Build Relationships + Empower Families
Family Tree is our recurring giving program made up of givers who want to make a regular commitment to preserving families in northern Indiana.
When you become a Family Tree giver, you make a difference from month one for vulnerable families in your community. New Mercies is a volunteer-driven ministry – we rely on volunteers recruited from dozens of local churches to care for children and parents. This means your gift enables our staff to manage and direct hundreds of volunteers as they host children, coach parents, transport children, bring meals to Host Families, mentor moms, and point families to Jesus!
What does a typical hosting look like?
Each hosting starts when a parent experiencing a crisis contacts us through our support line. The following steps take place after this first point of contact:
- A determination is made that New Mercies can best meet a family’s needs.
- A screened and trained Host Family ready to open their home is identified, with a Family Coach assigned to support them.
- A parent signs temporary Hosting, Medical, & Educational Permission paperwork allowing their child or children to be hosted.
- Support Volunteers provide meals, transportation, resources, and prayer as needed while the child or children stay with their Host Family.
- A parent receives guidance from the Family Coach while their child or children are hosted, setting goals like employment, housing, affordable childcare, etc.
- The hosting ends when a parent reunites with their child or children after gaining confidence by reaching their stability goals.
Help us keep children safe and out of foster care. Support parents on their journey to stability. Share the hope of Christ with a vulnerable family. Become a Family Tree giver today!
The Impact of Recurring Donations
$50/mo
As a KEY SUPPORTER of vulnerable families, you help fund 1 night of hosting for a child.
$85/mo
As an ADVOCATE for families, you fully fund 1 night of hosting for a child.
$170/mo
As a DEFENDER of vulnerable families, you fund 2 nights of hosting for a child.
$250/mo
As a CHAMPION for families in northern Indiana, you fund 3 nights of hosting for a child.
For more information, please contact Bonnie Doolittle at 260-437-3348, or by email at bdoolittle@new-mercies.org.
Checks can be mailed to:
New Mercies Ministries
PO Box 25712
Fort Wayne, IN 46825