Family Promise of Forsyth County

Get No Dirty Dishes Raffle Tickets Now
How would you like to eat out five nights in a row and not have to cook? If you are the winner of our No Dirty Dishes raffle, you could choose to do that. Or you could eat out once a week for five weeks. If you win, it’s up to you!

Grand prize is five gift certificates for Dinner for Two, at five area restaurants. Second place will win three certificates and third place two gift certificates. Our 2010 raffle runs from August 1 through August 31. We will announce the winner on September 1.

This was a very successful fundraising event for us last year as we raised $6,000. We hope to exceed that number this year. Tickets are $5 or 5 tickets for $20. You can get tickets from any of our board members, staff, at the day center, or through members in your congregation.

First Prize: Bimini’s Oyster Bar $25, Bistro B & Wine Bar $25, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill $40, PF Chang’s $25, and Village Tavern $50.

Second Prize: Chili’s $20, Outwest Steak House and Saddleroom $25 and Red Lobster $25.

Third Prize: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant $15 and Smitty’s Grille $25.

We will be selling tickets in the community as well. Find us at Harris Teeter, on South Main Street, Kernersville on August 14, from
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Family Promise Honored By Piedmont Parent!
Family Promise of Forsyth County has been selected as the Charity Partner for Piedmont Parent’s 1st annual Moms@Work luncheon, Tuesday, September 14, 2010.

At the luncheon we will be presented a check for $1,000.

All attendees will be asked to bring a donation of kitchen, laundry or bathroom supplies for our families. These supplies will provide a home starter kit for the families as they move into housing.

The event is at The Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons from
11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Sheron Decker of the Satisfied Life radio show. Fifty NC companies will be recognized for helping parents balance work and family. We hope to have a Family Promise table. Call us to reserve your seat ($30 a person).

Volunteer Appreciation Day
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!! But words are not enough… the Board and staff would like to invite you to attend our Volunteer Appreciation Day on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Day Center.

We’re honoring our volunteers with delicious refreshments, thank you gifts and more. Plus we’d love for you to meet some of your fellow volunteers. We will have an Open House from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a short program beginning at 4 p.m.

We hope that you will stop by and see us!

Second Annual Benefit Auction and Dinner
Saturday, October 23, 2010 we will hold our Second Annual Benefit Auction and Dinner fundraiser at Kernersville Seventh Day Adventist Church. We will have a silent and live auction.

Dinner will be prepared by Jeff Bacon, Director and Executive Chef of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC's Triad Community Kitchen program, and Antawn Hairston, Executive Chef and owner of Sweet Thangs Classic Creations.

Mark your calendars and save the date for a night of fun!

Family Promise in the News
The June issue of Forsyth Family magazine, page 50, has included an article about Family Promise’s Cardboard Box City called “Sleeping Under the Stars, So No One has To”. We also had a large front page article on our progress in Kernersville’s Tuesday News on June 2.

The Latest on Our Families
We had 38 referral calls for the month of June, which meant July became a busy month at the day center.

We had three families, 13 individuals, in the program the first week. One family of two went into permanent supportive housing and another family of four went into transitional housing. The dad from the family of four was able to find work while they were here, so when they left both parents had employment. We are able to provide a family of seven who needed shelter for a couple of weeks. Towards the end of July we were able to bring in a new family of three.

And a great piece of news for our future families: Kernersville Moravian Church has joined our network to host and is working on their permit!

Have you been wondering what happens with the children of our families during the summer? Stephanie provides the families with multiple opportunities. Depending on their age, some are in daycare; others take part in camps or go on vacation trips with relatives or families of friends. We even have a partnership worked out with the Kernersville YMCA that if parents need the morning for interviews and appointments that the children can attend their summer program.