As we head into the fall, we’re hopeful about this new season and what it holds for our community of young families, volunteers and team members.
Throughout the summer, we were able to continue to meet ongoing essential needs through grocery and diaper deliveries through our partnership with Cloverdale Community Kitchen. Thank you for making this type of consistent and critical support possible!
We also made the most of the warm weather, meeting twice a month for picnics in the park with families and enjoying things like nature walks and beach days. It was so great to be together outdoors!
For Cherise, a Young Families team member, the beach day was a summer highlight. She connected with a young mom she'd been delivering food boxes to for over a year. The deliveries usually included short but sweet conversations, and being able to spend the day together meant Cherise could get to know her in a deeper, more meaningful way.
At a recent volunteer appreciation event to reconnect and come together around the Young Families vision. We spent time going over our core values and journey as a team, dreaming and discussing how our passions, talents, gifts and heart intersect with the needs of the young families we’re in community with. Everyone went home that night filled with encouragement!
Thank you for journeying with us - this work and relationships being built in the Young Families community wouldn't be possible without you!
Stepping Stones Update
We're thankful to be meeting in-person each week for the Stepping Stones program. As we head into the fall, we’re still mindful of the health, safety and well-being of our Young Families community members in the ongoing COVID-19 reality we’re all navigating together.
We’re continuing to closely monitor COVID-19 and we’re doing everything possible to safely respond to the needs of the young moms, dads and family we’re so thankful to be in community with.