2022 Walk Program
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MAY 13–15, <strong>2022</strong>
WELCOME TO OUR <strong>2022</strong><br />
WALK TO END HOMELESSNESS!<br />
Thank you for participating in this year’s walkathon! Although we<br />
were hoping to have an in-person event this year, as planning began<br />
and we talked to many of you, we made the decision to stick with the<br />
same remote model that was so successful last year. Thank you for<br />
rising to the challenge! It’s exciting to see how many of our<br />
congregations, neighborhoods, and school-based Family Promise<br />
Clubs formed teams to walk together and raise funds and awareness<br />
for our programs. We’ve heard that many of the groups are hosting<br />
cookouts, luncheons, or coffee and donuts before they walk. We can’t<br />
wait to see your photos! And thank you especially to all the Team<br />
Captains that organized their teams and walk routes. We can’t do this<br />
without your hard work and enthusiasm.<br />
We know that mid-May is a busy time of year for many of you and<br />
we really appreciate the support that you and our business<br />
community have offered us. Because of your compassion and<br />
dedication to our mission, we were able to serve a record number of<br />
64 families including 101 children in 2021. This spring we are looking<br />
forward to the reopening of our Day Center and the launch of our<br />
new, permanent shelter site. We can’t wait to bring our families,<br />
volunteers, and staff all together again under the same roof.<br />
Thank you for joining us on this walk as we embark on a new<br />
chapter for Family Promise Metrowest.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Carole Brodrick, Development Director
ABOUT<br />
FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST<br />
Based in Natick, Massachusetts, Family Promise Metrowest serves<br />
low- and moderate-income families with children that are<br />
homeless or at risk of homelessness.<br />
Our Shelter program, supported by 51 multi-faith congregations<br />
and the community at large, offers temporary housing, food, and<br />
other essential support. Families also meet weekly with a family<br />
coach to work toward goals that address the root causes of their<br />
housing instability. Our SAIL program (Sustaining Achievements<br />
for Independent Living) supports families that graduate from our<br />
shelter with subsidies and ongoing coaching to ensure their<br />
successful transition back into community housing. Our LIFE<br />
program (Local Initiative for Family Empowerment) helps<br />
families facing eviction or shelter entry remain in safe housing by<br />
providing subsidies for rent in arrears or security deposits to<br />
immediately move into new housing, along with family coaching<br />
to build long-term sustainability. Lastly, all families are supported<br />
by the Steps to Success program, which offers educational and<br />
career-building resources to help parents and teens increase their<br />
income and break the cycle of poverty.<br />
Our approach to addressing family homelessness and housing<br />
instability is simple. We believe motivated families that are<br />
homeless can move themselves out of poverty and become selfsufficient<br />
if given resources, guidance, and encouragement. We<br />
envision a future in which every family has a stable home, a<br />
sustainable income, and the chance to build a better life. Learn<br />
more at www.FamilyPromiseMetrowest.org.
THANK YOU TO OUR<br />
COMMUNITY PARTNERS...<br />
...AND TO OUR<br />
EVENT SPONSORS!<br />
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM: AAFCPAs, Apex<br />
Entertainment, Austin Architects, BJs, Chick-fil-A, Kona Ice,<br />
Dimensions 3D, Embrace Home Loans, ERA Key Realty, Metrowest<br />
Healing Center, Roche Brothers, Samara Beverages, and Tobin School.
MANY THANKS ALSO TO OUR<br />
SWAG BAG & RAFFLE DONORS!
Proud to be a<br />
Community Partner<br />
of Family Promise<br />
Metrowest<br />
www.herbconnolly.com
21 Eliot St<br />
South Natick, MA 01760<br />
508-653-5226
Proud<br />
Supporter of<br />
Family<br />
Promise<br />
Metrowest
GENTS ACCESSORIES
CONTACT US<br />
For more info about Family Promise Metrowest,<br />
please visit us at the following:<br />
familypromisemetrowest.org<br />
info@familypromisemetrowest.org<br />
508-318-4820<br />
familypromisemetrowest.org/blog<br />
facebook.com/familypromisemetrowest<br />
instagram.com/familypromisemetrowest<br />
twitter.com/FPmetrowest