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FAMILY DEVELOPMENT 8 Main Heading Secondary Heading The purpose of a catalog is to sell products or services to a targeted audience, or to advertise upcoming classes or events. Catalogs can be a great way to market your products or services, and also build your organization’s identity. Secondary Heading First, determine the audience of the catalog. This could be anyone who In might striving benefit towards from their the products goals, families or services often it face contains. obstacles Next, that establish can seem how insurmountable. The much Family time Development and money you Program can spend helps on by your providing catalog. a These helping factors hand will instead of a handout. The result help is determine often a boost the length of self-esteem of the catalog that and makes how participating frequently you families publish more it. likely to build on their It’s recommended success, because that they you know publish the your results catalog are at of least their quarterly own doing. so that The Family Development Program it’s considered employs a an consistent innovative, source comprehensive of information. family-focused Your customers strategy or em- to empower families who seek to improve their lives. To date, a total of 54 families have been touched by the Famployees will look forward to its arrival. ily Development Program over its five year history. Also consider how you want to print your catalog. You can print it on a Working desktop Towards printer, Change, at a copy One shop, Goal or at at a a Time… commercial printing service. In ad- Families dition to work your with budget, Mercy the Center complexity staff to help of the them publication—including reach their goals. This whether past year, the family goals reached you print by families it as a black included and moving white or out a color of a slumlord-owned publication—will apartment, help determine getting children into local private the best and method charter for schools, printing and your strengthening publication. relationships between spouses. Before you print your catalog, consider how you will bind your pages. The number of pages, how the reader will use it, and whether you mail it will Since help our you determine earliest days, the type Mercy of binding. Center For has example, been committed if you have only to meeting a few the needs of the pages entire and family, your catalog and serving is meant families to be held, comprehensively. you might consider With folding the the assistance of a fiveyear pages $200,000 and stapling grant the from spine. the Larger Pascale catalogs Sykes that Foundation are meant to in be 2005, folded we developed the Family flat work Development best with a plastic Pilot binding Project, with as a punched way to holes, formalize while our larger comprehensive publi- approach cations meant to be held like a book are best served by gluing the pages, to families. or “perfect binding.” Family Leaders Take Charge! 2O Years of Strong Families On May 10, 2010, nine Mercy Center participants graduated from the inaugural class of our Family Leadership Program. These eight women and one man have been trained to serve as leaders in the Family Development Program. As Family Leaders, the graduates will be asked to recruit new families for the program, and support Mercy Center staff by leading groups of families on trips and in workshops.
Results: The goal of the Family Development Program is to strengthen families by offering education, improving communication, providing resources, meeting basic needs, and creating community. When surveyed, families report that we are meeting this goal: 100% of families reached at least one goal they had set for themselves. 93% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that the Family Development Program helped improve the communication in their families. 82% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that the Family Development Program made their relationship with their spouses stronger. Five components of the program: Family Worker Relationship: Each participating family is matched with a trained Family Worker, with whom they collaborate to establish and work towards family goals. Mercy Center Program Participation: Family Development participants are encouraged to participate in all Mercy Center programs. Specialized Workshops: Workshops are developed around current issues common among Family Development families, bringing participating families together to discuss the topics. Family Weekends: Three times a year, groups of families spend a weekend together in Goshen, NY at the Highbridge Empowerment Center, embracing the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and each other while engaging in workshops on topics of personal and family development. Supportive Community of Families: The families in Family Development have developed relationships through their participation that have evolved into a community of support, in which families learn from and assist each other. 9
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Page 5 and 6: September 1, 2010 Dear Friends in M
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