Family Promise
St. Michael’s has worked with Family Promise of Wake County to provide emergency shelter for families transitioning from homelessness to homed. Until 2020, we housed and fed families for two weeks in July. During the pandemic, Family Promise moved away from housing families in churches and has not yet returned to what it calls “the church model.”
Still, these families need our support. In 2021 St. Michael’s will provide supplies for breakfast and lunch, and evening meals for up to seven families during our “hosting weeks,” July 4 - July 18. We are partnering with St. Andrews United Methodist Church (Garner) and Edenton Street United Methodist Church.
During the week of July 4, we will provide groceries for breakfast and lunch foods. During the week of July 11, we will provide groceries for evening meals for up to seven families.
You can help in these ways:
Last year, St. Michael’s parishioners donated close do $7,000. Your generosity was greatly appreciated.
In-kind donations should be left on the Parish Hall Pew (not the Red Bin) during the month of July.
The need for emergency housing in Wake County hasn’t gone away during the pandemic. Unfortunately, Family Promise has room for fewer families in its emergency/transitional housing program because the number of accommodations it can access now is less than what the church model can provide. Monetary donations to Family Promise allow them to pursue additional housing options until a decision to resume the church model is made.
If you have questions, please reach out to our St. Michael’s Family Promise Co-Coordinators:
Barbara Barron (919-696-8162)
Sally Norton (508-878-6519)
