URGENT REQUEST!!
GRANT MATCHING FUNDS NEEDED
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| One of the great challenges we face
in providing services in our rural area
is in the area of funding. We operate
under a HUD Supported Housing Project
grant to provide transitional housing
and supportive services to the homeless.
These funds provide for all operating
expenses of our facility and our programming.
We are still in need of matching funds
to finish this years operations.
We must raise $30,000 beginning
now and to be finished by the end of December. We
are asking for your help. If you
can give towards this need, we are very
appreciative.
Donations may be sent to:
My Father's House Community Services
PO Box 452
Paola, KS 66071
To donate online, please visit http://www.my-fathers-house.com/giving.htm |
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FORT SCOTT PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED
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| My Father's House Community Services
is currently seeking partnerships in the
Fort Scott
community to develop housing for the homeless.
Current plans include applying for funding
to provide an emergency shelter program
and transitional housing programs.
In our Paola project we have partnered with schools, youth groups, community
organizations, churches, businesses, government agencies and individuals. These partnerships
have provided us with physical labor for
facility renovations, gifts-in-kind to furnish, decorate
and stock the facility and contributions
to provide matching funds for grants and pay other program
expenses. Both programs could be in
place and operating as soon as early 2008.
Our local contact person is Homeless
Advocate, Michael Nash. He may be contacted by email, michaelnash@my-fathers-house.com, or by calling (620) 223-1216.
You may also contact our main campus in Paola, info@my-fathers-house.com, or (913) 294-3600. We will be
updating our web site as progress
is made. For more information about
our organization visit our web site, www.my-fathers-house.com. |
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UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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| Jay Preston
and Beth Leach often visit groups and speak
on subjects including rural homelessness,
the programming of My Father's House and
other related subjects, If you have
an interest in inviting us to speak for
your group please email Jay Preston or Beth Leach.
September
14, 2007 at 11:00 am
Jay will be speaking to the Home School
Group at Grace Community
Church
in Spring Hill, Kansas
September
20, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Jay will be speaking to the Paola Optimists
Club at the Paola Country Club
October
19, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Jay and Beth will be speaking to the KC
District youth at "Eyes Wide Open,"
an educational about homelessness at Shawnee Church
of the Nazarene in Shawnee,
Kansas
November
7, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Jay will be speaking to the
Bourbon County Coalition meeting at the
First
Baptist Church
at 123
Scott Ave in
Ft.
Scott, Kansas
October
23, 2007
Jay will be speaking at the Kansas Statewide
Homeless Coalition's Annual Summit in Manhattan,
Kansas
on the topic of "Creative Partnerships in Rural Areas." |
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| My Father's
House Community Services will never sell
or give your email address to any other
organization. We respect your right
to keep your email address as private
as possible. We also make every
effort to operate with integrity, not
abusing your confidence in us. Thank
you.
Jay Preston, Executive Director |
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| My Father's
House Community Services |
| My Father's House Community
Services is a nonprofit organization
(501c3) dedicated to serving
the poor, the underserved and
the disenfranchised of rural
Kansas.
We currently provide transitional
housing and supportive services
to Miami
and Linn
Counties
in Kansas. |
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| Making Contact |
| info@my-fathers-house.com
(913) 294-3600
My Father's House Community
Services
PO
Box 452
(mail)
1004 N.
Pearl (location)
Paola,
Kansas
66071 |
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| Other Fundraising Ideas |
Did you know
that My Father's House can take
your used inkjet and laserjet
cartridges, old cell phones,
working dvd movies, old laptops,
mp3 players and digital cameras
and recycle them for cash?
We can and we do. We also
take items to list on ebay for
fundraising.
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