Pine Wood Derby 4/14/2011

The Homeless Families Foundation Dowd Education Center hosted its Annual Pine Car Derby. The Center's Boys Scouts, Girl Scouts, and staff all built and raced their cars while families cheered them on. Everyone had fun during the race and afterwards enjoyed a family style dinner and swapped stories.

A Dear Friend

It is with great sadness that I share with you that Nancy Young, our Board secretary, devoted Trustee and friend of HFF, passed away yesterday at her home. Her obituary is in today’s paper. The family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to HFF. I know you will join me in prayers for her family. Nancy’s unique personality and love of life will be missed. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-belville-young&pid=150279054&fhid=6004

Kroger Rewards Program....

Kroger Community Rewards Program Make your groceries count – We all have to eat! If you shop at Kroger already your purchases can help benefit The Homeless Families Foundation. It is time to re-enroll in Kroger Community Rewards for the coming year. Please visit www.krogercommunityrewards.com starting Friday, April 1st. List The Homeless Families Foundation as your recipient, encourage your family and friends to join as well. Even if you have not participated in the past we would encourage you to go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com and sign up now. You will need to have a valid Kroger account and a Kroger plus card to participate. If you do not have a Kroger account you can sign up here as well. Re-enrollment must be done through the internet so please if you have a friend or family member that does not have access to the internet help sign them up to support The Homeless Families Foundation. If you have any questions please feel free to call Karie @ (614) 461-9247. If you are interested in making a general contribution please click the “donate now” button and follow the prompts. Thanks again for your continued support and Happy Spring!

Daisy Girl Scout Troop

Yesterday a wonderful group of Daisy Girls Scouts came to HFF to deliver over 50 boxes of cookies...There were such fun and asked some really great quesitons...

*Where do you receive your funding from?

*Do we serve healthy meals?

*Do we allow pets?

*Do the kids here celebrate their birthday's and what do we do for them for their birthday"s

*How long can families stay with us?

*How many families do we help?

Mind you these were 6 and 7 year old young ladies! Great quesitons!

Happy Spring...

Happy St. Patrick's Day....

We hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day.....

Food Boxes....

On Sunday, March 13th we received 400 food boxes from our friends at St Joan of Ark church to help benefit The Homeless Families Foundation....We had over 25 volunteers here to help with the project....Thank you so much to everyone who participated. It is only through community support that we can continue our mission. To provide shelter, support, stability and nurturing to homeless children and their families as they prepare to acquire permanent housing.