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A lot of people don't know

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about family homelessness, and I think

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it's because it's so well hidden

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in the community.

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Homelessness looks different for families, but

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our neighbors are not different from

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you or me.

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It doesn't take much.

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There are good, good families that

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came into one situation, one bill,

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one bad landlord.

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puts them out of their living

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condition.

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We're seeing more evictions than ever.

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We're seeing families barely just getting

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by.

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The need for affordable housing is

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off the chart.

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The nation as well as here

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locally in the community of Selma

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County, it's a crisis.

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Everybody deserves a place to call

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their own.

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Can you imagine not having your

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home?

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I mean,

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where would you lay your head

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at night?

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Once I thought about it, I

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could never really get it out

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of my head because I realized

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how important that is.

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Family Promise provides stability for homeless

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families to strengthen our community.

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We realized that we were the

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only

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agency that would allow families to

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stay together.

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We don't define family.

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That's not our place.

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So a family could be grandma

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and grandkids.

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It could be dad and kids.

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Our thought is you can't heal

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as a family when you're separate.

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The healing process takes place when

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you're together.

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Through shelter, essential supplies and

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services,

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we do whatever it takes to

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walk families through this time of

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crisis.

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To have their privacy and their

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dignity,

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They have their own small space

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to be a family in.

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You can see their self-respect growing

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and realizing, hey, I'm going to

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get through this.

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There are people here that care.

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Speaking from experience, I've been homeless

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before.

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As a child, I've been homeless

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before with my family.

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So it was important to stay

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with my brothers and sisters.

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It was important to stay with

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my dad.

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Looking at these families that come

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in here,

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I see myself in the kids.

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And I'm like, we are making

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a difference.

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We're keeping them together.

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Family Promise of Summit County has

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been helping families achieve sustainable

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independence

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since

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But we know there are more

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to serve.

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At all times, we have a

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waiting list.

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Volunteers are the backbone of our

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mission.

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They help us deliver quality of

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life for families at Glendora House

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and beyond.

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Family Promise does not exist without

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volunteers.

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how we have existed for the years that we've

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existed.

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They help keep us running.

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Doing events with the family, celebrating

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birthdays that otherwise those that might

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have gone to the wayside.

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The volunteers help with everything from

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socialization to just daily mechanics of

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life.

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Family Promise has never been about

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enabling people.

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It has really been about helping

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them to succeed.

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It takes a community and we

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need your help.

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Our volunteers and corporate partners make

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achieving our mission possible.

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They said that, you know, they

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needed meals.

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I'm like, great, I love to

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cook.

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So I came in and I

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got to bring the meals in

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and it was really just eye-opening,

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you know, to be able to

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see, wow,

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There's hope for them.

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Take the next step today.

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Even an hour of your time

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can change a life.

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Share in a hug, a meal,

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or celebration.

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Read a book.

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Lend a hand.

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Provide companionship, compassion, and

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support.

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It takes every single volunteer in

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the more the merrier.

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Whenever you volunteer, you have that

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opportunity to make other people's lives

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better.

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Impact is, I've taken a homeless

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family with children.

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And I've put them into a

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warm, safe, and dry place to

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sustainably live.

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Like they deserve that.

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We imagine a future where every

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child has a home, every family

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has the resources they need, and

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the chance to build a better

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future.

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You see the success in the

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people that have been in the

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program.

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And those stories are all over

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the place in Summit County.

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because they've helped so many families.

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But I would like at one

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point for everybody to have a

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place to sleep.

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I don't want to see a

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waiting list.

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The more we can get families

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into stable situations, the better.

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Take the action, take the step,

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and join us.

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Don't wait until tomorrow.

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Do it today.

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Volunteer today and help us make

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Family Promise of Summit County the

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last stop to a promising tomorrow.