The Wells Fargo Foundation recently granted the Family Access Network (FAN) $2,000 to connect children and families to essential resources in Central Oregon. It only costs $100 to provide one child with vital FAN advocate services for the entire school year. These funds will ensure that 20 children and their family members receive basic necessities such as: food, a safe place to sleep, seasonally appropriate clothing, health care, and much more.
“We are grateful to Wells Fargo for supporting local children and families, especially during this challenging time,” says Julie Lyche, FAN Executive Director.
Wells Fargo supports thousands of national and community-based nonprofits annually to help revitalize and strengthen communities. Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation provide monetary support, expertise, and volunteers to national and local nonprofit organizations and causes that align with their business priorities, values, and geographies. They focus their philanthropic activities on creating long-term, strategic relationships with nonprofits and other organizations to create innovative, sustainable solutions to meet local needs.
Unique to Central Oregon, FAN began in 1993 and currently employs 26 advocates at 62 public schools in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties. The direct placement of FAN advocates within the schools allows FAN to effectively reach and connect disadvantaged children and families to essential basic needs.
To learn more about the Family Access Network, please visit www.familyaccessnetwork.org or call (541) 693-5675.
The Family Access Network’s mission is to offer assistance, possibility and hope to Central Oregon families in need by connecting them with crucial resources that will help children flourish in school and in life. Every year FAN advocates improve the lives of over 8,000 children and family members in Central Oregon.
