by Family Promise | Jun 22, 2016 | Voices of Family Promise
Most of my childhood I lived in the suburbs. That is, two miles outside of a town of 300 people. There was a pond next to my house, filled with bullfrogs, snapping turtles and dragonflies; across from it was a field of cows on a dairy farm. I was the only child of a...
by Family Promise | May 26, 2016 | Affiliate News
A leap of faith…Family Promise’s Athens (GA) Affiliate truly went over the edge this spring. They partnered with two other local nonprofits that also focus on improving the lives of children for a fundraiser that allowed winners to walk backward off a 7-story...
by Family Promise | May 19, 2016 | National News
The lives of teenagers Shauna and Samantha Bolton were turned upside-down last year when their father, Shawn, lost his job of 25 years. The family ended up homeless. Determined to remain together during a difficult transition, the Boltons turned to the Summit-based...
by Family Promise | May 2, 2016 | National News
Mary Ryan, a Family Promise-Union County (NJ) volunteer from Westfield’s Church of the Holy Trinity, created a very special moment at Family Promise’s national conference in Long Beach, CA on April 9. She announced that the Ryan family will donate the funding for a...
by Family Promise | May 2, 2016 | Success Stories
Holly and Raymond Bixby found themselves in a desperate situation—unable to provide for their family with no place in their community to turn for help. As the result of a back injury and subsequent surgery in 2014, Raymond was unable to return to his job and they lost...
