Nachoochee Presbyterian Church is one of 14 area churches and community partners, who support Family Promise of White and Habersham. The mission is to help families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community – based response. Family Promise provides temporary housing, meals and services to an average of 3 families at a time for a maximum of 90 days, All adult family members staying in the shelter in Cleveland are fully vetted (with background check and drug screens.) During their stay at the Family Promise shelter volunteers offer the families classes on financial literacy, life skills, and parenting. The program also helps them to find and prepare for secure jobs, and gives them guidance on finding and obtaining affordable housing.
As part of the NPC Community Outreach Program, we support Family Promise in many ways;
- Referring those families in need -call 706-865-7725 or email info@fpwh.org
2. Providing meals for 4 weeks out of the year ( the dates for the remaining 2023 year are September 10-16 and December 3-9 ). Meals can be home cooked, picked up at a restaurant or deli, or even delivered by a food venue. An Individual family or several families may go in together and provide a meal.
3. Delivering meals when needed
4. Volunteering to help with house repairs, tutoring, haircuts, reading a story to the children, help writing a resume, etc. These are just a few ideas, you may come up with others.
5. Supporting and helping with Family Promise fund raisers throughout the year. These include the famous Helen Duck Race in October, the $10,000 Reverse Raffle in May, Pie Auctions, and The 180 CLUB.
For anyone needing more information about our NPC Family Promise Outreach, please contact:
- Sue Gailey gaileysue71@gmail.com 706-993-6883 cell or
- Willene Keel wwkeel@gmail.com 706-691-9212