On Saturday, August 23, 2014, Macy’s will host its 9th annual Shop For A Cause benefiting charities nationwide including Family Promise of North Idaho.
Here’s How It Works Family Promise of North Idaho has signed up to sell savings passes for $5 each which are valid for in-store purchases at Macy's on August 23. How Does FPNI Benefit? Family Promise of North Idaho keeps 100% of the proceeds collected from the passes we sell. How Do You Benefit? When you Shop For A Cause on Saturday, August 23, 2014, you'll receive 25% off* on regular, sale and clearance merchandise, including designer brands you love, throughout the store, as well as 10% off electronics, furniture, mattresses and area rugs. And, you will be eligible to win a $500 gift card, no purchase necessary. You can buy your pass at the FPNI Day Center during normal operating hours. This is a fun way to support our families and save a few bucks. * Exclusions and restrictions apply. See shopping pass for details. We are organizing soon for this fall’s event! This is one of our major fundraisers and it is a blast! If you would like to volunteer and be on the planning committee, please contact volunteer Ali Miller (formerly Ali McCarrel). The committee will need people to sign up for set-up, clean-up, getting things donated (snacks, soup, bread, breakfast items) entertainment, collecting cardboard boxes, advertising, poster making, sponsor getting, registration, security, and lots of other fun things. We also need youth groups and chaperones to participate! It is the best fundraiser/awareness event EVER. Ali’s contact for information and sign-up is alison@globalmediagroup.us.
Help Family Promise of North Idaho and help fight cancer by purchasing tickets for the Community Cancer Fund Golf Benefit at the Coeur d’Alene resort on August 18. Fifty percent of the purchase price of tickets purchased for the Monday Golf Exhibition will be donated back to Family Promise of North Idaho.
SCHEDULE9:00 am Grounds open to attendees -Concessions, beer garden, “FanZone”, and NIKE Golf Demo Center 10:30 am VIP Guests - Clinic and activities with professionals (Driving Range) 12:00 pm 9 hole exhibition - Professionals paired with celebrities Showcase. DETAILS: This an opportunity for FPNI to join in a major fundraiser whose organizer is the son of Ron and Carolyn Keefer. Jerid is in charge of a golf event to benefit Community Cancer Fund at the Coeur d’Alene resort. It is a three day event with professional athletes and celebrities. The third day, which is Monday August 18, is an exhibition day in which the public can purchase tickets for $20 each. He is willing to give back $10 to FPNI for each ticket sold by Family Promise for the third day event! To learn more about the event go to www.showcasegolf.com Ways to help: talk about it with your church friends; get the tickets from Valda Pfundheller; sell the tickets to friends; buy tickets to the event. If you are interested in helping, please speak with Valda or Jolene Pooley. For information or ticket requests, email Teri at riverburch1@gmail.com. All checks to be made out to Community Cancer Fund with FPNI in the memo portion! Ways to Help:
For more information, to volunteer or to register contact board member, Sue Bockelman, at 970-846-5973 or at bockelmanss@yahoo.com. This past April, we celebrated our 6th year in North Idaho! This is a tremendous accomplishment given the economy we have been dealing with during this time. It is fundraisers like our 3rd Annual Golf and Walk Event that have made it possible for us to fulfill our mission. In addition to serving as a major source of needed income, the Golf/Walk Event is a terrific vehicle for bringing our supporters and their families together. The fact is, this pivotal event is just around the corner, on May 16, and we encourage everyone to join in! Go to our Event Coordinator Champion Events website for details on how to participate. This event makes a huge difference in providing the funds needed to sustain Family Promise as the safe and successful sheltering program that it has become. I was thinking about all the families we have served and putting together a few common traits. Each family brings strength and hope in the midst of crisis to our program, to our volunteers, to their own families. Our families are nurtured and encouraged, just by being accepted when they are in the worst point ever in their lives. Then, a transformation takes place once they see their situation changing while under the support of the network. The graduations we celebrate with families are designed to pause and celebrate triumph and blessing at a time when all seemed hopeless. This past month we have had two past guests volunteer for us, one graduate family donated office supplies, four families just called or stopped by to give us an update and say, 'thank you,' and one current family donated items they do not need during this transition time. Each month, we are reminded of the legacy our network is creating for families. Thank you, supporters, volunteers, and prayer warriors for your amazing work to provide amazing opportunities for families of Family Promise!
Idaho Gives is a special day for philanthropy across Idaho and a special opportunity for supporters of Family Promise. Thursday, May 1 is a day for Idahoans to come together with one voice in support of nonprofits, big and small. It is also a day for you to donate to your favorite cause (hopefully that's us) and share in the excitement! HOW IT WORKS On May 1, 2014, donate to your favorite nonprofit anytime from 12:00am to 11:59pm MDT. To make it fun, Idaho Gives will offer cash prizes from their sponsors which will be awarded throughout the day! Whether you schedule your donation early or plan to give on the day, go to IdahoGives.org on May 1st to be part of fun. Family Promise of North Idaho Golf and Walk is a significant funding source for our organization. Come join us in an exciting, one-day family-focused 18 hole scramble golf event with a family walk-a-thon. Location: Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Club Date and Time: Friday, May 16 The way it works is: You collect financial pledges from friends and family. Through your fundraising efforts, you help Family Promise sustain its life changing program for homeless families with children. The payback for you is knowing you have been of service to others. Not only that, you earn a free day of golf or afternoon walk for yourself. It's a win/win. Register Now or Contribute. Either way, your participation helps. Thanks. Find out more at Champion Events. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Andy Storjohann 208-660-0066 Apanda13@juno.com Tuesday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m. at Paddy’s Sports Bar we will kick off our annual Golf and Walk event. Come join us for a taco buffet and no-host bar to register for this Champion Events golf fundraiser. We will have laptops available for online registration for both golfers and walkers. Friday, May 16, at Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Course, we will hold the Golf and Walk Event itself. We are looking for teams of four to play a scramble and fundraise. Not much of a golfer? Then, you can walk the course after the golf event. Either way, you can participate by collecting pledges for your effort. But beyond a fun evening of food, door prizes and fellowship, you can learn about Family Promise of North Idaho and how you can help raise funds to help with operational costs. This month, we looked at our goals for the coming year. We committed to: - keeping our guest load at 80% capacity - continuing our funding efforts to maintain sustainability upgrading our software (and) - retrofitting our day center to include showers and a washer/dryer set These are operational goals but as always our main thoughts and plans are for our guests. Which is to help them become citizens who are employed, self-sustaining, and housed. In order to meet our goals, we need to be recognized! So our plan is to go to more Kiwanis, Rotary, and other club meetings. We will get to Post Falls Days, Rathdrum Days, Hayden Days, Fourth of July Parades, Art on the Green, and other events. We will be wearing our FPNI shirts and handing out brochures!! Watch for us! Family Promise has the privilege of welcoming new life into the program. This month we were excited to welcome a healthy pair of twins who have come home to grace our member churches and day center. The entire family, who are grateful for the support and the safe delivery, are healthy and working to adjust to the new additions. When I open, a proud older sister will bring me a baby to hold each morning. What a pleasure! I am so proud of our volunteers for rising to the extra challenge of babies, or preschoolers or really children of any age! In this network we are side by side with families who are working tremendously hard to get back on their feet. Melissa, our Family Service Coordinator, is working on S.M.A.R.T. goals with each family. S.M.A.R.T. refers to a methodology for setting goals which are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Framed. The families work together with Melissa to identify their top sustainability goals and make an aggressive plan to achieve them. All this, while the parents are working to solidify childcare, do health checks for the entire family, become job ready, set up a payee, learn transportation options, get on several housing lists, and work through the effects of becoming homeless. The families who are accepted into Family Promise are agreeing to come into three months of extensive change, transition and growth. This is no easy task and we commend those willing to take this on in the knowledge that it will help them help their family. We won’t let them fail. Thank you for supporting these families with your time and donations. And we are especially grateful that you take a few extra minutes with the kids to encourage them through this time of change for their family! |
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