This past Friday (2/25), Partnerships for Families in Commerce gathered with families through zoom to celebrate Valentine’s Day. We provided families with the materials needed for the family bonding activity. Everyone came together virtually and covered strawberries and pretzels with different chocolate. Families even got creative and added sprinkles and drizzle to their pretzels and strawberries. The activity concluded with the families sharing the tasty treats they created.
This is what some families had to share:
“My girls and I loved it so much. They were able to get creative with how they decorated and they were so proud eating it all after knowing they did that! I love being able to do something fun like that with them and making the awesome memory with them”
“What I enjoyed the most was being able to spend quality time with my oldest daughter and she was so happy. She even made more pretzels to share with friends from school. Watching her how happy she was filled my heart with so much happiness”
“My kids enjoyed making the chocolate strawberries. My oldest daughter Joy enjoyed it the most. I took her to Walmart over the weekend to buy more supplies to make chocolate strawberries again. Thanks again for allowing us to participate”
On Saturday 2/26/22, Penny Lane’s Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing Programs received “The Drop.” Our wonderful friends over at Project Pop Drop (Insta @projectpopdrop) stopped by with several carloads of donations. Our clients were provided with food, snacks, clothing, and undergarments. This gracious donation helped our Transitional Homeless Youth Program, youth exiting foster care, low-income families, First-5 Children’s Program, and our veterans.
The event itself was a Saturday afternoon delight, filled with smiling faces and giving hearts. Our parking lot was filled with donors ready to deliver supplies in form of their signature “Drop Assembly Line.” As upbeat music played through our speakers, a line of balloons set the tone for donors to dance as they brought joy to our clients. Donor’s dancing to tunes of Prince, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars was a great way for us to start our weekend, please take some time to visit http://www.projectpopdrop.org/ to make a difference.