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CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES
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This coming Thursday SAFF's Executive Director will be a featured guest on " I Love Reno Radio Hour." Joseph will speak about the generosity of Reno businesses and organizations offering gifts and activities to SAFF for the foster/ adoptive/ birth families this Christmas season.
CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION
As you have noticed it's bitter cold outside in our area. SAFF has received a bundle of women's and men'swinter coats, scarves, gloves, hats, shirts, pants from the Keep Reno Warm partnership..
if you need such or know of birth parents whose children are in foster care or know of anyone struggling to keep warm.
Please send them to
if you need such or know of birth parents whose children are in foster care or know of anyone struggling to keep warm.
Please send them to
- SAFF
- 1301 Cordone Avenue Reno (Vassar and Kietzke)
- Friday from 10-12 or Monday from 10-12
Christmas Thank You's ! ! !
We had nearly 200 children and teens, plus foster -adoptive- birth parents and grandparents and even a great-grandma at the SAFF Christmas party last Sunday in Pine Middle School... it was incredible! the best party ever! An Hawaiian theme.. and so many foster and adoptive parents came with the kids dressed in Hawaiian outfits... we had a blast!
Thank you to the National Charity League and Pine Middle School!
Thank you to the Unity Center for the 2,000 dollars worth of movie tickets!
Thank you to the Junior League and the National Charity League for the 1,500 dollars worth of gift cards to food stores, book stores, clothing stores, toy stores!
Thank you to all the donors who have given us toys!
Thank you to Keep Reno Warm for the clothes and coats
Thank you to the Center for Spiritual Living, Good Luck MacBeth Theatre, and Creative Arts Theatre for hosting our Children's Christmas Storytelling Festival, the cast of storytellers, dancers, musicians, singers had a blast with kids jumping up on stage and performing spontaneously with the performers!
Everyone have a Merry Christmas, and let's all hope that the children we serve will have a healthy and happy 2016!
Thank you to the National Charity League and Pine Middle School!
Thank you to the Unity Center for the 2,000 dollars worth of movie tickets!
Thank you to the Junior League and the National Charity League for the 1,500 dollars worth of gift cards to food stores, book stores, clothing stores, toy stores!
Thank you to all the donors who have given us toys!
Thank you to Keep Reno Warm for the clothes and coats
Thank you to the Center for Spiritual Living, Good Luck MacBeth Theatre, and Creative Arts Theatre for hosting our Children's Christmas Storytelling Festival, the cast of storytellers, dancers, musicians, singers had a blast with kids jumping up on stage and performing spontaneously with the performers!
Everyone have a Merry Christmas, and let's all hope that the children we serve will have a healthy and happy 2016!
BOB CAROLL
Joseph gave a 30 minute presentation to the Kiwanna's Club on SAFF's Academic Tutoring Program, the new Think Richly: Learn to Earn Financial Literacy program, Nevada Equine Assisted Therapy program, and the Spotlight Youth Theatre Program.
At the luncheon was Reno's famed news broadcaster Bob Carroll. Joseph has known Bob for years and has always delighted in hearing Bob's stories about interviewing Marilyn Monroe, and Presidents Truman, Kennedy and Nixon. Bob is now retired now. We wish him good health and happiness after a long career. |
Thank you to the Unity Church
Joseph with representatives from the UNITY CHURCH delivering $2,000 worth of movie tickets! These tickets will be distributed at the SAFF Christmas party.
They also donated some gift cards. GIFT CARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO FOSTER and ADOPTIVE and BIRTH PARENTS (working to be re-united with their children) WHO BRING THEIR KIDS TO THE UNITY CENTER ON THIS FRIDAY, DEC 11 AT 7:00 to see the 1 hour Christmas show A CHRISTMAS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL... children love the show! The Unity Center is on Kings Row off Keystone right down the street from Clayton Middle School. It's free! A jolly good holiday time. |
FREE Movie Tickets!!!
The Unity Center of Reno is once again giving SAFF 2,000 dollars worth of movie tickets to distribute to the families SAFF serves.
To reserve your tickets connect with Joseph at [email protected]. |
FREE Christmas Storytelling Musical
Friday December 11 at 7:00 at the Unity Center of Reno & Saturday December 12 at 2:00 at The Center for Spiritual Living in Reno plus one more performance (see more info above) is the Christmas musical storytelling festival featuring professional teens and adults!
SAFF Tutors are encouraging their youth to come to the Friday Night Performance. Surprises will be forthcoming to the Tutoring Students that come. It's a show for all ages! Free admission made possible by a grant from the State of Nevada Arts Council! |
Special performance for Children with Down Syndrome
Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the teens and adults with Spotlight Youth Theatre performed CHRISTMAS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL at Good Luck Macbeth Theatre... these children sure had a good time! At the end of the show children and teens jump on the stage and dance with the cast.
It's FREE... this Friday at 7:00 at the Unity Center on Kings Row and at 2:00 on Saturday at Center for Spiritual Living and at 7:00 Saturday night a special performance for Children with Down Syndrome..
These organizations are SAFF's faithful partners.. so we like to give back! and they love to see our foster/adoptive/birth families in the audiences... BRING THE KIDS.. it's Christmas fun
As for toys and coats and other goodies... SAFF is distributing these donations to birth parents who are working their plan to get their children returned to them from foster care as well as to foster and adoptive parents who participate in the communities partnering with SAFF!
It's FREE... this Friday at 7:00 at the Unity Center on Kings Row and at 2:00 on Saturday at Center for Spiritual Living and at 7:00 Saturday night a special performance for Children with Down Syndrome..
These organizations are SAFF's faithful partners.. so we like to give back! and they love to see our foster/adoptive/birth families in the audiences... BRING THE KIDS.. it's Christmas fun
As for toys and coats and other goodies... SAFF is distributing these donations to birth parents who are working their plan to get their children returned to them from foster care as well as to foster and adoptive parents who participate in the communities partnering with SAFF!
"My Grandmother's Dance"
Last Sunday Joseph performed his one man show MY GRANDMOTHER'S DANCE with musicians at the Unity Center as a "thank you" for all the Unity Center does for the children and teenagers.
Besides the Christmas gifts, each summer Unity Center provides 200 backpacks for our youths!
Besides the Christmas gifts, each summer Unity Center provides 200 backpacks for our youths!
Nature's Bakery Fig Bars!!!!
A beautiful lady named Nancy Rodriquez donated to SAFF 1,800, yes 1,800 healthy non-fat Kosher naturally healthy fig bars from Nature's Bakery.
WOW!!!!!
This photo only show a portion of the boxes.
SAFF will distribute these yummy fig bars at the Unity Center on Friday evening and on 2 other occasions.
Great stocking stuffers and lunch box snacks!
THANK YOU NANCY!!
WOW!!!!!
This photo only show a portion of the boxes.
SAFF will distribute these yummy fig bars at the Unity Center on Friday evening and on 2 other occasions.
Great stocking stuffers and lunch box snacks!
THANK YOU NANCY!!
AmazonSmile Foundation
Remember, SAFF is a 501c3 non profit organization, which means financial donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law! We thank our funders and donors who help to keep our programs growing in success.
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Amazon Smile is a wonderful way to donate. Log on and find out more! SAFF receives no federal funding and relies solely on your generosity and caring.