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Del Presidente:

This new school year brings big challenges for the vulnerable families in our community.

Many parents desperately want their child to attend a school where they are known and loved, and their unique needs are addressed. But such an education is out of reach for most.

That’s why CFC’s Family Care KIDS Preschool and our partnership with school districts like Alhambra—which you’ll read more about in this newsletter—are so important.

Through our educational programs, each child is highly valued as an individual uniquely created by God. The approach to each child’s learning is shaped by their unique life experience, interests, and abilities. Teachers are trauma-informed and provide beautiful classroom environments full of children engaged in joyful, playful, and appropriately challenging learning.

Our goal is not just to give knowledge, but to help children and their parents encounter Christ’s tender love… to get the support they need to heal from any wounds, pick themselves up, and try again… to have genuine hope for the future, no matter what difficulties they face.

And friends like you make this education possible! Your generosity provides scholarships to children in need, counseling, training for teachers assisting children from broken families, and much more.

Your support makes an eternal impact on families’ lives. One parent told us, “I feel the love of Christ and the peace of the Holy Spirit at this school.” What a tremendous blessing! Christ told us, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

Thank you for answering His call and giving children the chance to experience the healing love of Jesus.

-Mark Upton, CFC President