Click the button below to read thoughts from our Executive Director, Joe Nettesheim, who celebrated his one year anniversary with Family Promise of Waukesha County on November 3rd. Joe reflects on his time with the organization so far and shares some of the valuable lessons he has learned along the way.
This weekend we will begin the process of setting up our first apartment. This is part of our pilot program of providing shelter to families utilizing an apartment until we can return to congregations. Thank you to Denise O’Halloran, Gail Frangiamore and their crew for furnishing and preparing the apartment. We are also excited to work with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, who are providing a bunk bed for the apartment.
In addition we are grateful to these foundations for helping to fund the Apartment Shelter Program:
Green Bay Packers
Forest County Potawatomi
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Oconomowoc Area Foundation
3. PREVENTION PROGRAM
The Family Homelessness Prevention Program has served 22 families. All of these families remain in their home! Here is a snapshot of who those families are:
We also have received a grant from Help Us Move In (HUMI), an organization whose focus is to end homelessness for children. This grant challenges Family Promise to match the $10,000 award in (2021) and then match that $20,000 in 2022. These funds will be used for rent relief. Look for a special appeal to match this grant on Giving Tuesday (December 1) and as a part of the Home-Giving Project. More details to follow.
4. AMAZON SMILE
This holiday season, we invite you to consider designating Family Promise of Waukesha County as a charitable recipient of your Amazon purchases. If you use Amazon Smile and choose Family Promise of Waukesha County, a percentage of your purchases will be donated to us.
We have also begun a wish list. You can purchase items directly off the wish list and have them sent to us! 139 E. North Street Waukesha, WI 53188
Volunteer Coordinator Ginny Brown and her husband George support Family Promise as Thrivent members. We asked them to explain how Thrivent works. Click the button below to read more about their experience with Thrivent.
