Carroll College continued their partnership with Family Promise this summer by once again hosting and providing meals for families in the Family Promise program. Family Promise works with families who find themselves homeless to provide the support and resources necessary for them to regain sustainable independence. Over the four weeks of service Carroll College provided to the Family Promise guests this year, 25 dinner meals were prepared, delivered and hosted. Another 50 meals and daily snacks and nutritional needs were supplied to the Day Center for their guests. In addition, housing was provided in Trinity Hall with three Carroll students serving as on-site hosts.
The three Carroll students who served as on-site hosts in Trinity Hall were Kelly Taft (sociology) from Seattle, WA; Amelia Ohnstad (biology) from Sequim, WA; and Tori Bonar (international relations) from Boise, ID.
“Carroll College did an exceptional job because of the efforts and generosity of so many. The wonderful hosts this year, Kelly, Amelia and Tori, gave comfort and interacted so kindly with our guests. Our guests were very, very grateful!” said Nick Zullo, Executive Director, Family Promise of Greater Helena.
Family Promise is a community partnership involving the college and 24 local congregations who serve as host sites, meal hosts or offer both housing and meals for homeless families with children. Each family accepted in the Family Promise program sets goals with a case worker to identify employment and permanent housing to achieve sustainable independence.
Carroll faculty and staff who generously provided evening meals for our Family Promise guests were: Carol Anderson (Wellness Center); Jennifer Bingham (Finance and Administration); Maria Brosnan (Nursing); Kari Brustkern (Finance and Administration); Erica Campeau (Math); Christy Cunningham (Athletics); Cathy Day (Academic Affairs); Christine Eckel (Biology); Tom Evans (President’s Office); Kathy Gilboy (Education); Donna Greenwood (Nursing); Jim Hardwick (Student Life); Tammie Hilton (Student Life); Kerry Jensen (Human Resources); Janet Johnson (Nursing); Amy Maracle (Institutional Advancement); Lori Newell (Business Office); Leslie Olsen (Financial Aid); Kerri Rigsby (Health Services); Maria Rogne (Business Office); Anna Rolando (Counseling Services); Kyrie Russ (Counseling Services); Dominick Speranza (Institutional Research); Renee Wall (Alumni Relations); Maureen Ward (Community Living); Lynette Zuroff (Education); and Nadia Zylawy (Education).
Dr. Jim Hardwick, vice president for Student Life, was instrumental in coordinating all the efforts and arrangements between Carroll College and Family Promise.