Friends of the Family

The Most Important Donation You Can Make This Year!
Help us Meet the Challenge

As announced at our Fall fundraising gala, Friends of the Family is the proud recipient of a generous challenge grant from longtime supporter The Pioneer Fund. For a limited time, The Pioneer Fund will match all donations up to $125,000.

We need your help to meet this challenge. Please take advantage of The Pioneer Fund’s generosity by making a donation now as a Meet the Challenge supporter, so that your contribution will go twice as far.

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Awakening the Heart of the Community Event a Great Success
Over 600 people turned out at the San Fernando High School auditorium on Thursday, May 3, to watch a play written and performed by students, as part of Awakening the Heart of Community, a free community event hosted by Friends of the Family in collaboration with The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company and the L.A. County Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project as well as several other local partners. The event brought neighborhood residents together to discuss issues within the community explored by the students’ original play and artwork.
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Friends of the Family is among the most highly regarded family resource centers in Southern California. The organization provides a safety net of support for families as they struggle to care for their children in the face of multiple challenges including poverty, community violence, isolation, language barriers, and inadequate schools.	Our organization serves more than 5,000 family members each year with a range of programs that result in improved family and community health, educational readiness and achievement, family economic self-sufficiency, and community unity.	Our vision is the creation of vibrant communities where all children and families thrive and succeed. We work to help families foster resilient and joyful children who will be able to realize whatever unique potential of mind, body, and spirit he or she possesses.