Gracious Promise Foundation

• Congressional leaders take on recidivism & correctional spending: http://www.justicereinvestment.org/ #fb #

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Dear Friends,

Everything is coming together in preparation for the upcoming auction of Grandma’s House. The house is not only beautiful, but it is a record of the lives of little children who have been touched by love in action. Please accept my heartfelt thanks. Your reward is coming!

We invite you to the auction event this Friday, October 16th. The bidding will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Grandma’s House Auction Brochure (Download PDF)

We are selling the property in order to liquidate our only asset. This will allow us to continue services at Gracious Promise Foundation beyond the current economic climate. Our incoming financial donations have declined over the past two years. When we free up these funds, we will be able to retain the remaining staff and keep up with budget items such as utilities, taxes, insurance, etc.

In a time where our services are needed even more, we also need your continued prayer and financial support.  Thank you to those who have given sacrificially so that we can offer hope of housing, employment, medical assistance, education, clothing and food.  Last week Jerod, a Boy Scout designated his Eagle Scout project efforts toward the homeless offenders recently released.  We are proud to say that he collected and organized volunteers in packing 152 large bags of hygiene items.

Thank you for extending your hands and love to Jesus. He sees your efforts and compassionately states “I was in prison and you came to visit me!”  - – Matthew 25:36

Touching Through Him,

Shirley A. Miller
Executive Director

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• The Kansas City Star on Michael Vick, ex-offender re-entry and public safety, what's it worth? http://bit.ly/13XGac #
• Prison cutbacks in Kansas threaten public safety: http://bit.ly/sft5p (via http://bit.ly/pmDKR ) #

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• Our summer newsletter went out on Friday and should hit your mailbox soon. It's also available for the curious on http://graciouspromise.org #
• A new publication- Kinship Care When Parents are Incarcerated – was just put online by the Annie E. Casey Foundation http://bit.ly/3pduLO #

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• A camp in Northern California serves children of offenders: http://rfly.me/62 #childrenofprisoners #
• By the way, if you're interested in more about Camp Avary, you can find them here: http://projectavary.org #
• New proposed bill in Congress suggests a housing tax credit for ex-offenders: http://rfly.me/6M #

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On May 21st, 2009, GPF will be hosting our annual Golf Tournament at the Deer Creek Golf Course. Entrance fees are $100 per player and will include green fees, cart and lunch. Last year we had a great time and received a positive response from all who attended. We have set a goal of 100 players for this year’s event.

Check-in will be at 12:30 and the Shot-gun Tee-off will be at 1:30. We’ve set up a a Paypal checkout for those of you who would like to pay online (no paypal account required). You can simply select your team size and click “Buy Now”. (This doesn’t charge anything to your card, later on it’ll ask you for information and you can confirm everything before buying) The “Buy Now” button will take you to Paypal and there will be a line directly below “Golf Tournament Admission” that says, “Please list your player’s names below:”. If you click on that, it will allow you to enter the names of your teammates. We’d appreciate that information. If that part of the form won’t work for you, please just email billy@graciouspromise.org and I’ll associate the payment with you or your team.

*Edit* – We had a great time at the Golf Event last week. Thanks to all that attended. We will be working to get a date scheduled for next year as soon as possible, because we know your calendars fill quickly. Thanks again to all who made the Tournament a success.

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There’s a lot happening at the Dream LOUD Clubhouse in Lansing, and now you can see photos and hear about things happening week by week at the Dream LOUD website. Dana and the Dream LOUD volunteers are starting their fourth year working with children whose fathers are currently at Lansing Correctional Facility.

You can get there from our Programs section or click the following link: http://dreamloud.graciouspromise.org

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A local Foundation has pledged to match every gift we receive to fund an expanded employment service and emergency aid to clients up to $58000. Therefore, every dollar you give produces $2 of benefit to our clients for a total of $116,000. If you would like to give to this initiative, please note on your check that it is given to the “Matching Grant” fund. We hope you’ll join us! No gift is too small. For more info on the programs that will be funded, click here: 6-20-2008 Newsletter Our Program Deadline is August 1, 2008. To donate, simply designate your check as “Matching Grant” or type “Matching Grant into the “Purpose” field if you’re using paypal. Thanks so much for your interest!

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