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To donate to this Family Care Foundation Project, please note Project NAME and then click here. Music is a Big Part of Our Ministry
You may have just stumbled across this Internet page, just like Brian, a young nuclear engineer who took an interest in looking up needy missions in Mexico City. Brian, along with 70 colleagues, were scheduled to operate a nuclear energy task force here in Mexico City. He "accidentally" found MexCity Mission on the Family Care Foundation web site and made contact with us.
In learning about the current needs of San Vicente Orphanage, on his own initiative, Brian then sent out flyers and e mails to the other engineers, drumming up support for this mission and encouraging participation from others, making their business trip to this city two-fold. Thank you Brian and all of General Nuclear Industries.
Most of these children have never had a new toy or a brand new warm jacket. So your donations will make a lasting impression on them.
Your love and care will go farther than you will ever know.in this life. God bless you.
Moving From Success To Significance Don from Minnesota learned about the work we are
doing here in Mexico City after happening on the FCF website,
and offered to buy Christmas presents for the children of the
orphanage we assist. After communicating more at-length, Project
Manager Cindy Thomson shared our primary need with Don, a new
van for the mission. Don then agreed to purchase the vehicle
as well. Here is the rest of the story from Cindy.
"After purchasing the van, Don and I went shopping and proceeded to fill it with Christmas gifts. We then drove down to Mexico City, where Don spent 5 days with us. During his stay Don went to Coyoacan with our youth outreach team where he witnessed our Christmas performances. He also participated in our orphanage assistance program, spent Christmas day with the orphans and generally saw us in action. He said he was very impressed with our work and that he likes the way we think and operate.
"Don is a 55 year old successful businessman and told me he has found a way to act on the compassion he feels for a needy situation. He kept expressing how personally satisfying the experience has been to him and how it has added a whole new dimension and quality to his life."
Washington D.C. based Family Missions received the Freedom Works Award sponsored by House Majority Leader Dick Armey. This award is given annually to "the most active service group in the country motivated by personal commitment and desire to make the world a better place rather than personal gain or government funding." Following are excerpts from press releases about this event:
********** "On Thursday, March 5, House Majority Leader Dick Armey presented his Freedom Works Award to the D.C. Center of the Family Missions for their exemplary service in assisting homeless shelters and soup kitchens in the D.C. area. Armey formally presented the award to the Family Missions at a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol. D.C. Center Director Cindy Thomson and several teen volunteers were on hand to accept it for the group." Freedom Works Award to Family Missions "Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to present the Freedom Works Award to the Family Missions of the D.C. area. I established the Freedom Works Award to celebrate freedom by recognizing individuals and groups who promote personal responsibility instead of reliance on the government. "The Family Missions is a privately-funded charitable religious organization made up of families who believe their Christian duty is best served by assisting and operating homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and offering other human services assistance within their communities. Their activities have ranged from delivering two tons of milk weekly for the last four years to D.C. area soup kitchens, to serving as Red Cross deputies in Florida during the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. It really warms my heart to see these young people doing all they can to help people in need. The Family Missions volunteers also help teenage runaways and shelters for battered women. "A sincere calling to service of others and the personal reward such activity brings motivates them, not because they were drafted by AmeriCorps or even because they were trying to meet some local community or state mandated requirement for charity. These young people exemplify the kind of genuine service and sacrifice I had in mind when I conceived of the Freedom Works Award. "This organization has taken on these difficult tasks and more, without receiving a single penny of federal assistance. The success of the Family Missions is based on a simple belief that ‘There is no greater love for our fellow man than to be willing to lay our life down for them.’" Past recipients have included Dallas Cowboys running back Emmit Smith (for his work in educating at-risk youth); "Touched By An Angel" producers; Omega Boys Club of San Francisco (for their work in rescuing inner city children from the influences of gangs) and Cornerstone Schools of Detroit, Michigan (for their cutting-edge approach to education).
Thanks to the generosity of the Embassy Dairy, each week the D.C. Family Missions’ Milk for Many volunteers pick up and deliver approximately 2000 gallons of fresh milk to Washington D.C.’s shelters for the homeless, for battered women and children, and other poor and needy families. Gail Cline, executive director of the Serve Shelter in Manassas, Virginia writes, "Family Missions are among those who understand what the disadvantaged need. Since we never have enough milk, even for the children who constitute half of our clients, we are always amazed and delighted to see you arrive with what we need most."
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