Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, recently hosted “A Night to Reignite” to raise funds to support Better Together programs in Ocala.
On Dec. 4, Better Together and over 100 community supporters gathered for the fundraiser at Appleton Museum of Art, enjoying a night of food, fellowship and a silent and live auction to help keep families together and flourishing. Together, their generosity raised $53,190 to directly help families through Better Together.
Sponsors of the event included Always a Sweep, AdventHealth Ocala, AutoMax Ocala, Better @ Home, BizTech, The Brick City Group of Truist Investment Services, Inc., Duke Energy, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Ocala, Marion County Children’s Alliance, Penn Flooring, Seacoast Bank, SNS Studios, Toni Brazil and Walden Direct Primary Care.
Better Together helps parents who are going through a hard time to keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. Established in Southwest Florida in 2015, the nonprofit’s programming has rapidly expanded to reach families in six regions of Florida, which span 48 counties. To date, the program has served 10,000 children and kept 98% of children served through mentoring and hosting out of foster care, while helping nearly 40,000 job seekers find employment through church-based job fairs across 24 states.
To learn more about Better Together and its mission, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
ABOUT BETTER TOGETHER
Better Together is a nonprofit organization that helps parents going through a hard time keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. A privately funded and professionally supported organization, Better Together is made up of volunteers who believe helping people help themselves is the best way to restore dignity and bring families together. Through the Better Families program, families are offered a preventive alternative to foster care while they get the help they need. To date, the program has kept 98% of children served out of foster care. The Better Jobs program was created to address the 76% of families that come to Better Together because of economic hardship tied to unemployment. In addition to community job fairs, the program offers job seekers coaching, guidance, support and encouragement through local church partners. For more information, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
