Baycross Christian Family Foundation is pleased to announce its recent grant award to the Harvest House Transitional Centers to transform a run-down apartment complex into housing units for chronically homeless families who desperately need help. The complex is called Family Village and consists of 18 units at the intersection of Tuttle Avenue and MLK in Newtown. Deputies [...]
“My husband is now my best friend.” The Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to Live the Life Bradenton to help four couples who are struggling to save their marriage. These four couples have a total of 12 children. These families desperately need help from Live the Live marriage coaches and do not have [...]
Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a matching grant to SOLVE Maternity Homes to open and operate a maternity home in Sarasota in 2015. SOLVE is a group of Christ-centered residential maternity homes which provide housing and a structured program (free of charge) to at-risk pregnant women and their babies. SOLVE'S dedicated staff is committed to serving each [...]
The Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to the American Optometric Foundation (AOF) to support research in pediatric optometry. The Ezell Fellowship is the AOF’s flagship program, awarding significant support each year to young researchers who are furthering the body of knowledge about eye and vision care through their ongoing education and research. The attached [...]
Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to CityCommit to expand its growth in Manatee County.
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.
