Dothan's Alfred Saliba Family Center

Mayor Alfred Saliba dreamed of opening a family resource center to the community many years ago. With the help of the Dothan City School District and the City of Dothan, he secured the 1921 school building to house the family service center. Today, the Saliba Family Services Center has grown into a full-service non-profit social services agency offering prevention and intervention services that strengthen families and help them help themselves. Dothan's Saliba Center for Families is a public, non-profit agency offering a wide array of social services at no cost. They specialize in prevention and intervention services to help strengthen families to help them help themselves. Not only do they offer direct services, and they also have more than 30 social service agency partners. The Saliba Center has helped so many people in our community, and now it is time for us to give back! Unfortunately, the center was broken into over Mother's Day weekend, and vandals sought to damage every room throughout the building. The Dothan Eagle reported the damage as follows: "A broken pane in the door to the auditorium led to the discovery of widespread vandalism throughout every center's room. Powder from several discharged fire extinguisher covers the hardwood floor of the auditorium in the building, constructed more than 100 years ago as Young Junior High School. Along the breezeways, every room had been breached and damaged. The vandalism included the destruction of computers and monitors, as well as the theft of laptops and televisions and graffiti left on walls, even snack supplies were raided, either eaten by the vandals or strewn and ground into carpets." We would love to be able to fix and bring back joy to the Saliba Center as soon as possible. The Wiregrass area has such a big heart and is always willing to help those in need, so join us in donating funds for The Saliba Center so they can open up their doors and continue building up our residents who need it the most.

 

Success Stories- Alfred Saliba Family Services