Treasure Valley Partners
Financial Partners
Special Thanks to our community partners and member school districts for their support of children's literacy: Media, Idaho Press-Tribune; KWEI Spanish Radio; KTRV FOX 12 NEWS; KTVB Idaho's News Channel 7; Idaho Statesman; Lamar OUTDOOR Advertising; D. R. & Associates Funding: Giving Hands; Ed Ahrens, Trustee Schindel Foundation; Capitol Educators Federal Credit Union; Thorne Printing; Shilo Plumbing; St Vincent de Paul; Sign Pro; Albertson, Boise OPEN PGA Tours; Kiwanis Club of Nampa; Healthy Nampa Healthy Youth Coalition; Idaho Power Company; Vallivue Education Foundation; IFA Systems, a subsidiary of Nelnet, Inc.; Clawson Group; Key Bank; United Way Federal Campaign; Idaho Independent Bank; Idaho Stampede; Albertson College of Idaho Student Philanthropy Council; Rotary Club of Nampa, Greater Boise Rotary Club; Literacy: Operation WishBook; Learning Lab; Lee Pesky Learning Center; Boise State University, Adult Basic Education; Boise State University, Literacy Department; Books: First Book, National Book Bank and Idaho Student Council Association; Transportation: ABF-U Pack; Hot Shots, Inc.; Shilo Automatic Sprinklers.Nampa Family Shelter Coalition
Mission StatementNampa Family Shelter Coalition, Inc.
The Nampa Family Shelter Coalition, in 1994, incorporated as a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization with the following mission:
•To promote the means and opportunities for providing shelter and affordable housing for low income families and persons;
•To provide emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families and single women;
•To move the homeless to permanent housing through job generation;
•To improve the homeless adult literacy skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking English, and in problem solving;
•To place the homeless adults in, post-secondary education, unsubsidized employment or career advancement;
•To assist the homeless adults in receipt of a secondary school diploma or equivalent;
•To promote early childhood education for children of the homeless by focusing their school attendance, reading proficiency and the involvement of the parents in their children's education;
•To remove any barrier to the education of school-age youth are homeless.
The Nampa Family Shelter Coalition is comprised entirely of volunteers from the business, human service and faith communities. Each major denomination in Nampa (Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Nazarene) is a participating member of our faith-based coalition.
Supportive services such as the Family Literacy Program, Jobs Program (new job creation as well as job placement), case management, hot meals, showers and laundry facilities are provided by our participating community partners.
www.nampafamilysheltercoalition.com
Pajama Program
Our Purpose
The Pajama Program provides comfort and love in the way of new pajamas and books to children-in-need and children waiting for a permanent home. By providing pajamas and books, we help to create a warm and nurturing bedtime environment for vulnerable youngsters living under difficult circumstances.
Where are these Children?
We identify organizations that care for homeless and venerable children through various ways. Sometimes we learn about orphanages and group homes through local neighborhood groups, and sometimes we read or hear about shelters that need our donations. On a regular basis, organizations which have access to children who are abused and abandoned contact us and we send pajamas and books to them for the children in their care.
In Idaho contact Tanya Amber, Idaho Chapter President
2817 Sugar Cane Drive
Nampa, Idaho 83687
(208) 461-9047
Cell (208) 249-8436
www.pajamaprogram.org
