Family Promise Rochester

Last night we enjoyed a Family Promise picnic with the families staying in the Promise House and a few staff, volunteers, and board members.

The food was amazing, thanks to Catering By Design, and everyone enjoyed some tasty ice cream thanks to Flapdoodles Ice Cream!

Guests enjoyed their meals at picnic tables and on blankets on the grass with music, spikeball, and chalk!

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You can purchase items using our Amazon Wishlist link below, which will ship directly to us, or you can purchase items in store and contact us to drop them off at the Promise House at 507-281-3122 or [email protected].

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/O3QISOMBNSI7?ref_=wl_share

Thank you for supporting families in our community!

We had a great time at the Juneteenth celebration at Soldier's Field on Saturday! Thanks to everyone who stopped to say hi and met Homey the Panda!

We have a family moving into their new home this week! As we celebrate alongside them we also want to help prepare them for success.

If you have a used lawn mower or snow blower you would be willing to donate for this family to use in their new home please contact us at 507-281-3122 or [email protected].

Thank you Concord Church of Christ for your generous donation of supplies for the Promise House! We appreciate all our partners and their willingness to give in ways that make a lasting impact for the families we serve.

We are urgently in need of bath body towels and paper towels for guests in the Promise House.

We are also looking to replenish our supplies of household goods for families to take when they move out into their new permanent home.

Thank you for helping and supporting our work. Donations can be purchased using the Amazon link below, which will be shipped directly to us, or you can purchase items in store and bring them to the Promise House.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/O3QISOMBNSI7?ref_=wl_share

Our community showed up big time today!!

A HUGE thanks to the Rochester Servant Event and Redeemer Lutheran Church - Rochester, MN for sending a team to help at the Promise House today. This amazing group accomplished some big tasks for us:

🌱Weeded around the Promise House, cut down overgrown trees and bushes, and dug out dead bushes.

🍂Raked fallen leaves around the grounds to clean up.

🪨Cleaned up our landscape rock and added more to fill in the gaps from winter.

🏀Put out our donated outdoor fun supplies for families to begin using now that summer is here.

🧽Disinfected toys and cleaned our play room area for the guests.

🚲Put out our NEW bikes and got them locked up on our bike rack.

🌱Laid grass seed and dirt to make our lawn more plush.

🦶Scraped up some stickers on our floors to clean and prepare for our upcoming event, the Homecoming, in September.

THIS is what it means to be community-based, one of our core values at Family Promise.

🏳️‍🌈 June is Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

Check out our blog post about our time at Rochester Pride and the work we do to help all families.

Because every child deserves a home.

Our Kind of Neighborhood 🌈 June is Pride Month, and in Rochester that means a downtown full of color, music, and people showing up exactly as they are. Rochester Pride Fest is one of our favorite days of the year — and this time, we got to be right in the middle of it. We came with a plan: build a neighborhood.

We have a few urgent needs for today's . Items can be purchased and shipped directly to us using the Amazon link below or you can purchase items in store and contact us to drop them off at 507-281-3122 or [email protected].

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/O3QISOMBNSI7?ref_=wl_share

Summer is here (or almost)!

Take some of your extra time this summer to volunteer with us at the Promise House.

Join our Cleaning Club and help keep our shelter and shared spaces clean and organized. You can also help clean guest rooms when families move into their new homes and prepare them for new guests. Volunteers in this role are not expected to volunteer on a regular basis. Most needs for cleaning are on-call or as needed.

Apply to become a volunteer today at https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/ #/join-party?k=ax39xommvjbx0x!