Whats Involved?
“Inspiring and encouraging prosperity for all people
by neighbor helping neighbor.”
1. Community Leadership Meetings
Leadership meetings are held weekly that are open to the public for all to
attend. The meetings are free and include the following components:
A. Free Nutritious Meal - Each week a nutritious and delicious meal is served prepared by an experienced cook.
B. Child Care – is offered free to care for children, ages 0-12, during the adult discussion time.
C. New & Good – Each adult discussion time begins with individual
sharing of something new or good that has happened in the past
week in their life. The focus is to keep a positive attitude and focus.
D. Leadership skill development – A variety of topics are planned with a special presenter coming to speak each week. Important activities are also included such as listening pairs, games, sharing and much more that keeps the meetings fun, respectful and always interesting.
E. Appreciations – At the end of each Circles Leadership meeting appreciations are given in a sharing and caring way. The philosophy is that no one receives enough appreciation in their lives, and everyone at the Leadership meetings receives some. Everyone leaves feeling valued.
2. Matched Circles
A. Family Participants – families struggling in impoverished situations
B. Allies – caring adults from the community who befriend family participants
A “Circle” is made up of one Family Participant and three Allies. A participant may be a single individual, a single parent or a couple with children. The participant must be willing and motivated to do whatever it takes to work their way out of poverty. They must also be willing to share their strengths and talents with others (reciprocity). An ally is a volunteer who agrees to befriend a participant and help them get out of poverty. An ally can be anyone in the com-munity with any level of resources. Each ally has a specific focus area to assist the participant with. Together they meet monthly to get to know each other, do fun things together and then help the family set goals and take steps needed to achieve self-sufficiency.
Three Ally Areas:
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Financial - Income and budgeting
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Education/Job Coaching & career planning
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Community Resources & Connecting.