Good News - May 2020

OUT AND ABOUT 32 MAY 2020 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition On April 21st, 2020 (StrikeForce 421 Day!), the StrikeForce 421 Board of Trustees announced the 2020 Grant Finalists, giving away 100 percent of funds re- ceived for this grant year. Rather than postponing their event, originally planned for April 24, 2020, at the Broward Center Riverview Ballroom, StrikeForce 421 decided to get creative and host a Virtual Grand Reveal Celebration - because ministries need funding now more than ever. Together with StrikeForce 421 Ambassadors, Pledge Partners, Grant Finalists, and the greater StrikeForce 421 Community, the Board gath- ered on Zoom to announce the grant recipients and give away $137,000. After opening with prayer and a hymn pro- duced by The Village Hymns with Church United and wor- ship leaders throughout South Florida, the StrikeForce 421 Board of Trustees was ecstatic to award grants to all five grant Finalists! 4Kids was awarded $36,000 to provide therapy services for foster and adop- tive families caring for children. Saints International was awarded $33,500 to pur- chase and equip a prototype van with all the resources necessary to establish a mo- bile Saints program for kids all over South Florida. First Priority of South Florida was awarded $16,050 to underwrite the cost to pur- chase, ship and distribute 5,000 First Priority Bibles to high school students without access to God’s Word. Firewall Centers was awarded $25,725 to fund the start-up of a new ele- mentary center, serving over forty students. Taylor’s Closet was awarded $25,725 to develop Bloom in a Box, a scalable template to introduce Bloomat any high school, allowing Tay- lor’s Closet to expand to Piper High School in the 2020-21 school year. In the midst of a global pandemic, the StrikeForce 421 Board of Trustees was beyond excited to give the South Florida community something to celebrate. To learn more about Strike- Force 421 and become part of this community of impact- ful women, please visit them online at strikeforce421.org . StrikeForce 421 Grants $137,000 to Five Charities Chris Lane and Julia Gacken- bach of First Priority