Family Promise of Lower Bucks

Building communities, strengthening lives.

Family Promise of Lower Bucks - Building communities, strengthening lives.

Monthly Archives: August 2013

First school year weekend, What’s in the children’s minds?

As I sit at my iPad this morning enjoying some fresh brewed Kona coffee. I watch the neighborhood children some up so early and out to play with their friends I can only wonder what they are talking about and what are they thinking. I would guess they compare their teachers, talk about new friends and plan a speculation future full of successes and milestones. What I can’t imagine is the thoughts of this children who don’t have a home. No bedroom, dresser, school clothes, hot meals, warm showers, and their parent(s) stressed about all the same. I was so blessed to have loving parents that managed by way of some hard work but also luck to provide all the basic needs their children should have as tools to build their life. What if I didn’t? What if I had to worry about all the things a struggling parent has to worry about. What if I were homeless? What do you say when the teacher or another student asks where you live. What do you do at lunch time? How do you cope? How do you concentrate on any of the so many things children are supposed to like playing, learning social skills and having all the tools so many others have?

This thought frightens us so much that when some members at the Highland Park Community Church learned that over 400 children in the seven Lower Bucks County Schools were identified as homeless they searched for a solution. They organized and learned about a number of options. Finding Family Promise, a national organization 501(c)(3) non profit that serves these type of children and their families. Helping them have an address, have food,shelter and support and to find permanent self supportive housing while staying together as a family unit. Being surrounded by volunteers from our local faith based community. Family Promise of Lower Bucks was formed, incorporated and a working group was established to prepare to serve that population that is most vulnerable and needs our help. Now many have joined us, church’s, mosques, people from all faiths and all walks of life all wanting to help homeless children.

Our next organizing meeting is on September 9, 2013 at 6:45 pm at the First Presbyterian Church of Levittown. Emile Road at Green Lane. Around the back of the building. You are invited. Come learn, help and should you or your children want to help we welcome you, your ideas your support and time.

We also welcome donations of money or time. Donations can be made on this website FPLB.org or can be mailed to Family Promise of Lower Bucks c/o Highland Park Community Church 837 Hoe Road Levittown, PA 19056.

We also welcome civic organizations as a service project or mission.

Interested contact fplb@comcast.net. Inquire today, homeless children don’t deserve to have to wait.
Thank you
Jerry F. Coleman
Vice President

Getting ready for the first day of school doesn’t have to be so bad!

On September 9, 2013 at 6:45 pm a group of concerned people from all faiths and beliefs that all have one thing in common will meet to plan helping homeless children and their families in Lower Bucks.

Months ago members of some local churches learned that there were over 400 children registered in Lower Bucks County School Districts are registered as homeless. That’s over 400 children in just 7 local school districts who don’t have a permanent home, a hot breakfast or dinner or even a bed to sleep in. Those volunteers began to organize and plan on how they can make a difference in the life’s of these children.

It’s back to school time in Lower Bucks County and we all relate to being nervous about fitting in, being liked, learning life skills and social skills. Imagine trying to do all that and yet not having good clothes, breakfast, dinner or even a bed to sleep in.

You can help. Join our team of volunteers as we plan to host families, feed them, work with them to again find a home and keep the family together while they overcome their homelessness. We are part of a national organization that has an impressive success rate of over 70% at placing participants back into successful self sustainable housing.

If you can’t volunteer a few hours a month to help make a donation today. A link is available on this site. PayPal donations can be made to fplb@comcast.net or a check can be mailed.

This is something you can’t ignore. Please do something now.