Family Tree

Thanks Again Snooze Arvada! Picked up a donation from Snooze Arvada today for their first year anniversary celebration benefiting Family Tree. We are grateful for your partnership and a great way to end a wonderful year with you. Appreciate you Emily and Char and the entire team!

LOOKING TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO NEED? When you donate to Family Tree, you support our mission to partner with all people to prevent and overcome the interconnected issues of child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness and promote safety, healing and stability across generations. Your donation today makes a big difference to the work we do, the impact we have in our community and especially, to the people we serve every day. It is not too late to make a difference with a year-end gift to Family Tree.?Please help us with a financial contribution today or by year-end.?Make a tax-deductible donation at https://lnkd.in/gfTyDH47. With your help, Family Tree can empower change and transform lives. In addition, contributions over $100 for Family Tree Homelessness Program and Residential Programs are eligible for the Homeless Contribution Tax Credit (HCTC). The HCTC provides a?25% state income tax credit to Colorado taxpayers who contribute to eligible homelessness-related projects within Colorado. For more information on your contribution and eligibility, visit https://lnkd.in/gYdnj5NJ.?

THANK YOU FOR THANK YOUS! Members of the Family Tree Development Committee had a great time writing thank you notes to donors at Edgewater Beer Garden. We are very grateful to the Committee for this kind effort. It makes a big difference to our work acknowledging the amazing support of the community. If you’d like to be more engaged with Family Tree, please visit https://lnkd.in/gj3bpBBw. AND thank you to Edgewater, Lowry and Green Valley Ranch Beer Gardens for hosting food and hygiene drives this holiday season. Together they were able to bring in more than 250 items for Family Tree clients!

FAMILY TREE HOLIDAYS OF HOPE A HUGE SUCCESS! The Family Tree Holidays of Hope Gift Card Drive made a big impact on the lives of our clients! We exceeded our goal and were able to support more than 800 adults and children with gift cards, toys and gifts, cold-weather wear, cleaning supplies and other essentials all provided by our generous donors. We will be able to continue the support through the beginning of the year because of this amazing generosity. The Family Tree team was grateful to serve clients in a mission-driven and very empowering way. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen!

FAMILY TREE ON COLORADO GIVES DAY Colorado Gives Day 2024 is TODAY! Please remember Family Tree on Colorado Gives Day. What we can do on our own is important, what we can do together is extraordinary. Your donation helps ensure we can continue to meet our mission impacting thousands of people every year to prevent and overcome the interconnected issues of child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. Encourage your friends to join you in supporting Family Tree. https://lnkd.in/givaitEB

Thanks to CBS4 for the coverage on Family Tree's new GOALS expansion. One note, GOALS (Generational Opportunities to Achieve Long-term Success) is an existing program of Family Tree in Aurora. The expansion provided 10 additional rooms - for a total of 29 rooms - for families experiencing homelessness. Thank you also to our partners in this effort Congressman Jason Crow, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, and the city of Aurora. https://lnkd.in/dJwmHjec

FAMILY TREE AND COLORADO GIVES DAY - GIVE THROUGH DECEMBER Colorado Gives Day 2024 is Tuesday December 10, but you can give throughout the month of December! What we can do on our own is important, what we can do together is extraordinary. Please remember Family Tree on Colorado Gives Day 2024. Your donation helps ensure we can continue to meet our mission impacting thousands of people every year. Encourage your friends to join you in supporting Family Tree on Colorado Gives Day! Contributions of $100 or more for Family Tree Homelessness Program and Residential Programs are eligible for a 25% Colorado Homeless Contribution Tax Credit. Find Family Tree on Colorado Gives Day at https://lnkd.in/givaitEB.

FAMILY TREE OFFERS COLORADO HOMELESS CONTRIBUTION INCOME TAX CREDIT The last in our series for Homelessness Awareness Month connects the needs of homelessness with the desire to address those needs with a financial gift. The Colorado Homeless Contribution Income Tax Credit (HCTC) aims to encourage taxpayers to make contributions to approved nonprofit organizations to support providing appropriate housing and services to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The HCTC provides a 25% state income tax credit to Colorado taxpayers who contribute to eligible homelessness-related projects within Colorado. Contributions over $100 for Family Tree Homelessness Program and Residential Programs are eligible for the HCTC. The math: Donate $1000 to Family Tree and get a $250 tax credit. Donations must be entered, at minimum, on a quarterly basis, so long as they meet the contribution minimum of $100. The final deadline for donor-submitted contributions is January 31, 2025. For more information on your contribution and eligibility, visit https://lnkd.in/gYdnj5NJ.

EXPANDING FAMILY TREE GOALS PROGRAM On Wednesday, November 20, Family Tree team members and community supporters joined together for the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated Evergreen building on our GOALS campus. The open house was hosted by Douglas County and welcomed other partners of GOALS including representatives from Congressman Jason Crow’s office, Arapahoe County, the city of Aurora, PG Construction and Jigsaw Design. We are grateful for their support and for the generosity of all those who helped donate to furnish and make the building ready for new Family Tree clients. The renovation allows Family Tree to provide 10 more rooms as well as a communal living space for families experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness in Arapahoe and Douglas Counties. ? Family Tree Generational Opportunities to Achieve Long-term Success (GOALS) uses a two-generation (2Gen) approach to assist families experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. GOALS helps stabilize families on their journey to find economic empowerment, breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness and creating opportunities for health and well-being across generations. Each family residing at GOALS has a private room and access to common living areas, offering a safe place to live while they work with Family Tree and community partners to develop long-term goals for stability and economic independence. Residency in the program is up to nine months, depending on each families’ unique needs, with follow up and support offered for one year after leaving the program. For more information on Family Tree programs and how you can support us this holiday, visit www.thefamilytree/holidays-hope

GIVE THE GIFT OF GIFT CARDS As we move into the holiday of giving thanks, we are considering how to best support our clients during the holiday season. After years of giving out stuff to our clients during the holidays, Family Tree has made a strategic decision to provide GIFT CARDS instead of physical gifts. The intention is to continue to celebrate the season, still provide some opportunities for donor and volunteer engagement, and give a kind yet empowering offering to Family Tree clients and their families. “Lani (a Family Tree client) shared how she felt like she was seen as a capable, yet struggling parent. One who is trusted to take these cards and provide the best holiday gifts, meals and overall experience for her family.” - Family Tree Blog Post According to a recent Business Insider article, “Gift cards provide a solution. They put the power in the hands of the people we're giving to. Rather than showing them what we think they need, gift cards allow us to convey a powerful message: We trust that you know your family's needs better than we do.” We are encouraging those who wish to participate in Family Tree’s Holidays of Hope to host gift card drives. We are also having those who want to do drives for physical items concentrate on the essentials - hygiene products and cleaning supplies – which are always in high demand for our programs. Please support Family Tree and learn more at https://lnkd.in/gVkXwemH.