This year has changed a lot of the ways that we get together. However, helping our community and being there for those who need us is just as, if not more, important than ever. FLOC, For Love of Children, relies on annual fundraising to support the 6,000+ children that 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 resources. 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 150,000 meals to people in need, we are tutoring struggling students over zoom, we are providing enormous resources at the Dayton Mall on a daily basis, we are stocking up for our Christmas for Kids, we are doing everything we know how to do for those who need it most. We need your support to continue our work.
How You Can Get Involved:
- What is the Purpose of the Auction?
- Bidding on Auction Items
- Donate Directly to a Cause You Care About
- Send a Direct Donation
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What is the Purpose of the Auction?
Our volunteer Board of Directors have had many conversations as to what we should do about this year’s annual fundraiser which is usually held in September. Our FLOC gala hosts hundreds of people and usually raises anywhere between $100,000 to $200,000. FLOC also receives a small amount of additional funds from various foundations. However, 80% of the money we raise comes from the annual FLOC gala.
Unfortunately, this year, due to COVID-19, we are unable to safely put on this important fundraiser. Therefore, we are asking for your kind support to help us raise enough money so we can at least continue to keep the children’s toy cottage open this year and help as many children as we possibly can.
Bidding on Auction Items
This year we have so many amazing things available to bid on with new items every week. Bid on a new 38 gallon fish tank, a custom made guitar by a local artist, a gift certificate to a shopping trip to Loralei’s Boutique, a winning tasting with a wine expert, and an amazing deal on a Sid Dickens Memory Block.
Tired of being home? We have trips all over the country and beyond. Enjoy 3 day vacations in Las Vegas or Chicago, or take an extended trip for one week to Charleston, South Carolina, North Redington Beach, Florida, or Cartagena, Columbia. If none of those options sound good to you, we’re also offering 2 Round Trip Tickets with Delta Airlines!
Everything from Televisions to Autographed Guitars and Even Trips Out of State are Available in this Year’s FLOC Auction! No Entry Fees & No Need to Leave the House.
Donate Directly to a Cause You Care About
Another way you can help FLOC reach children and families in the community is by donating directly to a cause. On the online auction you will see our many services that are in need of funding this coming year.
FLOC also has a program called Comfort a Child. For many years, children being taken into care were given a trash bag to collect their personal belongings. When FLOC learned of this tragic transition for these children, they purchased duffle bags filled with joy for these kids. Now, every caseworker at Montgomery County Children’s Services has a brand new duffle bag for children being removed from their homes. It has brought many smiles to a most difficult moment. Each duffle bag costs $10.00. We are asking you to please purchase these bags.
Our Grant A Wish Program provides a child (identified by either school, parent or mentor) with a much desired gift in their life. Whether it be due to academic success, community service, or whatever something above and beyond this person has accomplished, FLOC honors this child. Once a month, at our board meetings, we surprise this recipient with a school field trip they could not afford, art supplies, a camera, computer- you name it. For $350.00 a wish, you can see a child transformed. Should you decide to apply for a Grant a Wish sponsorship, you will be invited to that board meeting in order to watch the magic you have performed. And it IS magical.
Send a Direct Donation
Sending us a donation on our auction or on our website can help us to not only fund our current projects but help us to find new ways to help as the need arises. Please consider making a donation of any amount here.
We are so grateful to you for any and all help you can provide. FLOC is, again, 100% volunteer driven, our Board, our volunteers. The profound difference a moment can make in a child who knows only darkness and defeat. The fact that someone cares, and provides these articles of inspiration, whether they come in the form of a Christmas gift, a new gown for prom, a tutor who cares, academic supplies, it makes the heart grow- both in the child served, and in the gift of the giving.