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Youth Awarded 1K Challenge Grant: Bags of Hope
Youth were awarded a $1,000 grant from the 1K Challenge Student-Led Ministry Projects division of YouthWorks. Hope youth gathered information about community needs though interviewing community leaders at church, the Marcy Holmes neighborhood and FMF. Through this process, they identified needs of the community that were most people-oriented, local, and focused. Through this process, the needs of Families Moving Forward guests were identified as the most pressing. The grant application will fund their idea to create Bags of Hope to give to the homeless families that we host at church. These bags will be fille with necessary toiletry items that could be used by the whole family. Youth will also use the funds to make warm fleece blankets for each guest. The bags of hygiene products will be given to families when they come and stay at our church during FMF week. The bags will make families feel more welcome at our church . The blankets will keep guests warm and comfortable as they move from one location to another in the course of a day. The supplies will last more than the week they stay at our church.