Forever Giving Empowers Homeless Families in Arizona

Homelessness is one of the leading adversities facing children and families in the U.S. today. The national statistics are disheartening:

These figures made an incredible impression on all of us at Forever Giving as we began seeking ways we could assist our local community. One particular organization that stood out for their work in battling this epidemic was Save the Family Foundation of Arizona. For more than 20 years, Save the Family has helped over 10,000 homeless children and their parents rebuild their lives. They carry out their mission to “empower families to conquer homelessness and achieve life-long independence” by providing homeless, working poor families with temporary housing, job placement and life skills training. In 1989, Save the Family housed its first four families in their transitional living program. This program provides homeless families with temporary housing and rehabilitative services for nine months. One very special part of this program is a walk through their Dynamic Way – this is a special hallway where homeless families, who often own just the clothes on their backs, can stock up on supplies such as clothing, kitchenware, toiletries and toys before moving into their temporary home. Save the Family now places almost 300 families a year in over 191 temporary housing units across the Phoenix valley. Maintaining these units requires quite a bit of cost, and that’s where Forever Giving recognized a need and stepped in to help. Anyone who has ever experienced a summer day in Arizona can appreciate the importance of having a well air-conditioned place you can escape to in order to beat the heat. With the average life span of an air conditioner being only 15 years and over 191 units for Save the Family to operate, many of the existing air conditioners in their housing units are in dire need of repair and replacement. Forever Giving has partnered with Save the Family to sponsor the purchase and installation of 5 brand new air conditioning units, which will provide 400 homeless children and their parents with relief from the scorching summer heat of the desert. Another significant operational expense for Save the Family is the cost of beds for their housing units. To aid with this expense, Forever Giving has provided funds for the purchase of 40 full-size bed units which, for some children, will be the very first bed they have ever slept in. These efforts would not have been possible without the support of the many generous Distributors of Forever Living Products who funded this project. We asked their Chairman & CEO, Rex Maughan, and his lovely wife, Ruth, to present the check to Save the Family at Forever Living’s recent Super Rally in Phoenix, Arizona. Upon receiving the check, Save the Family’s Community Outreach Manager, Tim Lidster, stated all of our appreciation to Forever Living the best when he said “Thanks to you all for making this possible.”

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