HELPING FAMILIES
The four key components of Family Promise combine to support families in making positive changes in their lives:
1. Host Congregations - Provide overnight sleeping accommodations and hospitality where guests can relax, socialize, do homework or just watch TV. An evening meal, breakfast, and a bag lunch are supplied.
2. Family Day Center - Provides a home base, mailing address and phone number with voice mail for guest families. They can shower, do laundry, seek counsel of the Family Promise Case Manager, and use the fax machine and computer to assist in job or housing search.
3. Daily Transportation - Family Promise provides a 14-passenger van. This promotes safety and timely arrival of the children at school or day care and supports the adults getting to work or appointments.
4. Volunteer Based - Cheerful and supportive volunteers are the heart and soul of the program. Trained volunteers set up the beds, prepare the meals, launder the bedding, help with homework, lend a friendly ear and provide warm and supportive hospitality.
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Saint Boniface Church is a Family Promise of Sarasota host congregation. As a host congregation, for one week, four times a year the Saint Boniface campus will be "home" for up to four families in need. The families will enjoy our hospitality on the campus from about 5:00 in the evening until 7:00 the next morning during their week with us. During the day the families will be either at their jobs or at the Family Promise Day Center in town. While they are with us, we have several volunteer slots available — helping set up their rooms, preparing and serving dinner or breakfast, helping with homework, socializing during the evening, or sleeping overnight on the campus. We have a place for anyone wanting to help.
