Sunday Friends
The Working Alternative to Charity
The Working Alternative to Charity since 1997

    SUNDAY FRIENDS: The Working Alternative To Charity

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Mission Statement

Sunday Friends empowers families in need to break the cycle of poverty. Children and parents earn basic necessities while they contribute to their community, learn life skills and develop self-sufficiency.

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There are no free handouts at Sunday Friends; families earn the basic necessities they receive. This approach of earning, instead of traditional charity, builds self-confidence in families and brings out the best in each person. Sunday Friends provides a structured, opportunity-rich environment for very low-income families to give back to their community while they meet their basic needs and develop self-sufficiency for the long-term.

Every Sunday Friends program includes over 300 people: children, their parents and community volunteers. The programs are designed to foster the growth of developmental assets in children. Parent involvement ensures that the practice of positive life skills will continue throughout the week.

• Every aspect of the Sunday Friends program empowers families to develop self-reliance by earning the items that they want and need.

• Sunday Friends provides a nurturing environment for practicing work ethics, manners, English language, money management and healthy living in a community setting.

• Sunday Friends brings diverse communities together in a circle of giving and receiving. Donors receive personal thank you letters from children and parents. Volunteers and families work side by side together as equals, sharing food, productivity and fun.

• As we teach new skills to children, we consciously include their parents in all parts of the program so the new attitudes and work styles can be carried on within the home.

• Sunday Friends has created a financially responsible model of how the more privileged members of our society can come together with the less privileged in ways that uplift us all.


Non-Discrimination Statement

Sunday Friends does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, marital status, gender, disability, age or sexual orientation in its programs or activities. Please email us if you have any questions regarding this policy.

Sunday Friends is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. EIN: 77-0518937


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