$100k for Center for Family Life
Tax deductible
I have been on the board of the Center for Family Life (CFL) for 8+ years; it is a tremendous organization that supports the entire Sunset Park (Brooklyn) community.
Starting in 2021, CFL will be running as an independent entity (was part of SCO), and we need to fill the coffers!!
This $100k will go a LONG way!
OH RIGHT.. for your entertainment (and to Mina's dismay), I will be growing out a beard for the month of November, and posting an update 1x/week (hence my mug on the fundraise).
Some basic, Demographic Info on Sunset Park & its residents:
- 17% of residents live below the poverty line
- 30% receive SNAP (fka food stamps)
- 24% of residents work in industries MOST impacted by COVID (restaurants, hotels, retail and personal care services)
- 46% are foreign-born
Co-Op Programs:
- in 2018, CFL launched BRIGHTLY, the first worker co-op franchise in the United States; it aims to improve working conditions and revolutionize economic opportunity in the cleaning industry for worker-owners, most of whom are immigrant women from low-wealth communities.
- 2017, CFL launched Up & Go, first booking app owned by Domestic Workers; this co-ope increases workers' wages and assets and job safety.
- the AVERAGE TAKE-HOME WAGES of Brightly and Up&Go is $25/hour versus $12/hour before joining the Co-Op.
Food Pantry - CFL distributes 100,000 meals in a typical year; during Covid, the pantry has doubled its hours and is serving over 10,000 meals/week.
These are just a few of the things CFL does in Sunset Park; I encourage you to check out the site for more information:
https://sco.org/featured-programs/center-for-family-life/
Starting in 2021, CFL will be running as an independent entity (was part of SCO), and we need to fill the coffers!!
This $100k will go a LONG way!
OH RIGHT.. for your entertainment (and to Mina's dismay), I will be growing out a beard for the month of November, and posting an update 1x/week (hence my mug on the fundraise).
Some basic, Demographic Info on Sunset Park & its residents:
- 17% of residents live below the poverty line
- 30% receive SNAP (fka food stamps)
- 24% of residents work in industries MOST impacted by COVID (restaurants, hotels, retail and personal care services)
- 46% are foreign-born
Co-Op Programs:
- in 2018, CFL launched BRIGHTLY, the first worker co-op franchise in the United States; it aims to improve working conditions and revolutionize economic opportunity in the cleaning industry for worker-owners, most of whom are immigrant women from low-wealth communities.
- 2017, CFL launched Up & Go, first booking app owned by Domestic Workers; this co-ope increases workers' wages and assets and job safety.
- the AVERAGE TAKE-HOME WAGES of Brightly and Up&Go is $25/hour versus $12/hour before joining the Co-Op.
Food Pantry - CFL distributes 100,000 meals in a typical year; during Covid, the pantry has doubled its hours and is serving over 10,000 meals/week.
These are just a few of the things CFL does in Sunset Park; I encourage you to check out the site for more information:
https://sco.org/featured-programs/center-for-family-life/
Organizer
Puneet Pardasani
Organizer
New York, NY
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Inc.
Beneficiary