Dear Dayton,
We need you. This year, FLOC, For Love of Children is going to host a very different fundraiser, due to the current state of affairs. Our annual fundraiser gives us our base for the next year’s support of the 6,000+ children we serve. Our population is typically focused on those children, 0-18, who are neglected, abused, in foster care, or those in need of community resource. These past few months, we have collaborated with a number of local nonprofits in an effort to help feed those who are without. We have now provided over 120,000 meals to people in need. We have also partnered with the wonderful people at the Dayton Mall, in a program entitled The Dayton Mall Non Profit Co Op. We have offered thousands of essential home items through this program.
Our efforts are 100% volunteer based; we go where we are needed, and offer support, comfort and hope to those who are looking for just that. We are providing scholarships to two young men graduating this year through our longitudinal study, and will help them steward their future direction. Since Covid 19 hit, we have donated 11 computers to children who do not have this resource, and are providing online classes to many. Our future is bright with the hope of providing whatever we can to embrace each and every day.
Please join our fundraising efforts. If you have an item to donate, please email me at beth7mann@gmail.com Any and everything you have to offer will help us finance our abilities to provide sunshine to so many in the dark. Our fundraiser will start in early September, so you have plenty of time to gather items. We’ll take pictures of your kind donations, and put them on our website, which will be available for review. We hope to do the final day of bidding by a zoom gathering of all those involved, and we hope it’s a HUGE gathering! A September zoom gala date will be announced as it is identified.
Our world needs some simplicity, some sense, some joy. Find something special to share with us, we’ll share the ease of breath that you have created in that gesture.
Your donations will make a significant difference in so many lives.
We at FLOC thank you so very much for your generosity, your kind support, and for the time you take in caring for others.
With love to all,
Beth Mann