Spring Happenings at Partners in Housing
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New Mission Statement, Upcoming Events, Food Services and More!
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New Year, New Mission Statement:
Thoughts From the Executive Director
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New Year, New Mission Statement
Greetings Friends!
With Spring comes a renewed energy and with energy comes renewed focus. Faced with changing funding priorities from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last year, Partners in Housing faced losing a significant funding source. With a year to prepare, Partners in Housing began planning to not only “stay the course” financially, but to poise itself to be able to expand in the upcoming years. The result? A wonderful up swell of support from our community partners, an opportunity to reevaluate our business potential, and, after 28 years of service, a deep contemplation about what our Mission is.
When you have a “Mission Statement” -
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You announce to the world why you exist
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You have a formal summary of your intention and values of your organization
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You define your focus, culture and passion
At Partners in Housing, our mission determines our future and the future of the families we serve. After much hard work and thought, the Board of Directors and Staff of PIH is pleased to announce our new mission statement:
Partners in Housing guides families in housing crisis from insecurity to stability, self-reliance and prosperity.
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Volunteers are involved in every aspect of Partners in Housing! Meet Pat Smith, our lead volunteer for the activities that happen at the Myron Stratton Campus.
Pat’s Why? “I believe in helping others. I wanted to give back to our community, and Partners in Housing was perfect for that.”
Pat first got involved with Partners in Housing when her church, Healing Waters Christian Ministries, hosted a holiday clothing drive. She has been a volunteer for over a year, and typically gives of her time three days a week! Pat is the consummate professional and her warm, gentle and loving manner truly sets the stage for our Partners and their families to feel welcomed and valued.
Interested in volunteering? We host monthly volunteer orientations which are listed on our
Facebook
. Current needs include: Work IT! Career Mentors, Kitchen assistants to help serve family meals on Tuesday & Wednesday evenings and afternoon donation room help. Information on all of our volunteer opportunities are listed at:
partnersinhousing.org/give-time/
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Moving Families Forward from Food Insecurity
to Stability and Self-reliance
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“I never really knew how to cook, or plan or budget. Buying McDonalds’s was cheaper and easier than wrestling with 3 kids at the grocery store.” For families living paycheck to paycheck, budgeting an entire week’s worth of meals is daunting. “Do I pay for utilities this week, medications, or put gas in the car? I can scrape together $10 today to buy 10 dollar items off the Dollar Menu, but I wasn’t able to save up enough for a week’s worth of groceries to go to the store.”
Tackling the many facets of food insecurity we meet our Partner families emergency food needs to help them stretch their food stamp budget. Families are also offered 2 freshly cooked, family friendly dinners offered by Common Cause Catering on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Emergency food service is merely a Band-Aid, however, if families do not know how to budget, cook or plan. Cooking Matters classes facilitated by Care & Share are a 6 week series designed to help parents struggling with limited budgets learn how to shop for and cook healthy, affordable meals. Empowering families with the skills to stretch their food budgets and cook healthy meals, partnering with Cooking Matters ensures that families moving forward out of Partners in Housing will have the lifelong tools needed so that their children get nutritious food at home. In addition to learning the skills, participants take home the groceries needed to prepare the meals at home for their family!
Want to get involved? We are in need of individuals, families or groups that can help to prepare, serve and clean up after our family meals on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. We are also seeking groups that can adopt our food panty for the month! Huge thanks to ANB Bank for sponsoring the month of February and Sammi K. and the Jenkins Middle School Junior National Honor Society for sponsoring March. Contact Marianne at
[email protected]
to sign up.
To learn more about food insecurity and how it effects families right here in El Paso County, visit
partnersinhousing.org/blog/
and read about how Partners in Housing meets emergency food needs and then moves families from food insecurity to stability and self-reliance.
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Save the Date: July 25, 2019
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Galiant Homes Presents:
Moving Families Forward,
An Open House Event to Transform Lives
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Enjoy wonderful food with sweeping mountain views at The Club at Flying Horse. Then, be whisked away to a nearby, private viewing of Galiant Homes' premiere Parade of Homes Estate. Galiant Homes: opening their hearts and home to families that do not have a home.
Sponsorships available! Contact Karen at [email protected] or (719) 639-4920 for more information.
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July 25
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Lunch & Learn
Families Feeding Families: Crock Pot & Gift Card Drive
Career Fair
"FUN"raiser
Celebration
Golf Tournament
Annual Event
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Stop by for a light lunch and learn about who we are and what's new for 2019!
Families Feeding Families: Last Day to drop off *NEW* crock pots (or gift cards) to help our families feed theirs!
WCLI to host a career fair for our Partners
Day 1 of a week long, grassroots, social media heavy SPRINGStastic FUNraiser. Watch our Facebook for more information.
FUNraiser celebration pizza party!
Patty Jewett Women's Golf Club 2019 Benefit Tournament (benefitting Partners in Housing)
Galiant Homes Presents: Moving Families Forward Open House
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For up to date information about these and all of our events, follow us on
Facebook!
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