Family Resources is grateful for all gifts, regardless of size, to promote its mission. There are many ways to give.

Other Ways to Give

Providing Community Services

No family is an island. Without close ties to the community around it, a family can lose its perspective, turn inwards, sink into personal struggles that a neighborly word might help clear up. And without a healthy families, a community will fragment and drift apart. In developing a selection of community-oriented activities, Family Resources is working to give families the means to both reach out for assistance and to infuse the neighborhoods around them with safety and strength.

Our community service activities include the Beverly Jewel Wall Lovelace Children's Program, which offers safe and productive after school care opportunities; the Economic Empowerment Initiative, which leads the way for adults and families who are eager to participate in the financial life of the community; and Visitation Services at Family Resources, through which custodial parents and children who are experiencing stressful family relationships can safely be involved in supervised visitation with non-custodial parents or family members.

Kayla can keep her job

"As a single mom who works fulltime, I worry about not being there when my kids get home from school."

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Kayla's story

"As a single mom who works fulltime, my one big worry is not being able to be there when my kids get home from school. There's no one I can ask for backup, and the cost of daycare would wipe me out.

The Beverly Jewel Wall Lovelace (BJWL) Children's Program at Family Resources has enabled me to keep my job. I'm a full-time employee with Verizon Wireless, and my three children attend the BJWL program. Their ages are 5, 9, and 10. BJWL gives me a safe, affordable (free!) home away from home where my children can be nourished physically and mentally. My children get help with their homework, take field trips, and learn life skills, like how to be leaders and how to resolve conflicts. They're are taught to have pride in their community and in their work. They've learned that it's not where they come from that defines them, but who they are.

"The people at BJWL really care. I'm not saying they're angels, but they take their time with the children and help them with mistakes they may make."

"They keep me informed about everyday activities, and if they see something one of my children is doing that needs to be corrected, they make me aware of it. BJWL is a life-altering place. My children are growing physically, mentally (they make honor roll!), and emotionally. I also attend college, majoring in social work, and BJWL is helping me earn my degree, which will improve all of our lives."

-Kayla G.