The Together We Cope website is in the process of being developed. The following is the beginning of the website development process. Please pardon our dust as we work to build the website. Our goal is to provide an information portal to those in need within our community. Enjoy

 

Letter from: Kathryn Straniero, Executive Director and Frank Trombley, Board President

Together, we surely have coped with every challenge that confronted us this past year.

Need continued to grow in the Southland as we saw the first signs of a weakening economy. As always, the community stepped up and supported us in our mission to aid our neighbors in crisis. Elsewhere in this annual report, you will find the numbers that tell the story of that support. Our staff used those resources creatively to meet the needs of a growing client list, as client and counselor walked together on the path to self-reliance

We continue to partner with other organizations to expand our services in counseling, housing, food, clothing and emergency funds. As the lead agency in our Families First program, we relied on those partners as we joined to assist our neighbors turning their lives around by making meaningful changes.

Perhaps it is the "Together" in our agency title that was most meaningful this past year. It is our partnership with our community - individuals, organizations and businesses – that gives us the strength of purpose to face the next year with hope and confidence.  As we look forward, it seems the two most often used words in our language are still the only ones that can express our feelings: Thank You!