Every year, on August 17, we celebrate nonprofit organizations on National Nonprofit Day. Nonprofits in this country and around the world work to improve the quality of life for others at the local level and beyond.
We're thrilled to share a special feature from Good Day Kansas! Nicole McCauley, our VP of In-Home Services, joined them to discuss our "Voice of the Customer" initiative - a recent survey we conducted with the families we serve in Kansas.
Salina, Kansas – April 17, 2023 – April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and many Saint Francis staff is wearing blue on Fridays to show support for children and families and to raise awareness of the observance leading into the month.
Smart and creative, 8-year-old Ke’Honesty loves to draw and craft – and she’s really good. She’s also fond of dancing and music, particularly songs from the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Lubbock, Texas – February 13, 2023 – Saint Francis Ministries will host a grand opening and dedication of its new residential treatment facility on March 3 in the former Buckner Children and Families Services’ FYI Center, at 125 Chicago Avenue. The new facility will provide clinical psychiatric care in a small group setting to children and youth in out-of-home care.
The Emporia Chamber of Commerce honored Saint Francis’ own Missy Floyd last Friday with its “Volunteer of the Year” award during the organization’s 125th annual meeting.
Siblings Douglass, 9, and Jaycee, 6, are a dynamic duo who hope to remain together “no matter what.”
The Outreach Committee of St. James Episcopal Church takes its work seriously. Rather than simply writing a check to an organization, the 16 members choose to go all in, first by educating themselves about real needs within their Wichita community and then drafting a plan of action that will produce the most benefit.
No doubt about it, our frontline workers make everything we do at Saint Francis possible. Yet, they would probably be the first to admit that they can’t do it alone. Without the collaboration, cooperation, and passion of our foster, kinship, and adoptive parents, Saint Francis would find providing for the healing and hope of children and family much more difficult.
What does Christmas mean to you? For many of us, it’s about family … and home. After all, that’s what Christmas is really about, isn’t it? A child, a family, a safe place to lay our heads?