Family Values

Family Values for Life was birthed from our founder Alfreda Flowers’ passion and extensive experience with families. She provided daycare services for 18 years; worked in the St. Paul school system, at family resource centers, and homeless shelters; raised her eight children with Christian values; grown stronger through the loss of her husband; and has worked with families at her church for over 35 years.
Family Values for Life focuses its work on the entire family unit. By engaging both parents and children we can make a stronger, more sustainable impact on the family, and in turn, the entire community.

The Foundation of Family Values (FOFV), a 501(c)(3) Tax-exempt Non-profit Organization, was created in honor of the late Don Rossi. We support family well-being for families of all political, religious, sexual preference, economic, and racial categories. We define family as being any combination of parent(s), grandparents, other relatives, and children. The FOFV has no specific religious affiliation.

MISSION STATEMENT
The Foundation of Family Values seeks to enhance the core values of modern families through creating innovative programs in combination with providing resources that facilitate the intellectual development of parenting ethics and responsibilities in the best interest of children.

FOFV accomplishes its mission through a variety of educational, therapeutic, and recreational programs and services designed to provide a menu of positive options for families who wish to participate in a holistic approach to family well-being.

GiveMN links donors with organizations to enable charitable giving on its website, GiveMN.org. We help make giving simple, rewarding and fun. Since 2009, donors have given more than $240 million to nonprofits and schools using GiveMN.org.

Since 1976, the Lamoille Family Center has encouraged, educated and celebrated families, reaching approximately 4,000 children, youth, parents and caregivers annually. We offer a host of services to families and children from birth to age twenty-four throughout the Lamoille Valley.

As one of fifteen Parent Child Centers across the state, the Family Center offers early care and education services, home visiting, parent education, playgroups, childcare resource and referral, youth services and emergency assistance.

Everything we do is dedicated to welcoming families and making sure they feel nurtured and supported. We know that raising children is an important and challenging job. Offering families the education, resources and encouragement they need not only strengthens them, but also has an impact on our communities and society.

We provide a network of care for children, families and youth that weaves together the best practices of professionals, the wisdom and experience of families, and the strengths and hopes of the community.

Mutual Support is the Armed Forces Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, providing help to Serving and ex-Serving members of the Armed Forces and Reserves, their dependants and carers affected by MS.

Mutual Support is run by a group of dedicated volunteers who all have direct experience of MS and the Armed Forces. The well-organized and experienced Support Team is able to help members with information on benefits, the military compensation schemes or general MS-related information.

The Team also has volunteers who are able to help members through the complicated process of medical discharge from the Services, something that almost all Service personnel with MS will eventually face.

Mutual Support can help guide members with claims via the War Pension scheme, Armed Forces Compensation scheme and with Attributable benefits under the various pension schemes.