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Family Promise and Belk Celebrate Opening of New Day Center in Laurens, SC

February 14, 2020 | Press Releases

  LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA – This week, Family Promise of Laurens County celebrated the grand opening of its Day Center which will serve families at risk of homelessness. Members of the Family Promise of Laurens County Board of Trustees, local congregations, Belk, and the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce were …
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Family Promise Welcomes Three New Trustees

January 30, 2020 | National News, Press Releases

Nonprofit organization wraps up 2019 by inducting new members to Board of Trustees  SUMMIT, NJ – January 30, 2020 – Family Promise, the nation’s leading nonprofit addressing family homelessness, ended the decade by welcoming the following three new members to its Board of Trustees. Sarah Bird – Community Leader and Former …
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Family Promise Announces Shane Claiborne as Conference Keynote Speaker

January 27, 2020 | Press Releases

Prominent speaker and activist to speak at September 2020 conference on family homelessness SUMMIT, NJ –JANUARY 27, 2020 – Family Promise, the nation’s leading nonprofit addressing family homelessness, announced Shane Claiborne as the keynote speaker at their September 2020 conference in Las Vegas, NV. Shane Claiborne, the founder of The …
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Gainesville Family Achieves Dream of Homeownership | Clayton Homes & Family Promise

January 8, 2020 | Press Releases

Partnership with Clayton Homes provides Gainesville family with housing support as they give back to community Gainesville, Fla. – December 17, 2019 – Family Promise and Clayton Homes hosted a ribbon cutting event to donate a new off-site built home to a local family who experienced homelessness. Rachael Ryan and …
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Greenville Family Achieves Dream of Homeownership with ‘Home for the Holidays’ | Clayton Homes

December 19, 2019 | Press Releases

Family Promise, Clayton® partner to help families thrive Greenville, SC – December 12, 2019 – The Greenville United Ministries’ Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) and Clayton® hosted a ribbon cutting event today, officially donating a new 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, off-site built home to Charles and Julie Merritt and their two …
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Family Promise CEO Claas Ehlers joins Overlook Medical Center’s Community Advisory Board

November 25, 2019 | Press Releases

Three questions about serving the underserved and health care for the community SUMMIT, NJ – NOVEMBER 2019 – Family Promise CEO Claas Ehlers has been appointed to the Community Advisory Board of Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center, one of the region’s premier providers of health care and home to …
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Family Promise and ROC USA Announce Partnership to Help Families Achieve Homeownership

November 20, 2019 | Press Releases

The organizations will work together to develop programs and awareness efforts SUMMIT, NJ., NOV. 20, 2019 – Family Promise and ROC USA announced an official partnership today. The organizations will work together to develop programs that will create pathways for families experiencing homelessness to achieve homeownership in Resident Owned Communities …
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Family Promise and Clayton® Announce ‘A Future Begins at Home’ Partnership to Help Prevent and End Family Homelessness

November 19, 2019 | Press Releases

Organizations kick off housing program and awareness initiatives with home donation for a once homeless, Colorado Springs family Colorado Springs, CO., Nov 19, 2019 – Family Promise, national non-profit, and Clayton, one of the nation’s off-site and on-site home builders, have announced their partnership called A Future Begins at Home. …
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A Night of Giving

November 5, 2019 | Press Releases

It was an evening of celebration and giving at Summit House last Friday night. Guests packed the house for Family Promise’s “Night of Giving” gala, the festive culmination of the organization’s first-ever national Giving Day on Friday, October 25. The event was sponsored by more than a dozen local and …
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Woodforest National Bank Earns Award for Partnership With Family Promise

October 10, 2019 | Press Releases

Woodforest National Bank Wins Two IBAT Best of Community Banking Awards for Community Service and Financial Literacy. Pictured front row: Krystian Reyes, Doug Schaeffer, Julie Mayrant, Daniel Galindo and Brenda Wendt from Woodforest National Bank Pictured back row: Christopher Williston, President and CEO, and Ronnie Miller, Immediate Past Chairman from …
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Introducing Family Promise Giving Day!

September 16, 2019 | Press Releases

We are excited to announce that on October 25, Family Promise will host its first-ever Family Promise Giving Day! Family Promise National will come together with our Affiliates on October 25 in an effort to raise funds and awareness to fight family homelessness across the nation. Having a strong safety …
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Family Promise partners with Help Us Move In (HUMI) to House Families

July 18, 2019 | Press Releases

    Even though Carmen was working long hours as a certified nursing assistant, she was having trouble paying rent on the apartment she shared with her 2 daughters. Michelle’s husband abruptly turned her family out of their home, but only after depleting the savings she had from her consignment …
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