Thank You! United Way of NWFL

As an affiliated agency of United Way of Northwest Florida we so appreciative of all their support, guidance, funding opportunities, and friendships that we have gained over the last 50+ years.

We meet monthly and learn new ways to help the community and ways to receive help from local groups and organizations.

For decades now we have appreciated and depended on the support of Publix Supermarket. 

Each year that we receive a grant from them and the many other ways that they have helped us throughout the years have made it possible for us to keep feeding our local homeless and continuing other programs that they have helped us with through the years. 

They also help us through the yearly United Way - Live United Campaign by doing payroll deductions and when some any of their employees designated "09" that come directly to us here at Family Service Agency of Bay County.

For years now the Association of St Jude has generously purchased food for our Homeless Food Programs monthly. Whether helping provide us with food for our Homeless Food Bags that we give out on Tuesdays & Wednesdays or purchasing food for our twice monthly Hot Homeless Meal (on the 2nd & 4th Fridays)... or cases of water during our hottest summer months... this group has always been amazing.

Each month the congregation of Parkway Presbyterian Church shops for items for our homeless food bags. The homeless men and women we see are always so grateful for the help. Many use them for lunches when they go to work at local day labor places, others are just thankful for food as they are in the midst of hard times and are hungry, and others are living in motels and struggle.

In so many different ways, the folks over at Unity have donated their time, talent, and treasure to support our agency. From volunteers on Mondays to helping sort and organize donations in our clothing room, sponsoring some of the clients on senior food program, purchasing items from our 'You Can Help' monthly lists, help at Christmas, and so many other things throughout the year.

Amvets Post 47 provides our clients who are homeless Veterans with gift cards each year for Veteran's Day/Thanksgiving to know that they are remembered and appreciated.

We are thankful all who served and continue to serve our country.

Thanks to Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative's Project Helping Hand program, and our partnership with them, we are often able to help clients who are in an emergency situation pay a past due power bill (if they have power with Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative only). We are grateful for the ability to help in this capacity thanks to the members of GCEC that check that box on their monthly bill.

Each Christmas the Gulf Coast Women's Club helps us with our Senior Christmas Programs.

Thanks to them we have help with items on the seniors wish lists that help us give them a nice Christmas each year.

Holy Nativity Episcopal School holds toy drives, food drives and help us in so many different ways.

Thank to their outreach and donations to our programs our ability to do more is increased, we are grateful for their help.

Thank you also to the Mary Martha Circle that meets at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church. We so appreciate all you do for us throughout the year.

Christmas would be sooo much harder without Lynn Haven Methodist Church. Each year they let us use space in their warehouse to hold our HUGE Christmas Event. The space and location are so convenient and make what we do so much easier.

We partner with Toys for Kids Foundation every year to provide a Merry Christmas for kids 18 and under to struggling families.

Thanks to Lighthouse Church for donations monthly to help us with our Homeless Food Program. Their donation buys the items that we are always struggling to get enough of, like saltine crackers, pop-top cans of ravioli, ready-to-eat canned soup, granola/protein bars, fruit/applesauce cups, and our biggest need - bottled water.

Northstar Church and has filled in some gaps for us lately when we have needed special items for Christmas or bicycles for our bike program.

They also have a bike program and are generous when it comes to sharing bikes if we run out.