Family Promise of Anoka County 2/4/2010, Christ Lutheran Church, Blaine, MN
Steve Thomason conducted an orientation meeting for about 20 new attendees showing interest in the Family Promise Program at 6:30.
The general meeting was called to order and opened with a short prayer at 7:00 pm by President Rhonda Steele. Secretary Nelson summarized the minutes of the January 7, 2010 meeting.
Committee reports began with Steve Thomason reporting for the communications committee, specifically that the host & support congregations are now linked to the FPAC web page; the FPAC brochure has been updated to include the new congregations, Lord of Life and St. Katherine Drexel in Ramsey.
Barb Wold reported for Loretta Palm on the activities of the fundraising committee. A number of grant applications have been submitted including a Community development Block Grant application with Anoka County, Applications have been made to the Rotary Clubs in Anoka, Coon Rapids & Ramsey. The Coon Rapids Rotary has made a $500.00 commitment for mattresses and bedding. Other applications have been prepared for The Thrivent Foundation, St. Paul Foundation, The Buck Family Foundation and Sheltering Arms. Other resources to look at include the child advocate program through the school district Children and Family Council, Edina Realty, Deluxe Corp, Charleston Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation, Barb also noted that the Anoka Kiwanis Club is looking for volunteer opportunities.
Rhonda reported for the Leadership team. Target opening date has been pushed back to June 1. We need To have $25K in the bank by the end of April and an additional $25K in May and have an Executive Director in place before then. She also reported on the 3 day center possibilities we’ve been considering. The Salvation Army property is not properly zoned for use as a day center. There are significant transportation issues with the Ham Lake property. We’ve had no further information on the Olive Branch/Redeemer property. Redeemer was to have voted last Sunday but we are not aware of the outcome of the vote. Steve will check with Mona Glesne regarding the vote. There was some discussion regarding other possible locations and Rhonda requested that members keep an open eye for other possibilities. Other items noted were the recent newspaper article in the ABC papers and the activation of the phone number and answering service for FPAC 763-634-1252. Cindy is currently picking up messages and forwarding calls to the appropriate teams.
Sue Baysden reported for the recruitment team that 2 more host congregations have made commitments and 2 addition support congregations have signed on. There will be an orientation for host and support congregations next Tuesday, 2/9/2010, 6:30 pm at St. Williams Catholic Church in Fridley. Please let Sue know how many are attending so she can prepare meal.
Jane presented the Treasurer’s report showing a current balance of $670.00. We also have a $500.00 commitment from the Coon Rapids Rotary Club and a $500.00 commitment from Anoka UMC for possible transportation repair costs. The 501 C3 application has been approved by IRS. We also had a discussion about where to mail checks for FPAC. It was determined to get a PO Box for FPAC with Rhonda & Jane having keys for pick up. Cindy will research cost and availability of PO Boxes (after research it was determined to get a box at the Coon Rapids post office).
New business discussed included transportation issues. We’ve been offered a used 15 passenger van. We need to look into the cost of insurance, gas, maintenance and cost of driver(s). We still need to recruit a volunteer coordinator, a day center team to evaluate day center options, making sure that we meet zoning requirements and safety needs.
Following the general meeting the board met to discuss several items. We voted to accept the donation of a used 15 passenger van. Free2B will evaluate the van and we have a donation of up to $500.00 for any necessary repairs. Steve will jockey the van from the donator to Free2B for evaluation and to a temporary parking location. A resolution was proposed and approved to make all necessary filings for state tax ID’s and Charitable organization registrations with the Attorney General. The Day Center Team began to take place with Bonnie Hugeback volunteering to take lead along with several others. There was discussion of presentations to other congregations in the coming weeks. There was a suggestion that we find out if churches unable to act as host or support congregations would consider sponsoring the day center for a month. We also had a short discussion of other possible fundraising activities.
The April meeting will be April 4 at Christ Lutheran Church. 7:00 pm for orientation meeting and 7: pm for the general meeting.
Adjourned at 8:45
Respectfully;
Mike Nelson, Secretary
