About
Family to Family (F2F) is a volunteer program begun in 2010 to support impoverished youth and families in the AC Reynolds district by connecting families of faith to cover identified student needs that cannot be met by existing agencies. Between 2010 and June, 2017, F2F member churches have provided donations valued over $41,150 for items such as school supplies, back packs, calculators, graduation supplies, clothing, scholarships for activities, toiletries and uniforms, etc. and helped approximately 572 individual students. Part of these donations covers an annual Dorm Room and Duffle Bag Project. Simply, a congregation supplies all the items needed in a dorm room for about 8-9 students each year and approximately 4-5 duffle bags of summer fun for middle school students. Cindy McMahon, the Reynolds District representative on the Buncombe County School Board has written about the effect Family 2 Family had had in the community in the Fairview Town Crier, April 2016. http://bit.ly/2tsoAAo (Fairview Town Crier, April 2016)