And just like that it's back to school!

Most of us remember back to school with excitement - new shoes, new school supplies and new teachers made us look forward to the weeks before the start of a new academic year. Very few of us reading this newsletter were homeless when school started. The anxiety experienced by parents and kids over school is just one of the ways homelessness adversely affects people. Did you know that kids experiencing homelessness are 9 times more likely to repeat a grade than their housed peers? At Family Promise of Cobb County are working hard to minimize the number of academic years our families face with anxiety. As we do our part, will you help out as well? When you shop and get your own kids or grandkids ready for school, will you take a minute and see if there are any items that you can pick up for the kids currently in our program? One of our students is even headed off to college to play soccer ;) Click on our list of 'Needed School Supplies' to see where you can help out. Any help no matter how small or large is greatly appreciated to make sure all our kids have a great start to their school year.

Needed School Supplies

We love our Eagle Scouts!

Many thanks to Joshua Summers! For his Eagle Scout project, Josh built a bench, rearranged our stepping stone path and built fencing around our propane tank, making our Day Center area safer and more inviting for our guests and their kids.

Christian Turturro is another young man working on his Eagle Scout award. Christian was tasked with thinking about items needed for teens who come to a homeless shelter with their families. He collected teen toiletry items, snacks he thought teens would want and collected cash over $500 for FPCC. We are fortunate to be the recipient of these items, especially since we have a group of teens staying with us!

Upcoming Events

Volunteer Orientation - 4th week of every month. The next one is scheduled for Saturday, July 27, 1 pm at Mt. Zion UMC, 1770 Johnson Ferry Rd. Check out our schedule to sign up and for more dates and times.

Volunteer Orientation Sign Up

www.familypromisecobbcounty.org Family Promise of Cobb County is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your gifts are tax deductible.

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