Baycross Foundation
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SPOTLIGHT NON-PROFITS
BCFF awards grants to carefully selected non-profits who are making a meaningful impact in our community. BCFF has developed a list of “Spotlight Non-Profits” who are supported by our Board of Directors for their important services to the needy.
Matthew 25:34-40
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
1. HARVEST HOUSE
The mission of Harvest House is to facilitate an environment full of hope that gives individuals and families an opportunity to break the cycle of homelessness and addiction as they rebuild their lives.
Harvest House has a vision to ignite a revolution, compelling individuals to live beyond fear into their best life, fulfilling their destiny. Here, participants will move from FEAR & ANXIETY to CONFIDENCE & FREEDOM. We want to be the last transitional center an individual or family ever enters.
Website: www. harvesthousecenters.com
2. FAMILY PROMISE OF SARASOTA
Family Promise Sarasota’s mission is to help families with minor children who have lost their housing. We provide shelter, meals, basic needs (clothing, toiletries, personal items), case management, referrals and resources. All adults meet with an Employment Consultant (to assist in job seeking/placement) and a Financial Counselor (to learn better management of finances and start a savings). We also provide them with a support system; volunteers who are there for them each day.
Website: www.familypromisesarasota.org
3. RESURRECTION HOUSE
The Resurrection House mission is a faith-based resource center committed to the alleviation of the suffering of the homeless by offering physical, emotional and spiritual help, and by serving as a bridge from despair to dignity.
Website: www.resurrectionhousesarasota.org
4. MEALS ON WHEELS OF SARASOTA
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota provides hot meals daily to people in need so they may maintain the highest level of independence and dignity possible.
Website: www. mealsonwheelsofsarasota.org
5. STILLPOINT HOUSE OF PRAYER
The mission of the Stillpoint House of Prayer is to reach out to the disadvantaged in our community, especially the Hispanic community, by restoring or leading them to a life-changing encounter with God through both spiritual and material assistance.
6. PENTECOSTALS OF SARASOTA
Pentecostal of Sarasota’s mission is to provide good, quality food and large servings to the homeless population as we serve Sunday morning breakfasts to the homeless every week.
Website: www.thepentecostalsofsarasota.com
BCFF awarded a grant to Pentecostals of Sarasota to provide Sunday breakfasts to the homeless in our community.
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…”
SOLVE MATERNITY HOMES
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. Our dedicated staff is committed to serving each woman and child with dignity and respect. We assist our residents in developing a personal plan-of-care specifically designed to meet their current and future needs, whether they choose to parent or place for adoption. Growing towards independence, through responsibility, our residents become productive members of the community.
SOLVE’S holistic program focuses on meeting the emotional, physical, spiritual needs of each woman. Helping her to discover who God created her to be enables her to determine which educational track is best suited for her to pursue and to make informed decisions for herself and her child.
The SOLVE program currently provides support through the duration of pregnancy and for a pre-determined time post-birth.
SOLVE Core Values:
Commitment – To demonstrate God’s unfailing love through word and action
Service – Respond to God’s call to serve those in need
Integrity – Put Christ first in all that we do
Compassion – Show God’s unconditional love
Website: www.solvehomes.org
Psalm 72: 12-14: For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
SELAH FREEDOM
The mission of Selah Freedom is to confront the issue of sex trafficking and exploitation through advocacy, training and restorative services. Selah Freedom brings awareness to the issue of sex trafficking and provides a safe place for survivors to heal. Selah Freedom helps sexually exploited individuals find their voice and purpose and to reclaim all that was stolen from them.
Website: www.selahfreedom.org
2 Corinthians 1:3-4: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
1. GOLISANO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF SW FLORIDA
Providing emotional support to parents of children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and an opportunity to connect and talk with other parents who understand the feelings they are dealing with is the mission behind Golisano Children’s Hospital of SW Florida.
Website: www.leememorial.org/foundation/nicu.asp
2. EAGLE’S WINGS CHRISTIAN COUNSELING (EWCC)
EWCC was founded with the goal of combining top quality, professional counseling services with Biblical truth. In order to accomplish this, EWCC’S staff are Master’s degreed, state licensed, professional counselors who also have a deep personal faith in Jesus Christ. counselors.
The EWCC staff feels called to serve God as counselors and they take that role very seriously. They treat each person as a unique individual and tailor therapy to meet his/her needs.
UP (Uplifting Pastors) Ministry
EWCC knows that the pastors of our community constantly give of themselves to help those in their churches. All too often, these pastors have no one to talk to themselves and, therefore, can be susceptible to compassion fatigue and burn-out. The EWCC UP Ministry provides 5 FREE counseling sessions for to any Pastor or Pastor’s spouse.
This combination of Professional Service and Christian Values delivered by counselors who are truly invested in their clients is what sets EWCC apart. Colossians 3:23-24 states, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” EWCC follows these words by striving for Excellence in all they do. They believe they are serving Christ by serving the people of our community.
Website: www.eagleswingscounseling.com
Matthew 19:4-6: “Haven’t you read that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?” So they are no longer two but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate”
LIVE THE LIFE OF BRADENTON
The mission of Live the Life is strengthening marriage and strengthening families.
Life the Life’s vision is that more children will grow up in safe, healthy, happily married homes.
Website: www.livethelife.org
Matthew 18:10: See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SARASOTA COUNTY
The mission of the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
A Boys and Girls Club provides:
A safe place to learn and grow…
Ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals…
Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences…
Hope and opportunity.
The staff and volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County treat the children who go there as if they were their own. The Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County is a wonderful example of how a community should cherish, care for and build up its children.
Website: www.bgcsarasota.com
Proverbs 27:17: As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
CityCommit
CityCommit is a non-profit organization that reaches “disconnected” men outside of the church. Through the numerous CityCommit small group venues, men can learn, share, be “cheered on”; be held accountable; and apply time tested principles of authentic manhood that will transform their personal lives, marriages, fathering, careers and community.
The goal of CITYCommit is to climb beyond the walls of isolation and aspire to a lifestyle marked by integrity, boldness and compassion. The purpose of CityCommit is to bring real and lasting change to cities and communities through the strengthening of men, marriages and families. CityCommit believes that as authentic manhood increases, marriages are repaired and strengthened and families stay together and thrive…entire communities can be transformed socially, economically and spiritually.
Website: www.citycommit.com