The purpose and reason for this event is to create an opportunity and environment that enables promotion of community services that exist and the partnership that can be created through directed and aligned coordination of services, venues, suppliers, and other support structures to deliver an event that participants can experience and remember for years to come. We have designed this event to showcase those that are providing support and so that you can enjoy and serve and donate to the community in a special way. We hope that you take the time to learn about the organization "Save the Family Foundation of Arizona"!!!
Date: February 25, 2012, 6:00 pm to Midnight
Location: The Ice House, 429 W. Jackson St, Phoenix, AZ 85007
Hosted by: Eva Louis, Chronic Behavior and Juliana Brutsche, Monarch Media.
For Questions or Additional Information Request call 480-577-7653 or 602-882-5196
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Fundraiser Information -
http://savethefamily.org/
SAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA
The purpose of the event is to bring awareness and support to the Save the Family Foundation in support of their mission to support the local community.
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OUR MISSION - Save the Family Foundation of Arizona
Family homelessness is damaging to everyone it touches. Save the Family empowers families to conquer homelessness and achieve life-long independence.
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We envision communities free
from family homelessness.
Save the Family has been serving homeless families with children for more than 20 years. Founded in 1988, Save the Family was created to help homeless families become self-sufficient. In 1989, the agency acquired four housing units and served the first four families, who were referred from a local domestic violence shelter.
Early on, Save the Family recognized the need for services beyond just housing. The agency offered the first adult and children’s education classes in 1991. Adult classes centered on parenting and personal growth and development, while children’s classes offered expressive art activities, aimed at assisting children with sharing their experience of homelessness. Due to increasing demand for these supportive services, the agency’s programs were expanded to include a broader array of services and teen programming.
Program services for adults and youth continue, and now include career development, financial planning, education and support for domestic violence, tutoring, after-school classes and tuition dollars for summer camps and extracurricular activities.
In our work to help families achieve self-sufficiency, Save the Family identified a lack of affordable housing options for families graduating from our program. In 1994 The Affordable Rental Movement of Save the Family (ARM) was created to meet these needs. This housing partnership has provided Save the Family with the ability to serve more families, and to provide our unique programming to a broader audience.
Please consider how you can help the homeless through this event. I shared with my friends the purpose. For others here is the reason for this "Bollywood" event fundraiser for Save the Family Foundation of Arizona. It is not just about the glitz, glamour, venue, businesses, dancing, food and drinks, it goes way deeper than that. It's about the people, not only the people supporting and working the event, but the people the event is helping. Everyday, we take for granted what we have..some of us are fortunate enough to get a paycheck, or some kind of check, some of us are fortunate enough to have a roof over our heads and a car to drive, some of us are fortunate to have food to eat, a doctor to see, a school to go, a business to run. But in a minute something can happen that takes all that away, or a series of events that culminate into a loss of everything. You can say, that wouldn't happen to me or that it couldn't happen. But how many live paycheck to paycheck, or even meal to meal? Who has been robbed or hurt by somebody else that caused things to spiral out of control? Who has been hit by a medical expense they didn't plan on or surgery that kept them from working. I've seen what happens to people when they don't have their basic needs met. I experienced what it feels like to worry about if I can provide for someone else or if I will have a meal. I have friends that aren't able to afford gas, rent, clothes, shoes, and more. We've affected by suicide, death, by loss of job, by people not caring, by being selfish, by not seeing sometimes the reality of what is happening. You may not know me, but my want is for you to know of my passion to help people because it is only people that can make a difference. I'm called to bring awareness to those causes that will make a difference for millions of people and to show people what is possible. Well, it is possible to make a difference and that can happen every day. It's not just about what you do, or how you do it, it is about doing it for someone else and seeing beyond yourself. That's what this event is about. I'm calling it out, I am looking for the bold and the strong to make a stand and make a difference for others. We are all called to do so, so taking one step in the direction of helping others is a good one. I've been so extremely blessed and have so much love from my friends and family, that I cannot not share it with you all. I hope this helps to explain better the purpose behind this event I hope you consider supporting a cause to make a difference.
