Please join the Richmond Hill/Bryan County Chamber of Commerce, Richmond Hill Mayor Harold Fowler and Family Promise Founder Karen Olson and other invited guests for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House of Family Promise of Bryan County on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:15 p.m.  An Open House will follow immediately and light refreshments will be served. Family Promise of Bryan County is located at 10695 Ford Ave.
 
Families living in poverty face daunting obstacles.  Their jobs don’t pay a living wage. Their housing is often unsafe, dangerous, or both.  Quality childcare, health care, and education are often out of reach. They live from one paycheck to the next—even if both parents work. Every day, they have to make choices as agonizing as whether to put food on the table or pay the rent. An illness or a car repair can upset a budget’s delicate balance and drive a family into homelessness. In fact, families with children are the fastest-growing segment of the nation’s homeless.
 
Communities can make a difference. Family Promise helps by building bridges between people in need and people who want to help.
 
Family Promise is a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless and low income families achieve sustainable independence.  Based in Summit, New Jersey, and founded in 1988, Family Promise believes that Americans are compassionate people who want to make a difference.  Today the organization has 202 affiliates in 42 states, with more in development. Family Promise is a leader in promoting volunteerism and has served as a model of American volunteerism in the U. S. and abroad.  Their programs involve more than 180,000 volunteers and provide assistance to more than 50,000 family members annually.  Family Promise was a recipient of one of 21 Points of Light awards out of a field of more than 4,500 nominees.
 
For more information about programs and services offered by Family Promise of Bryan County, please contact Network Director Candice Stewart-Fife at [email protected]; 912-388-6522, or log on to: familypromisebryancounty.org.