IT’S HAPPENING.
We don’t have all the details worked out, but we want you to be one of the first to know. STARS Family Services (SFS) is planning and working toward the day when our residents will be able to return to their homes. And yes, we’re coming back better than ever.
Absence make the heart grow, well, a lot of things. We miss our STARS and they miss us. The good news is that they are all healthy.
There are so many things to miss and our residents miss and feel all this fully and deeply--their housemates, their rooms, the staff, their jobs, the food they make together, even dare I say, the chores like laundry, vacuuming, the yard work that’s coming and so much more. Bible time together. Interacting with the community builders. It’s what living in a home that’s yours is all about.
ANNOUNCING: A COVID-19 MATCHING GRANT
The excitement about helping our STARS get back home and back to work is magnified by the news that the Coleman Foundation has awarded SFS with a $25,000 matching grant. They will match dollar for dollar any amount given online or sent in the mail, no restrictions, up to the total grant of $25,000. The deadline for donating for the match is June 1. Gifts can come by check or online, and there is no minimum.
You can fund a full day of SFS living in one of our homes for a gift of $548 or all three homes for a gift of $1,644. And at this time, those gifts would be matched by the grants. Won’t you help us get ready for the reopening of our homes?
Tuesday, May 5, is a special Giving Tuesday Now! Day to help local charities like SFS raise support during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are hoping to raise at least $10,000 between now and Giving Tuesday. Together I believe we can make this a reality.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN
We also want everyone to understand that we proceed with care. We know that we can’t rush it. As eager as we are to welcome our team of volunteers and staff and residents back into life at STARS Family Services, we are using this time to disinfect each of the homes and develop new protocols and best practices for when the residents return home. We will be guided by a new emergency preparedness plan to help assure the safety and well-being of everyone in our the SFS community.
PRAYERS NEEDED
Pray about giving to help supply the needed funds so SFS can meet this match and move forward in reopening the homes. We seek to do this according to God’s plan and in his way. Pray for God to give our board, staff and volunteers wisdom as we move forward with preparations to open to homes to the people they were built for—our residents.
We’ll be sure to let you know when the doors open wide!
Thank you for your partnership with STARS Family Services.
Tom Paulsen
President, Board of Directors
STARS Family Services
