Sunday Friends Foundation
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Sunday Friends provides the support environment for low income families to become self-sufficient rather than being dependent on charity from the community. Adults get awarded with tickets while they learn to manage financials of their family, be better parents and contribute to the community. Children get awarded with tickets while they participate in educational programs (reading, games, cooking and music) as well as contribute back to the community. Families work together to meet their needs and use their tickets to purchase basic life necessities from the store that donors donate to. This frees the families to use their limited cash for other life necessities such as rent, insurance, etc. This is truly a unique program.
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I was very touched by Sunday Friends when I saw a 7 years old girl excitedly buy a tricycle for her 4 years old brother with tickets that she had earned over the year. The strength of the program also stood out for me when children proudly bought their school supplies with tickets that they had earned. Sunday Friends kids are caring and realize the value of earning and wise-spending from the beginning.
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I want to help Sunday Friends to replicate this wonderful programs by extending it to communities beyond San Jose. This is a program that everyone can benefit from.
Sunday Friends works with over 900 families in need in San Jose, California. These are the families who demonstrate program after program that they prefer to earn what they need and to give back to their community rather than to receive mere handouts. The parents care deeply that their children experience the satisfaction of giving; they don't want them to self-identify as charity cases. They want their children's lives to be different from their own on-going struggle for day-to-day survival.
It is a joy to help the families who are working so hard to help themselves. That is why I have volunteered with Sunday Friends for the past 14 years. Janis
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helping struggling families build confidence, practical life skills, healthier self-identities and positive futures. I see parents learn to mentor their children and support their success in school. I see children develop a love for learning and a belief that they can succeed. I see families work together to earn what they need, replacing the habitual desperate survival tactics that served them previously with honest productivity and pride.
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raise enough money to expand the programming to new locations to include more families and communities.
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