The fabulous people at Austin Landing have selected FLOC to be the charity they highlight at their Christmas Tree Lighting Event this year! We at FLOC are just so thrilled to have this incredible opportunity to share our mission, to share our kids we are lucky enough to serve, to help light up so many […]
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Stuff A Bus Success The Mall at Fairfield Commons held a fundraiser for us a few weeks ago. They “Stuffed a Bus” with so many school supplies that our Tools for School Program is filled with all kinds of good things! The children we work with through FLOC come home with lists of academic needs
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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”14″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Blessings in a Bag We have a program called Blessings in a Bag. It is designed to help keep our area children fed. There are nearly 40,000 children in the greater
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With Thanksgiving creeping up on us we’re slowly inching towards the hustle and bustle of another holiday season. Halls will be decked, and boughs of holly will be in large supply as we start to get excited about what lies around the corner. Here at FLOC we’ll be focused primarily on getting ready to deliver
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October 10, 2014 This is how the world makes sense to me, and yet I am undone by its beauty. At our last board meeting, we were presented with the needs a young mother who had escaped a very physically abusive relationship, who was now in a secure location, but had no bedding for her
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April 16, 2014 I am very humbled, very honored and so surprised to receive the Brother Raymond L. Fitz award. Thank you so much to the County Commissioners – Debbie and Judy and Dan, to Gerry Pegues, to Jessica Abernathy and to all of you who put this wonderful event together. When Jessica asked me whom
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April 11, 2013 One of our most satisfying, fulfilling programs created by the generosity that is our Dayton community is now titled our Grant A Wish Program, formerly Make A Wish. Every month, children in our area write us a very heartfelt letter of request. We have been approached for a wide and wild range
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January 23, 2013 I’ve written up some information regarding our newest program for FLOC, but let me give you updates and further input. In the fall of 2012, we asked three area schools to identify five children in their system who are academically talented, and who could use our resources. To that end, we have
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December 7, 2012 Well, it’s been awhile, but there were turkeys to bake and children to love and trees to trim. But I’m back now, and I’d like to tell you a story about how the “comfort a child” program came into play. Five years ago, I met a young lady who told me the
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