Home Management Resources -- Reaching Out Summer 2003 -- Hope Makes a Difference

Reaching Out Summer 2003

The Funding Corner

News Flash!

Generous Community Support Helps HMR Expand Programming

Granger Sunrise Rotary Club awarded Home Management Resources $500 to purchase an electronic binder to create workbooks and instructor manuals for our classes. By doing this "in-house" we will save more than $2,500 a year in printing costs. Thank you, Rotarians!

St. Mary’s WILCO (Women in Leadership in Community Organizations) has awarded Home Management Resources $5,000 for a year-long project in which Home Management Resources will develop our Family Life Seminar into a distance learning program. We envision putting our basic life skills program out to the country through information technology. WILCO will provide opportunities to research our project, network with other leaders in the community, and consult with a mentor in the distance learning field. This should be an exciting year!

Prevent Child Abuse has generously granted $5,000 to fund Home Management Resources’ evening Positive Parenting Seminar. The grant will also provide funding for a child care staff. Currently, this class is only offered in the daytime. This new evening program will enable all parents to take advantage of the valuable parenting information offered in the seminar. We are very thankful for this grant, as it will enable Home Management Resources to teach families the Parenting skills needed to develop strong, healthy family relationships.

South Bend Junior League has awarded $992.30 toward the purchase of an overhead projector, TV-VCR and Polaroid Camera. The projector and TV-VCR will enable Home Management Resources to include a visual component in the classroom. The Polaroid Camera will capture landmark moments that can instantly be presented to a graduating student of a Home Management Resources class. We appreciate the continued support from Junior Leaguers!

State Farm Insurance Companies. Local State Farm Insurance agent, Tim Grauel and Richard S. Gates, Agency Field Executive, presented Home Management Resources with an unrestricted grant of $5,000. This award will help further our mission within the community.

Upcoming Fundraiser

Our newest fundraiser on the planning board is a joint auction with the YMCA. Home Management Resources and the YMCA will share the proceeds from this event.

You can help make this auction a success! We need valuable items or services to be donated for auction. Call our offices to make such a donation.

Mark your calendar now to attend this entertaining silent and live auction on August 16, 2003. More details will be sent at a later date.

Home Management Resources is very grateful for the support we have received from organizations throughout our community, however, we still need your help to continue our mission of serving families. Please join with us in this exceptional task by using the enclosed envelope to make a tax deductible contribution to our mission of making ‘strong families for a strong community’.