Category: Social Action

Celebrating One Year Anniversary of Family Promise Pinellas County

Lakewood UCC has supported the work of Family Promise since its inception in Pinellas County.  The congregation served as a support congregation for several years partnering with Lakewood United Methodist Church.  LUCC continues to promote and support the important work of Family Promise.  It is a blessing to be able to offer support to houseless families with children in our community. 

Dear Family Promise Family,

FPPC is celebrating it’s one year anniversary  serving the families of Pinellas County since reopening in 2022.  Please take a look at our one year impact and consider donating to help us to continue to make bigger impacts for families.  We did all this without any government funding just from your support and the support of small groups in our community.  Thank you for a great first year.

Our Accomplishments

Families Served (All Programs)- 118

Children Served (All Programs)- 367
Adults Served (All Programs)- 225

Families Served (Shelter)- 30
Children Served (Shelter)- 88
Adults Served (Shelter)- 36
Families Housed (Shelter)- 24
Bed Nights- 28105
Volunteer Hours- 11680
Day Center Services-13793

Families Served (Day Center)- 118
Families Served (Prevention)- 93
Children Served (Day Center)- 279
Adults Served (Day Center)- 189

So how can you help?  By signing up for our ROUND UP PROGRAM or by Direct Donation Click on the links below to make your impact felt in Pinellas County Today!

Donate Now

ROUND UP

Thank you for your support,

Denis M. Sousa, M.S.
Executive Director
Family Promise of Pinellas County, Inc.
6201 22nd AVE N
St. Petersburg, FL 33710
(O) 727-201-9571
(C) 727-201-9571

www.fppinellas.org

NCC Action Alert

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Those in Congress who have embraced extremist views and abandoned the bipartisan budget deal to keep the government funded are gambling with the lives of millions of Americans, especially the most vulnerable in our society, who are at the risk of falling further into poverty.NCC urges people of faith and goodwill to stand up and voice their concerns by calling and emailing their representatives today and telling them to put aside partisan politics and pass a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) before funds run out at midnight tomorrow to keep the government open.
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Michael Zack is set to be executed on Tuesday, October 3 at 6 p.m.

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Michael Zack is set to be executed on Tuesday, October 3 at 6 p.m. – one week from today – In Our Name. Time is running out, but Michael has remaining appeals to the United States Supreme Court. His lawyers are fighting to show that Florida’s clemency procedure is woefully inadequate and that Michael’s intellectual disability, his fetal alcohol syndrome, and his corresponding brain damage should make him categorically exempt from execution.
We are asking Governor DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency to stay Michael’s execution and grant clemency. 
So take action now. Make your voices heard. Sign the petition, and if you are a faith leader, add your name to this letter. Call Governor DeSantis’ office at (850) 717-9337 and politely request that they stay Michael’s execution and grant clemency, sentencing Michael to life without the possibility of parole. Plan to join us for one of our vigils and protests, including one at Florida State Prison across from the Death Chamber, a virtual vigil, and many others across the state. 
On another note, we have had the solemn experience of getting to know Michael’s family as they have been visiting him throughout this week. They, like us, recognize the irreparable harm that Michael has caused the families of Ms. Smith and Ms. Rosillo, but they also recognize, in part because of the horrific murder of their own mother, that revenge will not make the deep sense of loss and grief go away. That pain will remain with both families long after this execution is complete. 
In what may be the last week of Michael’s life, we ask you to keep Michael, his family, his spiritual advisor, and his attorneys in your thoughts. And as always, we ask you to remember Michael’s victims and their families, as this execution undoubtedly stirs up decades of trauma and pain. 
Finally, please take a moment to read and share this excellent piece in the Catholic Review from Jean Gonzalez, who notes that we are on the cusp of our sixth execution in 222 days, which averages one every 37 days.  With Michael’s state-sponsored killing, Florida will lead the nation in executions this year. 
I’ve asked you before and I’ll ask you again – Is this who we want to be? 
Onward,Maria DeLiberatoFADP Executive Director
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)P.O. Box 82943Tampa, FL 33682