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Get your tickets today for our upcoming Sept 15 event! We are so excited to have you join us! Come hear stories of impact and enjoy an end-of-summer BBQ at Circle 5 . Tickets are $25 and will help us continue serving families in crisis in 2025! Kindly purchase by Sept 7!
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Central Wa Sf is excited to begin partnering with schools this fall. We would love to onboard more volunteers this summer to accommodate the expected increase in families being served this fall. We would love to have you become part of our village. Reach out at [email protected]

Safe Families Schools This is "Safe Families Schools" by Safe Families for Children on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Come meet your village! "It Takes a Village" is a pregnancy, birth, and new family support fair which will take place on Saturday July 13, 2024 from 10am-Noon at the Local Tel Event Center at Pybus Public Market. This event is in partnership with Pybus University with a goal of helping parents and expecting parents find what resources and support are available in the greater Wenatchee Valley. This event brings together a network of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum professionals including midwives, childbirth educators, physical therapists, massage therapists, birth doulas, lactation support specialists, fitness specialists, nutritionists, chiropractors, and more. The event will also include a schedule of educational talks on a variety of topics of interest to the prenatal and postpartum population. For more information including schedule of events please visit our website: mama-village.com

We had so much fun celebrating our volunteers (that were able to join us) at the sf volunteer appreciation dinner. Huge thank you to our hosts Jim and Barbara Brink for their hospitality and generosity to help us celebrate what God is doing through our volunteers. Without each and every volunteer we would not be able to support families in crisis. We set out to build strong families and strengthen our community and you are vital to making that happen!

We are so excited to announce that Hillary Pulse has officially joined the Central Wa Safe Families team. Hillary recently graduated with her Masters in Biblical Counseling and has been working with us as an intern since Jan.
Thanks for all your hard work and welcome to the team Hillary!

Message me know if you want to get in on the Hope Church Father's Day Raffle all proceeds will help provide Hope for families in crisis!

Columbia Grove is having their annual yard sale this Saturday and some of the proceeds from the sale will help us build Safe Families in Central WA! Go check it out between 8-4 June !!

Please note our longer Yard Sale hours, now open until 4 PM!

Happy International Family Day!
At Safe Families for Children, one of our main goals is family support and stabilization. We know that families that are supported are strong. Whether families are seeking friendship, support through a difficult season, hosting support while they create the home they want for their children, or another parent to share struggles and happy moments with, our volunteers are ready to step up, and surround families with love and support! We consider it an honor to be there for families in the community. To learn more head to www.safe-families.org

Celebrating 20+ years of standing in the gap for families in crisis with chapters from across the US, Canada and the UK. Excited about the international growth of churches that want to link arms and continue the work in their area.

This week, we are celebrating our phenomenal Safe Families volunteers who tirelessly dedicate their time, talent, and treasure to strengthen and support families! Thank you for your invaluable contributions!
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Story of Hope: Sandra | Safe Families for Children After moving to the U.S. from Zimbabwe and escaping an abusive relationship while pregnant, Sandra was connected to Safe Families for Children, and Astoria Community…

Want more information about Safe families?
This guide help you know what situations our volunteers are best able to help with!

Each sf story is as unique as the people we serve. Here is another story to help you learn about what we do!

Bella's SF Story This is "Bella's SF Story" by Safe Families for Children on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The Power of a Circle of Support

Our first conversation with Mr. Hunt was heartbreaking. He wept as he explained his situation. He was jobless, homeless, and alone while trying to raise his two children on his own. His mother, who had been helping, had recently passed. His life circumstances landed him in a place that was not good for himself or for his children. Mr. Hunt was desperate. He had no idea what to do next, however he knew that he wanted and needed to be a better father to his children. Thankfully, Mr. Hunt called Safe Families for Children.

Safe Families for Children immediately surrounded Mr. Hunt and his children with a Circle of Support. The encouragement he received motivated him to find employment, buy a car, and rent a place to live. The relationships he developed with our volunteers were life changing. He had a Family Coach that encouraged him and helped him navigate through things like getting before and aftercare in place for his children at school and how to juggle evening supper and homework. He had Family Friends with whom he attended church with and included him in men’s warrior events. Mr. Hunt even decided to give his life to Christ and got baptized. Another Family Friend opened their home on Sundays for him to do his laundry, and other Family Friends helped provide day hostings when school was out, and he had to work. One of his Host Families even opened their home to him while they were out of town for a week while he transitioned during a move. With financial support from Resource Friends along with a partner church, he was able to purchase a mobile home. His family is on a completely different path.

Mr. Hunt recently shared with our Safe Families Tampa team, “Safe Families for Children gave me hope. I didn’t know what I was going to do. Now my life looks completely different. This is the first time I’ve ever had anyone care about me and act like I was a real person. It feels so good to have someone to call to check on me or someone to tell me that I’m doing a good job. I wouldn’t know how to be a dad or even have my kids with me if it wasn’t for Safe Families.”
By Jewel Photopulos (SFFC Tampa Chapter Director)

Safe Families Sunday is ONE MONTH AWAY on February 18, 2024! Check out our guidebook and plan anticipating all that God will do as churches like yours answer the call to support vulnerable children and isolated families.
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SF Sunday 2024 Guidebook SF Sunday 2024 Guidebook

https://bit.ly/3tIoRQX This is a great read!

The God I see unpacked on the pages of scripture cares for the lost, hurting and vulnerable, that should impact the way the Church lives. We are so grateful for the pastors that are stepping up to rally their people to embrace biblical hospitality as a way of life.

When Biblical Hospitality Starts with the Pastor - Safe Families for Children When my wife and I moved to Hillsboro, Oregon to plant a church five years ago, we knew we were…Read More

Safe Families can help keep kids in their school. If you know someone who needs this support they can reach out by email at [email protected]

Safe Families Schools This is "Safe Families Schools" by Safe Families for Children on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

"How can we see the suffering of others and not forfeit some essential part of being human if we don't help? There may be some risk to helping, but there is certainly risk in not helping." (Kent Annan You welcomed me).
We are so grateful for each person who has risked their comfort to partner with us in 2023. If you would like to help us continue to offer this resource in 2024 you can give a tax deductible year end gift here.
https://safefamilies-centralwashington.funraise.org
Thank you for partnering with us in 2023. Happy New Year!

Safe Families of Central Washington

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

It's not what is under the Christmas tree that matters most, it's who is around it. This year, make Christmas memories that aren't centered around gifts. Some ideas are decorating cookies, visiting a light show, playing in the snow together, visiting Santa at the mall, do a Christmas puzzle, have a family sleepover by the Christmas tree, read a Christmas book, fill out some of these free Christmas activities! https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/48938/free-christmas-printables/ Most importantly, teach the true spirit of Christmas to your kids!

"My journey with Safe Families started nearly three years ago when I was alone and afraid with one child and one on the way. I couldn’t believe that my life had gotten to this point, I was living in isolation and couldn’t comprehend that I literally had nowhere to go but the shelter. My life was a daily battle, struggling to be the mom I needed to be during a time when I was dealing with mental health issues. It didn’t seem like there was even room enough to come up for air, and then one day it was as if an angel appeared and introduced Safe Families into my life.

I was so scared and apprehensive at first because it was Christmas time, but I needed to prepare so that I could ensure the state would not intervene and take my children away. My Safe Families Host Family was nothing short of wonderful!"

To continue reading this mom's story, check out our blog at https://bit.ly/48gGZ2L.

In 2019, we said "yes" to hosting for the first time - a 3-year-old boy for a weekend or two a month for the summer to provide respite to his godmother. That little boy and his infant brother were met with crises for multiple caregivers, and even after their relationship with Safe Families ended we were able to be a kinship placement for them through CPS for almost 2 years. We would have never known them or their mom without Safe Families!
Those boys and their mom have since become like family. We've experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows through our relationship and God has been with us every step of the way. It's both the hardest and best thing I've been a part of. Praise God for how he can use a "yes"!

"After we welcomed two children to our family, we felt complete. However, we felt we had MORE to give and wanted our children to have the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus's love.

That's where our adventure with Safe Families began. It has given us access to those in our community who could use the love and time we have to offer. We get a call, and we get to say YES!

We have had close to 15 hostings with the desire to continue on too many more. Even though there is an added busyness, an uptick in the chaos level, a stretching and a growing of love and patience we always come out of a hosting blessed, experiencing the peace that passes understanding, and feeling the grace that God bestows upon us." The Rector Family

Meet Katrina! She is such a wonderful and welcome addition to the Central Wa safe families team. Katrina works at Town Toyota, is raising 2 young boys at home and is also mom to adult kids ….and somehow still manages to find the time to serve both on the ministry lead team for Columbia Grove and as part of our advisory council. She courageously loves others well. Welcome to the team Katrina we are grateful for you!

Excited to be part of this year. It's Funday Monday! You can give to Safe Families for Children through GIVE NCW. By giving a $10 donation or more to safe families through this link TODAY you will be entered to win a $1,000 giving card that you can donate to help Safe Families!
Click here: https://cfncw.org/givencw2023/ and select Safe Families! (nonprofits listed alphabetically)

Want to know more about safe families? You won’t want to miss this opportunity to connect and have lunch with the ministry lead team at Columbia Grove.
11:30 THIS Sunday please RSVP!