adults & 4 children in the program. We provide them with food for breakfast & lunch in addition to the dinners provided at the Parish Center. We are looking for help with Set-Up, Van drivers, Tearing Down & Cleaning Up at the end of the week. As I say often, “Many hands make ...
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