Since families are our focus…we’re excited about our budding relationship with The Rising Tribe — the producers of 2-8 mile long obstacle course events designed especially for families. Events are intended to bring families together as they plan and strategize the best ways to accomplish each task. Family-to-Family will receive a portion of the proceeds of Rising Tribe’s inaugural event taking place in Vacaville, California next spring.
A big thanks to the real estate company Keller Williams in Alexandria, Virginia… for joining our Stuffed Shirt Project! Keller Williams associates spent the day on May 9th helping local homeless families by assembling packets of personal care items to donate to residents of three northern Virginia shelters. The project was part of the company’s “RED Day” (Renew, Energize and Donate) day of giving. Read more.
We’re excited to announce that to date, 860 “Comforts of Home Welcome Home Boxes” have been delivered to over 800 impoverished New York/New Jersey families affected by Hurricane Sandy. With approximately 5 meals for a family of 4 in each box, we estimate that the boxes, packed and delivered by Peapod, have provided a total of more than 16,000 meals. LEARN MORE.
Family-to-Family is proud to have been chosen by “Listen to Your Mother NYC“ as the charity that benefited from the proceeds of this past weekend’s performance at New York’s “Symphony Space” theater in honor of Mother’s Day. “Listen to Your Mother” was a series of live readings by writers and performers telling their own tales of motherhood…a fun and meaningful way to celebrate.
We’ve been touched and overwhelmed by the generosity of so many in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, that we thought we’d share just one of the many most recent examples. When the furniture company Abbyson Living contacted us wanting to donate to Sandy families who had lost their furniture, we linked them up with five hard-hit families living in a low income housing project in Far Rockaway, NY… Abbyson has since sent each family a gorgeous leather sectional couch!
Sponsor a child and feed a hungry mind! We’ve already linked up over 135 children with donors through our One Book At A Time program. We’ll match your family with a child in need…and ask you to send “one book at a time” with a letter each month. Learn more.
