Homestretch

HomeStretch is more than a charity check for Roswell Rotary. We follow our dollars with our time and talents.

This year, several RRC members stepped up to be mentors for HomeStretch clients (usually single women with kids struggling to re-enter the job market). There are two types of mentors. One that helps with financial budgeting and the other with life skills like how to shop and stretch a dollar.

In addition, RRC participated in a new program designed to help clients with some black marks on their background reports to have a new chance at getting gainful employment. This literally means members that took some risk by hiring people that might otherwise not be qualified due to some minor criminal activity in their past.

This is truly a service project that lifts up people that are looking for a new chance and are willing to do the hard work to reclaim their reputations, ability to earn money and their life.

Of course, that check we right sponsors one of the houses at HomeStretch as we have done for years.

Many members of our club also attend several of the fundraisers for HomeStretch. Most recently, the PeachTree Tea.

This year Roswell Rotary funded one family to participate in the program for one year which includes housing while in the program.