Save the Family program

Homeless Families Intervention Project
Homeless families have experienced poverty, deprivation, domestic violence, and high rates of mobility, persistent serious conflicts, and chaos. Children in these families are the innocent victims of homelessness and the most vulnerable to its devastating effects. Studies such as "Arizona's Forgotten Children: Promises to Keep" show that children often suffer developmental deprivation, depression, anxiety, behavioral and health problems. What's more, many of these children are at great risk for repeating self-destructive behaviors unless the paradigm is altered. To break the cycle of negative behavior that can be perpetuated from generation to generation, Save the Family pioneered the Homeless Families Intervention Project (HFIP). HFIP provides a safe, consistent, and reinforcing environment for adults and children to learn how to replace survival skills with other pro-social, protective, non-violent life skills vital to their success beyond the program. No other homeless assistance provider provides such comprehensive personal development programs.

Video link

http://www.savethefamily.org/

Floor Art , in cooperation with Camelot Homes, is pleased to sponsor the WALK TO CURE DIABETES on Saturday, November 1st, at Tempe Town Lake starting at 8 a.m. All proceeds from the event will support research vital to finding a cure for diabetes.

Thank you very mucy for this generous gift! We have let Pat know your thoughtful support.  Please be assured that it will be put to good use helping homeless individuals secure quality employment.
Amy Cafferello, Executive Director

Aryanna, the 10-month old daughter of a Pronghorn customer service rep, needed help from the community to help with medical expenses. We are all praying for Aryanna.

Save the Family appreciates the latest donation of flooring to help shelter a homeless family -

Received thank  you  from New Song . . .

Floor Art's Stephen Miller sponsored 3 fellow golfers from Shea Homes and together they participated in The Celebrity Golf Classic for Augie's Quest (presented in part by Shea Homes) benefitting  MDA/ALS research projects .  Everyone had a great time and a worthy cause was served.

Floor Art donates flooring for the Farmdale Unit -

Floor Art is proud of its participation in community events. Events this past year included donations to:
Heifer International
Brophy Community Foundation
Brophy College Prep
Previous Donations of Discontinued Carpet
Central Valley Youth Competitive Football League
Special Olympics
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Arizona
Police Officers of Scottsdale Association
Save The Family
Shea Homes (Phx Youth at Risk Christmas Party)
Save The Family
Heifer International
Donation of Carpet
Donation of Vinyl to Grove Bible Church/Africa Missions

Save The Family has benefited several times over the years from Floor Art donations.   Wally Slade writes, "Thank you very much for the installation of the carpet in our 605 North Cherry Street.  The homeless family, which will live there in just a few days, will think it's like heaven. Your giving attitude will continue to help the homeless families. I wish we had the ability to do more. Thank you again Dave.  With warmest regards,  Wally Slade"

Eager to support local youth, Floor Art was delighted to make a donation in support of the Central Valley Youth Competitive Football League.  The mission of the League is to teach the fundamentals of football, while instilling the positive values of sportsmanship, teamwork, self-esteem and confidence that will provide a solid foundation in character growth for the youth of our community.

Floor Art was once again proud to contribute its service to the success of Brophy's annual auction to raise money to provide scholarships to worthy young men who would otherwise be unable to attend this school  - a school recognized for its community service and the quality leaders it graduates each year.

Supporting our community is important to the Floor Art team. In 2006, Floor Art supported the following charities:

Brophy College Preparatory (flooring for auction)
North Scottsdale Little League
Esperanca Mardi Gras
Brophy College Preparatory (flooring-Sports Medicine facility)
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Brophy Chapel
Brophy Jesuit Library
ARCH Golf Classic
Yavapai County Boys & Girls Club
The New Song Center
Special Olympics

SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINNERS CIRCLE -

Once again, Floor Art made a gift to the Special Olympics - recognizing the need to support individuals with intellectual disabilities to build self-esteem through year-round sports training and competition.

Thank you from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona

"On behalf of the youth of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona, thank you for your very generous donation in response to our 2006 Telethon.  ... Without your continued concern and financial support, our country's future leaders - the youth of Central Yavapai County - would not be able to receive the Boys & Girls Club life skills and values-based program, which has been especially designed for their personal growth and character enrichment during their developmental years."  Casey Knight, Chief Professional Officer

"Floor Art recently sponsored participants in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

Relay for Life is an overnight event  where teams of people gather to walk or run laps to celebrate survivorship and to raise money for the American Cancer Society, to help those whose lives have been touched by cancer and to empower these individuals to fight back against this disease."

Floor Art places a high value on community service and participates in a minimum of ten (10) Community Service projects each year, tracking this participation by year from 1999 through the current year’s involvement.  These service projects include a wide range of community events including:

Special Olympics
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Recreational Vehicle project
Mesa Police Department weight equipment
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Heifer International
Phoenix Youth at Risk events
Boys and Girls Clubs of Yavapai County
Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped (ARCH) Trilogy Golf Classic
Shea Homes Extreme Makeover home built in Flagstaff, Arizona
Hearts of Stone Charitable Foundation
Project Playhouse
Little League sponsorship
Cajon de Sucros, Costa Rican Orphanage
Young Life golf tournament and auction
Brophy College Preparatory Community Foundation & Scholarship Program
Esperanca Mardi Gras
Various local educational organizations.  

DECEMBER 16, 2005

Floor Art participated in the Youth At Risk Christmas event held at the PYAR Community Center in Phoenix on December 16, 2005.  

Floor Art staff volunteered their time for the 4th year in a row to bring holiday cheer to the children of the Garfield neighborhood in games and face painting activities.  In addition, Floor Art contributed 65 stuffed brown bears.

Floor Art recently partnered with Shea Homes and 1,000 other trade partners, completing the building of a new Extreme Makeover home for the parents of Private First Class Lori Piestewa in Flagstaff, Arizona southeast of the Hopi Reservation.  Lori was the first native American woman to die in combat in March 2003 when her unit was ambushed in Iraq.  Private First Class Piestewa left behind two small children, now 5 and 6 years of age, who are being raised by her parents (previously in their mobile home in Tuba City).  Jessica Lynch (POW), Lori's Army friend, nominated Lori's parents to receive the Extreme Home Makeover.

On Monday, April 18, 2005 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Floor Art installed carpet and laminate flooring in several rooms of the new home.

MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DRUG ENDANGERED CHILD (DEC) PROGRAM RV


Floor Art has enthusiastically supported Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department and their Drug Endangered Child (DEC) program to provide a safe environment for children who have been removed from their homes during a drug raid (methamphetamine).  Craftsmen from Floor Art have recently completed the installation of new laminate flooring in the 40 foot RV which provides a more sanitary and easily cleanable surface.

Where previously these children (or elderly adults) were often held in uncomfortable surroundings for hours while the suspects were being processed, now the Sheriff’s RV can receive them in a clean, comfortable environment for the purpose of removing the child or elderly adult from the drug scene, providing a medical examination for decontamination (drug testing and lice removal), interviewing, and providing food, clothing and shelter.  

Arizona is the first state in the nation to utilize an RV for this purpose.  The RV travels to all parts of Arizona plus 30-60 miles into adjoining states.  Volunteers from the Sheriff’s Posse staff the RV.  

The program is asking for donations from public and private organizations of the following:  Camera system to mount onto the RV to see behind the vehicle (OSHA requirement), carpet runners which can be used and removed from the inside of the RV, toys, and clothing (any age and size).

Floor Art would also like to thank Wilsonart for donating the product and partnering on this community service program.

Additional information is available online about the DEC Program at www.ag.state.az.us/DEC.com/