Family Promise

 

Family Promise

The next time we host Family Promise guests will be Sunday March 8 to Sunday March 15

Volunteers are needed for: Set-up and Tear-Down, Providing parts of meals, Hosting during the dinner hour, Staying Overnight, or Donations of perishable and non-perishable items (or a cash donation).  Scroll down to learn more about volunteering or check out the UUSS Family Promise Handbook

Click here to Sign-Up Online
or 
Sign-up at church, dates will be listed in blue sheet

Family Promise is a nonprofit national organization committed to helping low-income families achieve lasting independence.

An integral part of Family Promise program is creating an interfaith hospitality network of area churches, including UUSS.  Each congregation take turns hosting four families for one week.

Watch the video below for an introduction to this program:

UUSS joins other congregations to provide housing for Family Promise

Every few months it is UUSS turn to host four families.  The families arrive on a Sunday afternoon and will stay until the following Sunday leaving before the service begins.  Bedrooms are created in different classrooms and meals are served in the Fahs Room.  Monday through Friday the families leave by 7 am for work or to stay in the Family Promise Day Center and return to UUSS in the late afternoon for dinner and to stay overnight.  On Saturday they leave campus at 10 am returning at 5 pm.

How to Help

We need 60 volunteers for each week we host.  There will be a sign-up table at UUSS a few weeks before we host or you can contact  at the Family Promise table at UUSS a few weeks prior to our hosting week or contact one of the committee chairs below.

We also welcome cash donations to off-set the cost of supplies.

Set-up on the Sunday that our guests arrive and tear down on the following Sunday morning after they leav

  • Glory Wicklund

Dinner for each night (main course, salad/veggie, dessert) 3 people for each meal

  • Doris Janes  

Hosting during the dinner hour, helping to serve the food and clean up after dinner, 2 people for each evening

  • Sammie Arthur  

Staying overnight for one of the nights, 2 people for each night

  • Terry Nichols  

General Questions – Contact the UUSS Family Promise Co-Chairs

  • Sally Wilkins
  • Frances Myers

Upcoming UUSS Family
Promise Host Dates

March 8 – 15, 2020
September 27 – October 4, 2020
November 22 – 29, 2020

Family Promise Updates

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