Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to the St. Martin de Porres Outreach Community Ministry, which has been serving hungry and homeless individuals in Fort Meyers and surrounding Lee County for the past 9 years. Starting in 2014,the organization acquired a lease for a new outreach building, which has allowed the ministry to provide [...]
Through sponsorship and giving at the Archie Griffin Celebrity Golf Classic, the Baycross Christian Family Foundation proudly supports the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County and provides funding for their life changing programs to the children that need us most. The Mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County is to enable all young people, especially [...]
BCFF awarded a grant to The Homeless Ministry (The Hope Ministry), an outreach ministry of the United Pentecostal Church of Sarasota, to minister to the needs of the local homeless population through its Sunday breakfasts. The Sunday breakfast is designed to provide a safe and welcoming environment for the homeless to come and receive a hot breakfast, two [...]
Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a matching grant to Suncoast Youth for Christ that will allow them to further develop their existing ministry sites and start more ministry sites in Sarasota County. With the funding from Baycross, the goal of Suncoast Youth for Christ is to have 600-700 youth involved weekly in their ministry sites by the fall of 2017. The grant [...]
Baycross Christian Family Foundation has launched its Pack-a-Sack program for the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County at the Roy McBean club location. The Roy McBean club provides a small hot meal to each child Monday through Friday. For many of these children, it is the last meal that they receive for the night. It is estimated that 190 children who regularly attend the club may experience chronic hunger over the weekends. To alleviate this hunger, Baycross Christian Family Foundation and community outreach volunteers provide bags of various, non-perishable foods that each child can pack into their backpacks and take home on Friday afternoons to eat throughout the weekend.
BCFF is pleased to support the Harvest House "Home Again Program." Harvest House is the largest provider of housing to low-income families in Sarasota. The Home Again Program offers permanent supportive and short-term transitional housing for chronically homeless families in Sarasota County. Home Again also operates the Harvest House Family Haven, an emergency shelter for families in crisis who have no safe place to sleep. In 2014, the Home Again Program served 100 families and over 200 children. Harvest House follow-up case management shows that at least 80% of families who complete its collaborative services program maintain stable employment and permanent housing for at least one year after program completion. The grant from BCFF will allow the Harvest House to continue the current services of the Harvest House Family Haven for the next two years and to continue its collaboration with partner agencies that serve the homeless. BCFF is honored to partner with Harvest House to share the love of Jesus with all of mankind!
BCFF awarded a grant to Eagle's Wings for "Project Flight." Project Flight is a partnership between Eagles Wings Christian Counseling Center and Selah Freedom to provide professional group counseling services to women win Selah Freedom's Outreach Program.
This matching grant from BCFF will permit Selah Freedom and Created to serve over 100 women in one year and to introduce victims of sex trafficking into a healthy, safe, and restorative environment.The Assessment Home will serve as a collaborative effort for Selah Freedom and Created. The Assessment Home is the first step in getting women off the streets. They are chronically homeless, and have experienced the cruelest forms of abuse. The Assessment Home is the first step in guiding them to making the healthy decision to move forward with Selah Freedom’s programming which will provide therapy, a personalized education plan, life skills, job placement, etc. . It will also provide the opportunity for reflection and guidance, so that these women can make a clear-headed decision about whether they are ready to fully commit to Selah Freedom programming.
BCFF awarded a grant to the Sarasota Military Academy for the purchase of brand-new instruments and equipment for the high school drum line program.
BCFF awards grant to Eagle's Wings for the Wings of Hope program to bring professional Christian counseling to those who cannot afford it.
