Keweenaw Family Resource Center

Keweenaw Family Resource Center - Community

Please Join Us!

You are invited, either as an individual or a business, to partner with KFRC to help provide funds to sustain our successful programs for all families with young children. The past fiscal year we served:

352 new mothers who delivered at both area hospitals with "Welcome Baby" bags, containing information on community resources.
Mailed on average 382 "Parenting: The First Year" newsletters each month to families with newborns in the tri-county area.
Provided 312 home visits to 27 children under 3 years of age.
Hosted 19 "Playtime in the Park" outings throughout the summer months at a variety of local parks with the number of child visits totaling 425.
Provided 5 weekly playgroups/story hours at 5 locations each week.
The number of child visits from all playgroups totaled 1182!
Provided 33 families with needed items from our Baby and Maternity Closet

Our programs are appreciated and valuable! These are significant services to families with young children.

Please consider one of three options:

Community Partner: a pledge of $500 or more each year for 3 years.
Community Sponsor: a pledge of $250 annually.
Community Friend: a pledge of $100 annually.

Community partnerships help to provide a more stable financial base upon which to plan future programming. It becomes increasingly important that KFRC, as a local non-profit organization, continues to provide services as the community experiences the results of the economic downturn and the accompanying reduction in social services. For more information call KFRC at 482-9363.

Our grateful thanks to the following businessess and individuals who have joined with KFRC as Community Partners...

Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center
Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan
Frank A. Douglass Agency
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Keweenaw Brewing Company
McGrath, Inc
Michigan Tech Employees Federal Credit Union
Portage Health
Psychology Associates of the Keweenaw, PC
Rice Memorial Foundation
Sayen's Business Equipment, Inc.
Superior Graphics
Sound and Motions
Margaret Sottile
Trinity Episcopal Church
Walmart

Endowment Fund

KFRC has a designated Endowment Fund with the Keweenaw Community Foundation. Gifts to this fund will benefit KFRC programs long term. Thanks to the Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit you can receive a significant state tax credit for this gift. Your tax preparer will assist you to determine the amount of your tax credit. For example, a $200 gift may cost as little as $70 after tax credits have been applied. Please call the Keweenaw Community Foundation at 482-9673 to receive more information or to make a gift!

Board of Directors

Willie Melton, President

Judith Harkonen, Vice President

Elizabeth Jacobson, Treasurer

Robert Bishop

Mark Cavis

Teresa Frankovich, M.D.

Debbie Gershenson

Dave Mayo-Kiely

Lisa Mikkola

Rev. Virginia Peacock

Kristen Zerbst

Major Funding Sources

Copper Country United Way

Trinity Episcopal Church

Michigan Department of Education

Episcopal Association for College Work/Canterbury House

Michigan Children's Trust Fund

Copper Country Intermediate School District

Copper Country Kiwanis

BHK Child Development Board

US Department of Health and Human Services

Superior Child Abuse Prevention Council

Local, Individual, Business and Service Organization Donations

For More Information

Catherine Benda (Director) 482-9363