Mission
OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM IS OUR ANNUAL TURKEY DRIVE WITH CLOSE TO 80,000 FAMILIES FED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS. FRIENDS OF FOLSOM HAS AN ANNUAL ADOPT A-FAMILY PROGRAM FOR CHRISTMAS THAT HAS ENABLED US TO PROVIDE CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FAMILIES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS WELL. FRIENDS OF FOLSOM DOES BOTH VALENTINES DAY AND EASTER PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT BOTH YOUTH AND ELDERLY IN OUR HOME COMMUNITY. WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK TO ENSURE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT GO HUNGRY BOTH WHILE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION AND WHEN IT IS NOT. WE ALSO ACT AS A RESOURCE DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS (SUCH AS FIRES AND NATURAL DISASTERS) IN THE COMMUNITY AS THEY ARISE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FUNDRAISE USING OUR NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS, AND HAVE HELPED NUMEROUS LOCAL CHARITIES, FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND CAUSES AS WELL AS SOME NATIONALLY AND ABROAD. BY HAVING NO PAID MEMBERS WE CAN MAKE DONATIONS GO FURTHER AND MAKE MORE OF AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR DONORS ARE MAINLY LOCAL BUSINESS