<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233</id><updated>2011-11-07T17:09:28.711-05:00</updated><category term='prom dress'/><category term='Christmas Parade'/><category term='donation'/><title type='text'>Upstate Family Resource Center</title><subtitle type='html'>The Upstate Family Resource Center's Mission is to help families thrive by providing educational opportunities, enriching activities and support services.

Our vision is for our community to have a central resource for family enrichment.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>41</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-5983253522693956946</id><published>2011-11-07T17:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T17:09:28.751-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Involved with GoodSearch!</title><content type='html'>Here's an easy way to raise money for UFRC. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they'll donate about a penny to the Center every time you do a search!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, &lt;a href="http://www.goodshop.com"&gt;GoodShop.com&lt;/a&gt;, where you can shop at more than 2,400 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will go to the Center also. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to the Upstate Family Resource Center!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/upstate-family-resource-center.aspx"&gt;HERE &lt;/a&gt;for the website.  You can also read about GoodSearch in the NY Times, Oprah Magazine, CNN, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-5983253522693956946?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/5983253522693956946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=5983253522693956946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5983253522693956946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5983253522693956946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2011/11/get-involved-with-goodsearch.html' title='Get Involved with GoodSearch!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2350141914965510386</id><published>2011-10-25T14:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T14:39:45.638-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Food Pantry Needs!</title><content type='html'>Our pantry is getting a little low.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We tend to go through certain items quite often:&lt;br /&gt;-Canned meats (tuna, chicken, spam, etc)&lt;br /&gt;-Spaghetti sauce&lt;br /&gt;-Noodles&lt;br /&gt;-Peanut butter and jelly&lt;br /&gt;-Soups&lt;br /&gt;-Meal starters (ie: Hamburger Helper)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you all in advance for your donations!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2350141914965510386?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2350141914965510386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2350141914965510386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2350141914965510386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2350141914965510386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2011/10/food-pantry-needs.html' title='Food Pantry Needs!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-1562606419271575216</id><published>2011-05-09T15:11:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T15:14:41.045-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Helping a child out is as simple as 1-2-3!</title><content type='html'>The Upstate Family Resource Center is collecting school supplies in an effort to meet the needs of District 2 students who need help starting school with their necessary school supplies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helping a child out is as simple as 1-2-3!&lt;br /&gt;1.) Print off the &lt;a href="http://upstatefrc.org/uploads/files/School_Supplies_Needed.pdf"&gt;list of school supplies needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.) Shop for supplies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.) Drop off supplies at the Upstate Family Resource Center!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-1562606419271575216?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/1562606419271575216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=1562606419271575216' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1562606419271575216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1562606419271575216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2011/05/helping-child-out-is-as-simple-as-1-2-3.html' title='Helping a child out is as simple as 1-2-3!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2906780675231564104</id><published>2011-05-04T15:07:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T15:26:22.552-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How Cool Would It Be To Learn Chinese?!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoikTKK1Fe4/TcGoVuz4CII/AAAAAAAAAVE/wGjgzEZCdlc/s1600/dragon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 123px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoikTKK1Fe4/TcGoVuz4CII/AAAAAAAAAVE/wGjgzEZCdlc/s200/dragon.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602944502721939586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have or know a rising 3rd, 4th, and/or 5th grade student who tends to get bored over the summer?  Or would you like something interesting to keep them occupied?  How about enrolling them in Chinese Classes?&lt;br /&gt;On Tuesdays and Thursdays starting June 14 (10:00am to 11:00am) the Upstate Family Resource Center is hosting Beginning Chinese classes, presented by the University of South Carolina Upstate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The course costs $75 and that includes 6 classes, books and study material.  The class will focus on Mandarin Chinese and the Chinese culture.  Space is limited to register today!!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Registration ends June 9th--Please make checks payable to the Upstate Family Resource Center--Payments are non-refundable.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration forms can be found &lt;a href="http://upstatefrc.org/uploads/files/Registration_Form_2011_Chinese_Class.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2906780675231564104?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2906780675231564104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2906780675231564104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2906780675231564104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2906780675231564104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-cool-would-it-be-to-learn-chinese.html' title='How Cool Would It Be To Learn Chinese?!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoikTKK1Fe4/TcGoVuz4CII/AAAAAAAAAVE/wGjgzEZCdlc/s72-c/dragon.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-6468946588310957972</id><published>2010-10-19T15:44:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T15:47:30.165-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Have a Family Night Out and Give a Helping Hand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/TL31rm2O02I/AAAAAAAAAUk/r1p_CMsXSjs/s1600/denny%27s.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 137px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/TL31rm2O02I/AAAAAAAAAUk/r1p_CMsXSjs/s320/denny%27s.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529846046992028514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy a delicious dinner and fellowship for a great cause.  Take your family to dinner and show your kids that helping their community can be fun.  Denny’s on Highway 9 is partnering with Upstate Family Resource Center on October 28th from 4pm to 10pm.  15% of your receipt will be donated to the Center!        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                                 &lt;br /&gt;Help Make the Upstate an Even Better Place to Live!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-6468946588310957972?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/6468946588310957972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=6468946588310957972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/6468946588310957972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/6468946588310957972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/10/have-family-night-out-and-give-helping.html' title='Have a Family Night Out and Give a Helping Hand'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/TL31rm2O02I/AAAAAAAAAUk/r1p_CMsXSjs/s72-c/denny%27s.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-1254657833224692329</id><published>2010-07-15T16:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T16:36:07.692-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to School and Wellness Fair!</title><content type='html'>It seems odd to think about school supplies when we just finished a great school year. However, the new school year will be upon us soon (school starts back in just 1 month!) In these hard economic times we predict there will be an even greater need in our area for families seeking assistance with their child’s needed school supplies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To help these families we are actively collecting school supplies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is still a great need for the following:&lt;br /&gt;• Bookbags&lt;br /&gt;• Pencil pouches&lt;br /&gt;• Spiral Notebooks&lt;br /&gt;• Large erasers&lt;br /&gt;• Primary manuscript writing tablets&lt;br /&gt;• Glue Sticks&lt;br /&gt;• Wide-rule notebook paper&lt;br /&gt;• clipboards&lt;br /&gt;• Blunt-tipped Scissors&lt;br /&gt;• 3 Ring Binders&lt;br /&gt;• Marble Composition Books&lt;br /&gt;• Highlighters&lt;br /&gt;• 2 Pocket Folders&lt;br /&gt;• Colored pencils&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally- we need volunteers! We need individuals, families, youth groups, children’s groups, and adult Sunday schools to help organize and pack school supplies starting the week of July 26th.&lt;br /&gt;We will also need volunteers to help set up for the event on August 6th and volunteers to work the event on the 7th. If you are available for any of these opportunities-please call (864-578-1379) or email us at info@upstatefrc.org.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-1254657833224692329?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/1254657833224692329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=1254657833224692329' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1254657833224692329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1254657833224692329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-school-and-wellness-fair.html' title='Back to School and Wellness Fair!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2316420252072096107</id><published>2010-06-04T13:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-04T13:59:28.403-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Check out our NEW WEBSITE!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upstate Family Resource Center gains new website via partnership with Clemson Compassion Project and LaunchSomething, LLC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boiling Springs, SC, June 1, 2010 — The &lt;a href="http://www.upstatefrc.org"&gt;Upstate Family Resource Center&lt;/a&gt; unveils its new website this week in an effort to educate and connect the communities in District Two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Upstate Family Resource Center’s administration and board of directors has worked over the last several months with LaunchSomething LLC to create a website that will be a valuable source of information for families, especially those in District Two.  The Center was the recipient of a grant from the Clemson Compassion Project that enabled them to execute a community survey, have a board retreat to review and analyze information gathered, and create a marketing plan and a strategic plan.  All of this work culminated in a new website rich with information on programs and services offered at the Center as well as links to other resources beneficial to families.  The new website will also provide individuals the opportunity to make secured online donations to the Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Our new website will allow us to easily connect with families and provide helpful information about resources in our community.  It will also give us a platform to share information about issues that affect families and link them to other organizations outside of our community.  It will be a great tool to help us stay in touch with our community.” Says director Kelley Ezell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.upstatefrc.org"&gt;Upstate Family Resource Center &lt;/a&gt;is a non-profit organization located in northern Spartanburg County.  It serves the Spartanburg County School District Two and surrounding areas.  Its mission is to empower families by implementing education and assistance programs that build and maintain healthy productive families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;# # #&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2316420252072096107?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2316420252072096107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2316420252072096107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2316420252072096107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2316420252072096107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/06/check-out-our-new-website.html' title='Check out our NEW WEBSITE!!!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2401867099289700228</id><published>2010-05-11T16:55:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T17:07:55.782-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Harvest the Resource Cat!</title><content type='html'>Make sure you are following Harvest the Resource Cat's blog.  Learn about how this special kitty came to live at the Center and her thoughts about things.  She is a very well written kitty and would love you to stop by and meet her!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visit her &lt;a href="http://www.harvestresourcecat.blogspot.com"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.harvestresourcecat.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S-nFcUoEA2I/AAAAAAAAAPs/vvjc5QnPftg/s1600/Harvest+080.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S-nFcUoEA2I/AAAAAAAAAPs/vvjc5QnPftg/s400/Harvest+080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470120312781931362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.harvestresourcecat.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2401867099289700228?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2401867099289700228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2401867099289700228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2401867099289700228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2401867099289700228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/05/meet-harvest-resource-cat.html' title='Meet Harvest the Resource Cat!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S-nFcUoEA2I/AAAAAAAAAPs/vvjc5QnPftg/s72-c/Harvest+080.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-4502793322030943690</id><published>2010-04-07T15:56:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T16:07:22.792-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all bargain hunters and spring cleaners!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S7zl8F0lNyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/d9r3QC4I1Fo/s1600/rummage+sale+photo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S7zl8F0lNyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/d9r3QC4I1Fo/s200/rummage+sale+photo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457489668983830306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year the Upstate Family Resource Center is partnering with other non-profit organizations in Spartanburg County for “Rummage for a Reason.”  Rummage for a Reason will be held on April 16th and 17th 8:00am- 2:00pm at the North Town Shopping Center on Asheville Highway in Spartanburg.  It is a community style yard sale where each participating organization has a booth and collects items to sell at this 2 day yard sale.  All of the profits from the items that we collect and sell will come straight back to the Resource Center to help us continue to serve those in need in our area.  (Profits are not pooled between the participating organizations.)&lt;br /&gt;There are 3 ways to help out:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  &lt;strong&gt;Shop!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please come out, find some great bargains, and support us (and the other non-profits in Spartanburg County) just by garage-sale shopping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  &lt;strong&gt;Donate items for us to sell!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to have a successful sale, we need items to sell!  We are accepting any items that you would like to donate except for clothing.  We have to set up on April 15th, so we need all items dropped off at the Center no later than April 14th.  If you have any questions about items to donate, just give us a call!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  &lt;strong&gt;Volunteer!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need people on Friday and Saturday to man our booth.  We would split the time into shifts and we are flexible to any schedule that you have!  Please just let me know if you want to help out by emailing Jessie.davis@spartanburg2.k12.sc.us . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to seeing you there!  And again, if you have any questions feel free to call or emails us.  All contact information is on our website at www.upstatefrc.org .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-4502793322030943690?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/4502793322030943690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=4502793322030943690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/4502793322030943690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/4502793322030943690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/04/calling-all-bargain-hunters-and-spring.html' title='Calling all bargain hunters and spring cleaners!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S7zl8F0lNyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/d9r3QC4I1Fo/s72-c/rummage+sale+photo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-6143375326571618478</id><published>2010-03-18T10:35:00.017-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T11:26:08.766-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We are ready!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEah72hFI/AAAAAAAAANw/M9iVUPnWMCA/s1600-h/Picture+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEah72hFI/AAAAAAAAANw/M9iVUPnWMCA/s200/Picture+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449993721648415826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEWGWCr5I/AAAAAAAAANo/FsvEzYens7I/s1600-h/Picture+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEWGWCr5I/AAAAAAAAANo/FsvEzYens7I/s200/Picture+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449993645522595730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEOt-d_uI/AAAAAAAAANg/kOszhtauvt4/s1600-h/Picture+007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEOt-d_uI/AAAAAAAAANg/kOszhtauvt4/s200/Picture+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449993518722186978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are all ready for you to get here on Saturday from 8am-12pm for the Big Bargain Book Sale!  These photos are just a glimpse of what we have to offer.  It’s this weekend’s best bargain in town with most books from $0.25- $1.00!  Increase your library and help a good cause at the same time!  For more information on who we are and what we do to enrich the lives of families in our community, visit our website at www.upstatefrc.org .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-6143375326571618478?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/6143375326571618478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=6143375326571618478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/6143375326571618478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/6143375326571618478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-are-ready.html' title='We are ready!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S6JEah72hFI/AAAAAAAAANw/M9iVUPnWMCA/s72-c/Picture+006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-5420236733199675646</id><published>2010-03-15T14:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T14:16:39.477-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This Saturday- March 20th- BE THERE!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S555byfUWqI/AAAAAAAAAMA/gVK0zAVno3s/s1600-h/BBBS+Letter+Size.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S555byfUWqI/AAAAAAAAAMA/gVK0zAVno3s/s400/BBBS+Letter+Size.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448926117481437858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you doing this weekend? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you love books or know someone who does, you should be at the Upstate Family Resource Center from 8am-12pm for the Big Bargain Book Sale! We have thousands of books of all genres that are well organized.  Many are priced at $1 or less! It is an event you don’t want to miss! Come to the old media center building located at the Center, 1850 Old Furnace Road, Boiling Springs, SC 29316. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We accept cash and check only.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-5420236733199675646?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/5420236733199675646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=5420236733199675646' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5420236733199675646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5420236733199675646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-saturday-march-20th-be-there.html' title='This Saturday- March 20th- BE THERE!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S555byfUWqI/AAAAAAAAAMA/gVK0zAVno3s/s72-c/BBBS+Letter+Size.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2103912476853175198</id><published>2010-03-12T12:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T13:00:31.611-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kelley’s  Corner, Volume 1</title><content type='html'>Have you ever been at a place in your family’s life when you just didn’t know which way to go or where to turn to get direction?  Maybe it was a place that you didn’t expect to be, and you felt certain that you were the only family going through those circumstances.  I know my family has been there and without my faith, family and friends, it would have been difficult to move forward.  Even with all that in my corner, I still needed practical guidance and direction to help determine the next steps to a resolution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In January 2007, the vision for a place to offer such guidance and support took a step toward reality.  We had a desire to serve families in times of uncertainty.  We wanted to be a beacon of hope during times of crisis and provide educational opportunities to help divert family crisis in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me give you an example that touched my heart recently:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Beth had dropped out of school when she was 16 thinking that she didn’t need an education.  She eventually married and became a stay at home mom.   As a mother she quickly realized that she wanted to get her education so that as her boys grew, she could find a good job.   She also began to see that it was a challenge to stress the importance of education to her adolescent boys when she had not valued it herself at a young age.  She needed to set a good example for them.   She was determined to get her GED and show them that even though she had made a poor choice years ago, she could make a choice now that would make a big difference for her family.  Beth enrolled in our GED program and she achieved her goal.  She now plans to attend college in the near future.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, shortly after her graduation, she and her husband were introduced to the Family Solutions Program offered by the UFRC.  Presently enrolled in this program, she and her husband are discovering how to guide and support their sons’ behavior through monitoring and supervision.  At the same time, the boys are learning the importance of education and school attendance, as well as acquiring positive decision making skills and peer pressure management.  As a family, they are finding acceptable ways to manage anger and conflict.  Cooperation and communication tools will help their family become stronger.  Most importantly, they are able to take advantage of these resources right in their own community.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barbara Bush once said: &lt;em&gt; "To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there." &lt;/em&gt; I believe that her definition of family has become our creed at UFRC.   We want resources to be available to be there for the individuals and families, who live, work and learn in our community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe you are a volunteer, or maybe you have donated food.  It could be that you have made a financial contribution.   Whatever your involvement, you have helped us to “put our arms” around our community and “be there”.  Thank you for your support of the work that we are doing at the Upstate Family Resource Center.  You can also help us to grow our support network encouraging others to join you in supporting our community.  Introduce them to our website or have them call to schedule a visit to discover how they may also become a part of this tremendous organization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Kelley&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2103912476853175198?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2103912476853175198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2103912476853175198' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2103912476853175198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2103912476853175198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/03/kelleys-corner-volume-1.html' title='Kelley’s  Corner, Volume 1'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-5654437087981376627</id><published>2010-02-19T13:11:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T10:48:14.264-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prom dress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donation'/><title type='text'>Prom Dress Collection</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Just around the corner in every woman's mind - is a lovely dress, a wonderful suit, or entire costume which will make an enchanting new creature of her.  ~Wilhela Cushman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4751983/prom-main_Full.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 424px; height: 282px;" src="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4751983/prom-main_Full.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Upstate Family Resource Center is partnering with The Middle Tyger Community Center and The Palmetto Bank to collect and distribute &lt;em&gt;gently worn or new prom dresses and accessories. &lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Dresses, shoes, purses, jewelry can be dropped off at The Palmetto Bank offices in Duncan, Inman, and Boiling Springs through March 22nd&lt;/strong&gt;. Then UFRC and The Middle Tyger Community Center will distribute these dresses to girls from the District 5, Boiling Springs, Chesnee and Chapman High Schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Items needed: Dresses, shoes, purses, and jewelry. Remember, all items need to be new or gently worn!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.felicitywestmacott.co.uk/images/sketches.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 496px; height: 219px;" src="http://www.felicitywestmacott.co.uk/images/sketches.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Oh, well. What's a royal ball? After all, I suppose it would be frightfully dull, and-and-and boring, and-and completely... &lt;strong&gt;Completely wonderful&lt;/strong&gt;. " ~Cinderella&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Think! You can be a fairy god-mother to a young woman and give her a chance to go to the ball!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-5654437087981376627?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/5654437087981376627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=5654437087981376627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5654437087981376627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5654437087981376627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/02/prom-dress-collection.html' title='Prom Dress Collection'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-3793359158919708938</id><published>2010-02-17T23:56:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T00:03:30.932-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Bargain Book Sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.anamosa.lib.ia.us/archive/2008/09/friendsbook/image"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 366px; height: 324px;" src="http://www.anamosa.lib.ia.us/archive/2008/09/friendsbook/image" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The "Big Bargain Book Sale" is Saturday, March 20th from 8am-12pm at the UFRC in the library building.&lt;/span&gt; There are tons of selections and different prices. Don't worry, there is something for everyone! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**Remember that we can only accept cash or check. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;And 100% of the proceeds support the Upstate Family Resource Center!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, if you are interested in getting donating any books, audiobooks, and DVDs for us to sell, drop them off anytime between 8:30-5:00 Monday through Friday. If you do, we can give you a tax receipt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-3793359158919708938?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/3793359158919708938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=3793359158919708938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3793359158919708938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3793359158919708938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/02/big-bargain-book-sale.html' title='Big Bargain Book Sale'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-116511050631514808</id><published>2010-02-17T23:46:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T23:55:41.926-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BSFBC Choir</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zHhYORF3I/AAAAAAAAAKw/FcKBP7GebU4/s1600-h/BSFBC+Choir.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zHhYORF3I/AAAAAAAAAKw/FcKBP7GebU4/s400/BSFBC+Choir.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439441826208618354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On February 4th, the BSFBC Choir donated food for their project, Operation Feed a Family. They donated bags full of food- each bag could feed one family. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zH_BfKZzI/AAAAAAAAALA/DEQJybcf-Ko/s1600-h/IMG_3602.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zH_BfKZzI/AAAAAAAAALA/DEQJybcf-Ko/s200/IMG_3602.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439442335501543218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We want to thank them for their help to the community and for their continued support!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pictures are the members of the BSFBC Choir with their donations!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-116511050631514808?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/116511050631514808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=116511050631514808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/116511050631514808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/116511050631514808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/02/bsfbc-choir.html' title='BSFBC Choir'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zHhYORF3I/AAAAAAAAAKw/FcKBP7GebU4/s72-c/BSFBC+Choir.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-5035469084904877578</id><published>2010-02-17T23:26:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T23:46:02.376-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cow Patty Bingo!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zFVtajqaI/AAAAAAAAAKo/mq45tb5mZ0g/s1600-h/IMG_3600.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zFVtajqaI/AAAAAAAAAKo/mq45tb5mZ0g/s320/IMG_3600.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439439426715625890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In January, UFRC hosted the Cow Patty Bingo. This special bingo begins with people "buying" square sections of a specific field. Then a cow is let loose on the field and the bingo winner is determined by what square the cow does his "business" on. Practically anything goes, including the attempt of herding the cow into your square...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zExnhcDXI/AAAAAAAAAKY/5BVli79AVso/s1600-h/IMG_3600.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zExnhcDXI/AAAAAAAAAKY/5BVli79AVso/s200/IMG_3600.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439438806658583922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a huge success!&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; We raised $4000 for the Center and Terry McDowell was the lucky winner who took home $400.&lt;/span&gt; Way to go Terry!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special thanks to the Chick-Fil-A Cow and Mildred the real cow! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zD-xAMTQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/DM_BlMpuXtM/s1600-h/IMG_3580.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zD-xAMTQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/DM_BlMpuXtM/s200/IMG_3580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439437933030165762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-5035469084904877578?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/5035469084904877578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=5035469084904877578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5035469084904877578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/5035469084904877578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/02/cow-patty-bingo.html' title='Cow Patty Bingo!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S3zFVtajqaI/AAAAAAAAAKo/mq45tb5mZ0g/s72-c/IMG_3600.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2307099682480780409</id><published>2010-02-17T23:22:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T23:11:39.271-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CARE Family Forum</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34NrRLIyjI/AAAAAAAAALY/sIF01w6c1NE/s1600-h/IMG_3515.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34NrRLIyjI/AAAAAAAAALY/sIF01w6c1NE/s320/IMG_3515.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439800436905790002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A CARE Family Forum occurred on January 12th, 2010. It was a great chance for adolescent moms and families to get together for amazing food and fellowship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out some of the pictures below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34OEIARtPI/AAAAAAAAALo/UB7VkzlXhQ4/s1600-h/IMG_3493.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34OEIARtPI/AAAAAAAAALo/UB7VkzlXhQ4/s200/IMG_3493.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439800863941047538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34ORfBOydI/AAAAAAAAALw/mR4qO9G69Is/s1600-h/IMG_3503.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34ORfBOydI/AAAAAAAAALw/mR4qO9G69Is/s200/IMG_3503.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439801093457365458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34N3eN-LKI/AAAAAAAAALg/PEpJ4WEkBA0/s1600-h/IMG_3507.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34N3eN-LKI/AAAAAAAAALg/PEpJ4WEkBA0/s200/IMG_3507.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439800646565768354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2307099682480780409?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2307099682480780409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2307099682480780409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2307099682480780409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2307099682480780409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/02/care-family-forum.html' title='CARE Family Forum'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34NrRLIyjI/AAAAAAAAALY/sIF01w6c1NE/s72-c/IMG_3515.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-7355494054365733935</id><published>2010-02-17T22:53:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T23:02:01.490-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas Parade'/><title type='text'>The Christmas Parade</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34M9HOZPoI/AAAAAAAAALI/aWmLsgaYz3w/s1600-h/IMG_3445.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34M9HOZPoI/AAAAAAAAALI/aWmLsgaYz3w/s320/IMG_3445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439799643961114242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Christmas Parade took place on December 12th, 2009. It was a great chance for us to have a lot fun and embrace the Christmas spirit. Also, the parade was a great opportunity to get the word out about the Center to the community. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34NDmpQ1II/AAAAAAAAALQ/tW3Htv2MxJc/s1600-h/IMG_3446.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34NDmpQ1II/AAAAAAAAALQ/tW3Htv2MxJc/s200/IMG_3446.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439799755474523266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks so much to Chuck Marshall who provided and drove the trailer during the parade!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-7355494054365733935?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/7355494054365733935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=7355494054365733935' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/7355494054365733935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/7355494054365733935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2010/02/christmas-parade.html' title='The Christmas Parade'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/S34M9HOZPoI/AAAAAAAAALI/aWmLsgaYz3w/s72-c/IMG_3445.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-8599423261539701028</id><published>2009-09-28T13:33:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T13:35:06.345-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Presenting....</title><content type='html'>Our new logo!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SsDzs9zSssI/AAAAAAAAAJo/MWeCBghVlV0/s1600-h/UFRC+Logo+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SsDzs9zSssI/AAAAAAAAAJo/MWeCBghVlV0/s400/UFRC+Logo+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386573108164604610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-8599423261539701028?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/8599423261539701028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=8599423261539701028' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8599423261539701028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8599423261539701028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/09/presenting.html' title='Presenting....'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SsDzs9zSssI/AAAAAAAAAJo/MWeCBghVlV0/s72-c/UFRC+Logo+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-1343891804997803554</id><published>2009-09-15T11:41:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T09:38:33.036-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Week of Caring</title><content type='html'>We would like to thank Spartanburg Water and Smith Drug Co. for helping us through the United Way's Week of Caring!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo97qCXRI/AAAAAAAAAHw/e1rHUSwhMoY/s1600-h/logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 87px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo97qCXRI/AAAAAAAAAHw/e1rHUSwhMoY/s200/logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382057705391414546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDqSUqCV6I/AAAAAAAAAII/0SmBTSL1Lz8/s1600-h/Spartanburg+Water,+Week+of+Caring+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDqSUqCV6I/AAAAAAAAAII/0SmBTSL1Lz8/s200/Spartanburg+Water,+Week+of+Caring+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382059155211311010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo9cCP-FI/AAAAAAAAAHo/FDddibpjfrg/s1600-h/Spartanburg+Water,+Week+of+Caring+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo9cCP-FI/AAAAAAAAAHo/FDddibpjfrg/s200/Spartanburg+Water,+Week+of+Caring+3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382057696903034962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo88hEjSI/AAAAAAAAAHg/GTEkvZX8nN0/s1600-h/Spartanburg+Water,+Week+of+Caring+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo88hEjSI/AAAAAAAAAHg/GTEkvZX8nN0/s200/Spartanburg+Water,+Week+of+Caring+1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382057688442375458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Spartanburg Water, our building is looking beautiful!  They pressure washed the outside of the building as well as helped us with some much needed yard work.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sq-6oUspJ2I/AAAAAAAAAHY/WmajcXCHqRM/s1600-h/Smith+Drug+Co.,+Week+of+Caring+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sq-6oUspJ2I/AAAAAAAAAHY/WmajcXCHqRM/s200/Smith+Drug+Co.,+Week+of+Caring+6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381725281644521314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sq-6nwtaeyI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b2Ut3WoJOSU/s1600-h/Smith+Drug+Co.,+Week+of+Caring+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sq-6nwtaeyI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b2Ut3WoJOSU/s200/Smith+Drug+Co.,+Week+of+Caring+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381725271984077602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sq-6neJLTuI/AAAAAAAAAHI/SyOOTOScd3k/s1600-h/Smith+Drug+Co.,+Week+of+Caring+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sq-6neJLTuI/AAAAAAAAAHI/SyOOTOScd3k/s200/Smith+Drug+Co.,+Week+of+Caring+1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381725267000250082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smith Drug Company painted one of our classrooms that will be used for important meetings and GED tutoring.  It looks like a brand new room!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again for all the help you were to us during the Week of Caring, and for your commitment to serving the families in our community!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-1343891804997803554?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/1343891804997803554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=1343891804997803554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1343891804997803554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1343891804997803554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-of-caring.html' title='Week of Caring'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrDo97qCXRI/AAAAAAAAAHw/e1rHUSwhMoY/s72-c/logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-3489365649434159849</id><published>2009-08-17T11:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T11:27:34.183-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upcoming UFRC Events!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?mode=AGENDA&amp;amp;height=400&amp;amp;wkst=1&amp;amp;bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&amp;amp;src=uouosu00u7lrc5cdj00eu9pmtk%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;amp;color=%23AB8B00&amp;amp;ctz=America%2FNew_York" style=" border:solid 1px #777 " width="400" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-3489365649434159849?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/3489365649434159849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=3489365649434159849' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3489365649434159849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3489365649434159849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/08/upcoming-ufrc-events.html' title='Upcoming UFRC Events!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-8578920870913278099</id><published>2009-07-29T10:07:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T10:40:38.444-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting ready...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SnBfRlm1JtI/AAAAAAAAAGY/mT50mQDCKTI/s1600-h/book+bags.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SnBfRlm1JtI/AAAAAAAAAGY/mT50mQDCKTI/s200/book+bags.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363891911955654354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SnBetOkHp1I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/4s1SqvDLd2o/s1600-h/Lindsey+and+Jimmy.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 165px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SnBetOkHp1I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/4s1SqvDLd2o/s200/Lindsey+and+Jimmy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363891287294977874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are getting ready for Saturday's Back to School/Health and Wellness Day!  We have had volunteers busy all week organizing school supplies, stuffing back packs, and getting us ready to give away to our District 2 students.  Thanks so much to all those who have helped either through donations or the giving of their time!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-8578920870913278099?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/8578920870913278099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=8578920870913278099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8578920870913278099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8578920870913278099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/07/getting-ready.html' title='Getting ready...'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SnBfRlm1JtI/AAAAAAAAAGY/mT50mQDCKTI/s72-c/book+bags.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2415153583384122755</id><published>2009-07-16T15:38:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T11:09:54.983-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Barnes and Noble Bookfair!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sl-D1lVHn_I/AAAAAAAAAGI/iXhlaEQSHgg/s1600-h/B%26N+Coupon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sl-D1lVHn_I/AAAAAAAAAGI/iXhlaEQSHgg/s200/B%26N+Coupon.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359147038171176946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing like a good book to stretch your imagination or to broaden your horizons.  Do you like to read?  Do you need to by a gift?  What about a book?  You can treat yourself or someone else with a book purchase from  Barnes &amp; Noble Booksellers at 1489 W.O. Ezell Blvd and help the Upstate Family Resource Center raise money to benefit families in our community all at the same time.  Barnes and Noble and the Upstate Family Resource Center are partnering with to host a bookfair for the benefit the Center on Friday, August 21st and Saturday, August 22nd.   Booklovers can shop from 4-7PM on Friday and 10AM-4PM Saturday and present the cashier with a voucher and a percentage of the net sale will be donated to the Upstate Family Resource Center.   You can also shop online from August 21st until August 27th using your voucher.&lt;br /&gt;Click the picture to the right to create a printable copy of your voucher.  Share this with your friends and family!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2415153583384122755?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2415153583384122755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2415153583384122755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2415153583384122755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2415153583384122755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/07/there-is-nothing-like-good-book-to.html' title='Barnes and Noble Bookfair!!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sl-D1lVHn_I/AAAAAAAAAGI/iXhlaEQSHgg/s72-c/B%26N+Coupon.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-7775911669512565164</id><published>2009-07-14T17:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-14T17:24:21.499-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spread the word!!!</title><content type='html'>The Peidmont Blood Center will be here July 16th for donations.  Please give the gift of life and donate.  I will even hold your hand if you need it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-7775911669512565164?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/7775911669512565164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=7775911669512565164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/7775911669512565164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/7775911669512565164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/07/spread-word.html' title='Spread the word!!!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-749794507369381289</id><published>2009-06-15T08:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T08:48:14.876-04:00</updated><title type='text'>School Supplies Needed!  Please Help the Children of School District 2</title><content type='html'>It is that time of year again, the children are out of school and Harvest Family Ministries is in need of school supply donations.  Last year Harvest Family Ministries dispersed school supplies to over 300 children, and we are anticipating serving at least that many children again this year.&lt;br /&gt;This year, school supplies will be handed out on August 1st and in conjunction with the Back to School Celebration, UFRC and Harvest Family Ministries will be hosting a Community Health and Wellness Fair.  Please let everyone you know of this wonderful event on August 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a list of needed school supplies:&lt;br /&gt;• Bookbags&lt;br /&gt;• Pencil pouches&lt;br /&gt;• Spiral Notebooks&lt;br /&gt;• Large erasers&lt;br /&gt;• Primary manuscript writing tablets&lt;br /&gt;• Glue Sticks&lt;br /&gt;• Wide-rule notebook paper&lt;br /&gt;• clipboards&lt;br /&gt; • Blunt-tipped Scissors&lt;br /&gt;• 3 Ring Binders&lt;br /&gt;• Marble Composition Books &lt;br /&gt;• Highlighters&lt;br /&gt;• 2 Pocket Folders&lt;br /&gt;• Colored pencils&lt;br /&gt;• Hand soap&lt;br /&gt;• Hand sanitizer&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-749794507369381289?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/749794507369381289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=749794507369381289' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/749794507369381289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/749794507369381289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/06/school-supplies-needed-please-help.html' title='School Supplies Needed!  Please Help the Children of School District 2'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2715856998480273765</id><published>2009-06-10T11:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T11:02:15.970-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Jessie Davis</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Si_K-MLHjTI/AAAAAAAAAFI/TIdhuR2WNgk/s1600-h/IMG00017-20090610-1041-735971.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Si_K-MLHjTI/AAAAAAAAAFI/TIdhuR2WNgk/s320/IMG00017-20090610-1041-735971.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345714452480625970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Jessie is our newest staff member.  She comes to us from AmeriCorp VISTA.  Stop by and welcome her!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2715856998480273765?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2715856998480273765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2715856998480273765' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2715856998480273765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2715856998480273765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/06/meet-jessie-davis.html' title='Meet Jessie Davis'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Si_K-MLHjTI/AAAAAAAAAFI/TIdhuR2WNgk/s72-c/IMG00017-20090610-1041-735971.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-4843310965757152126</id><published>2009-06-10T10:28:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T10:33:36.425-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We're on YouTube!!!!</title><content type='html'>See our music video on YouTube!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxSlt3mbB0Q"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxSlt3mbB0Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-4843310965757152126?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/4843310965757152126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=4843310965757152126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/4843310965757152126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/4843310965757152126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/06/were-on-youtube.html' title='We&apos;re on YouTube!!!!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-3976610658080311618</id><published>2009-06-02T09:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T09:28:23.935-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Please Help</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SiUo40iH_1I/AAAAAAAAAEw/zsISLpmuVc8/s1600-h/FF+%231+012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SiUo40iH_1I/AAAAAAAAAEw/zsISLpmuVc8/s320/FF+%231+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342721489584521042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our food pantry is in desperate need of food donations.  Please check your cabinets or pick something extra up from the store.&lt;br /&gt;Please remember those in need in your community during these trying times.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-3976610658080311618?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/3976610658080311618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=3976610658080311618' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3976610658080311618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3976610658080311618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/06/please-help.html' title='Please Help'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SiUo40iH_1I/AAAAAAAAAEw/zsISLpmuVc8/s72-c/FF+%231+012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-859408307592488998</id><published>2009-05-11T10:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T10:36:02.968-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Want to Donate to UFRC?</title><content type='html'>Just go to this link!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/MakeDonation.aspx?ORGID2=061806404"&gt;https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/MakeDonation.aspx?ORGID2=061806404&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-859408307592488998?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/859408307592488998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=859408307592488998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/859408307592488998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/859408307592488998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/05/want-to-donate-to-ufrc.html' title='Want to Donate to UFRC?'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-2741116668980763463</id><published>2009-05-07T09:56:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T09:59:16.469-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Come See Our Garden Grow!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SgLpIsLJxqI/AAAAAAAAAEI/4nuB3CajFLw/s1600-h/April+8+2009+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SgLpIsLJxqI/AAAAAAAAAEI/4nuB3CajFLw/s320/April+8+2009+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333081244266251938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A BIG Thank you to members of South Carolina Search and Rescue Dog Association for planting our garden.  All of the vegetables are growing and we hope to be able to offer fresh vegetables to families soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-2741116668980763463?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/2741116668980763463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=2741116668980763463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2741116668980763463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/2741116668980763463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/05/come-see-our-garden-grow.html' title='Come See Our Garden Grow!!!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SgLpIsLJxqI/AAAAAAAAAEI/4nuB3CajFLw/s72-c/April+8+2009+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-1558709778272819153</id><published>2009-04-09T13:32:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T13:40:22.318-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Swofford installing new outdoor lights!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sd4yfOUu7DI/AAAAAAAAAEA/yn3D2qdIz8k/s1600-h/Swofford+Elect.+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sd4yfOUu7DI/AAAAAAAAAEA/yn3D2qdIz8k/s320/Swofford+Elect.+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322747321600896050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.swofford.k12.sc.us/"&gt;Swofford Career Center&lt;/a&gt; is a great facility educating young individuals in a trade.  We are so happy to have Craig Seay and his students install our new outdoor lighting under the covered walkways.  The benefit is two-fold--students in the electricity program are getting on the job training and we get excellent quality workmanship.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-1558709778272819153?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/1558709778272819153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=1558709778272819153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1558709778272819153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1558709778272819153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/04/swofford-installing-new-outdoor-lights.html' title='Swofford installing new outdoor lights!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/Sd4yfOUu7DI/AAAAAAAAAEA/yn3D2qdIz8k/s72-c/Swofford+Elect.+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-8564091830591210541</id><published>2009-04-07T08:50:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T08:57:10.584-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harvest of Hope is getting ready!</title><content type='html'>This Wednesday (April 8th)the SC Search and Rescue Dog Association (SCSARDA)is going to donate their time and talents to get the Harvest of Hope garden ready to go.  Through Chuck and Misha Marshall, who will be donating the vegetable plants that will provide much needed vegetables to families in our community.&lt;br /&gt;The SCSARDA is a great organization and we are so happy to have their support.  Please come by Wednesday to thank them for all their efforts and see our garden grow!!!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To learn more about SCSARDA, visit their website: &lt;a href="http://www.scsarda.org/index.shtml"&gt;http://www.scsarda.org/index.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-8564091830591210541?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/8564091830591210541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=8564091830591210541' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8564091830591210541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8564091830591210541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/04/harvest-of-hope-is-getting-ready.html' title='Harvest of Hope is getting ready!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-6082363704728239916</id><published>2009-03-05T16:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T16:31:14.695-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Want to learn more about UFRC?</title><content type='html'>Are you wondering what the Upstate Family Resource Center does or if you can help?  Give us a call and tell us you would like to RSVP for one of our Breakfast Tours.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breakfast Tours are held the second Thursday of every month at 8:30 am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To RSVP, call Jessica McKinney at 578-1379.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-6082363704728239916?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/6082363704728239916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=6082363704728239916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/6082363704728239916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/6082363704728239916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/03/want-to-learn-more-about-ufrc.html' title='Want to learn more about UFRC?'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-3538943623981492130</id><published>2009-01-21T13:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T13:35:29.851-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving Forward Together</title><content type='html'>Even though the Christmas season is a fading memory at this time of year, the effects of our community’s generosity over the past year linger in my thoughts.  Well before the Christmas rush began, the Upstate Family Resource Center was blessed by the philanthropic deeds of others.  Businesses donated time to paint rooms, do yard work, and donate food as well as financial resources.  Civic groups also helped with projects on campus and donated food to our pantry.   Our schools - elementary to secondary have raised money and organized successful food drives.   During the holiday season churches, social clubs, families and businesses have made Christmas possible for many in our community.  Thank you to all of you who have given so unselfishly this past year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we look to the year ahead, there are many unknowns.  The faces of those in need of assistance have already changed.  We would like to ask that everyone continue to maintain the open heart and generous spirit that is already characteristic of our community.  Times will undoubtedly continue to challenge families, businesses and our community as a whole, but by working together and continuing to give time, talents and financial resources whenever possible, our community will not only withstand the times ahead, but grow stronger together because of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Upstate Family Resource Center expresses our deepest gratitude for all your gracious contributions and we look forward to serving the families of our community with your continued support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelley Ezell&lt;br /&gt;Executive Director&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-3538943623981492130?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/3538943623981492130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=3538943623981492130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3538943623981492130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3538943623981492130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/01/moving-forward-together.html' title='Moving Forward Together'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-8758213496197166962</id><published>2009-01-21T09:31:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T11:30:33.498-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Milliken is AWESOME!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SXdNoegbrkI/AAAAAAAAADo/Q4kTGK5Ads0/s1600-h/Milliken+resize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SXdNoegbrkI/AAAAAAAAADo/Q4kTGK5Ads0/s320/Milliken+resize.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293785244776508994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is an exciting day!!  Milliken and Company came to paint several of our rooms.  This is so great for us as this helps us to have a more uniform and professional look around the building.&lt;br /&gt;We are SO blessed to be in an area where businesses and companies like Milliken are willing to give up time from their busy schedule and help their community out!&lt;br /&gt;Come and see how awesome our historical building looks and learn about what we do!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless,&lt;br /&gt;Jessica&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-8758213496197166962?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/8758213496197166962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=8758213496197166962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8758213496197166962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/8758213496197166962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2009/01/milliken-is-awesome.html' title='Milliken is AWESOME!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SXdNoegbrkI/AAAAAAAAADo/Q4kTGK5Ads0/s72-c/Milliken+resize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-3610780824290017374</id><published>2008-12-15T15:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T15:57:36.184-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks to everyone who has supported us throughout the year!</title><content type='html'>There are some gifts that can’t be&lt;br /&gt;wrapped or tied up with a bow.&lt;br /&gt;Their cost is very little,&lt;br /&gt;but their value is greater than gold.&lt;br /&gt;We’d like for you to have this gift,&lt;br /&gt;of Thanks and Gratitude,&lt;br /&gt;for having such a caring heart.&lt;br /&gt;Your support is greatly valued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Upstate Family Resource Center would like to &lt;br /&gt;thank you for your continued support and &lt;br /&gt;commitment to our community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We wish you, your family, and friends a &lt;br /&gt;very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-3610780824290017374?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/3610780824290017374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=3610780824290017374' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3610780824290017374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/3610780824290017374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2008/12/thanks-to-everyone-who-has-supported-us.html' title='Thanks to everyone who has supported us throughout the year!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-276676699426131187</id><published>2008-10-28T11:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T11:08:49.400-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Christmas time Again!!!</title><content type='html'>It is so hard to believe that Christmas is only 57 days away!!  We all know that this is the time of year that a child cherishes the most.  Children look forward to waking up to presents under a tree and feeling the joy of Christmas.  Unfortunately, the reality is that without help many children in our area will not have this experience.&lt;br /&gt;Harvest Family Ministries and Upstate Family Resource Center hope to make Christmas memorable for disadvantaged children in the area.  We have asked Spartanburg County School District 2 teachers, counselors, and office staff to refer parents of disadvantaged children to our Center.  We know that these individuals see the pain and disappointment first-hand all year long and especially during Christmas time from children who will have a cold and joyless holiday.&lt;br /&gt;You can help us change this!  Please call us and let us know you will sponsor a child (or more if you can!) for Christmas.  Maybe this will be the beginning of a lasting friendship between you and the child.  Perhaps you can make a positive difference in a child’s life and change their life for the better.&lt;br /&gt;Join us in our mission to assist families, especially the children.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." &lt;br /&gt;Acts 20:35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless--&lt;br /&gt;Jessica McKinney&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-276676699426131187?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/276676699426131187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=276676699426131187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/276676699426131187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/276676699426131187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-christmas-time-again.html' title='It&apos;s Christmas time Again!!!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-131582649894287143</id><published>2008-10-24T09:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T10:29:15.282-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Carrying the Torch</title><content type='html'>Last evening I had the opportunity to be a part of a wonderful celebration. A celebration of successes, a celebration accomplishments, a celebration of a "Shining Star" in Spartanburg County as well as South Carolina. The &lt;a href="http://www.middletyger.org"&gt;Middle Tyger Community Center&lt;/a&gt;, Wanda Fowler the Executive Director and staff marked the 10 year anniversary of serving our community. As I sat and listened to all the great work that has touched the lives of so many I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride as well. The &lt;a href="http://www.upstatefrc.org"&gt;Upstate Family Resource Center &lt;/a&gt;has the same opportunity, only we have the blessing of their extraordinary example that was set before us. How exciting that we have the challenge of carrying this torch and passing it along to other communities to do the same. My vision for this Center is that we too become the "Shining Star" for all in our community. We certainly cannot become all things to all people, but we can become a compass giving direction and guidance through the maze of issues that families travel through. I hope that you will become inspired to find a way help us on this journey. We cannot do it ourselves; we need support and assistance in making this a priority in our community. We need citizens to become in engaged in the work that we are doing. We need you to take ownership of your community and help to build this great organization. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I challenge you to visit our facility to fully understand the scope of our work. I know that you will become as passionate as we are and committed to finding ways to join us in our efforts to strengthen children and families in our community. I hope to see you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelley Ezell&lt;br /&gt;Executive Director&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-131582649894287143?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/131582649894287143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=131582649894287143' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/131582649894287143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/131582649894287143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2008/10/last-evening-i-had-opportunity-to-be.html' title='Carrying the Torch'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-1881175811195746784</id><published>2008-10-17T10:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T10:36:31.641-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Requirements to receive assistance from Upstate Family Resource Center</title><content type='html'>Please note the following requirements to receive assistance from Harvest Family Ministries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Effective November 3, 2008, we will require the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Picture ID&lt;br /&gt;-Proof of current address (telephone or utility bills are accepted)&lt;br /&gt;-Documentation of &lt;em&gt;ANY&lt;/em&gt; Income Source (i.e. check stubs, disability forms, etc.)&lt;br /&gt;-Department of Social Services printout (if applicable)&lt;br /&gt;-Utility bill and disconnection notice (if seeking financial assistance)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***These items must be provided, even if you have been here in the past***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will post this information at our entrances also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!!!&lt;br /&gt;Jessica&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-1881175811195746784?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/1881175811195746784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=1881175811195746784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1881175811195746784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/1881175811195746784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2008/10/requirements-to-receive-assistance-from.html' title='Requirements to receive assistance from Upstate Family Resource Center'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-4241663542333597164</id><published>2008-10-16T15:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T15:19:40.166-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Volunteering</title><content type='html'>Interested in becoming active in your community? The best way to do so is to volunteer! Upstate Family Resource Center is holding two volunteer training sessions. Please call me to let me know you are coming to one:&lt;br /&gt;October 24, 3:00 pm and October 27th at 9:00 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope to see you there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jessica&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-4241663542333597164?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/4241663542333597164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=4241663542333597164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/4241663542333597164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/4241663542333597164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2008/10/volunteering.html' title='Volunteering'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725727888466391233.post-7002493029333252539</id><published>2008-10-14T11:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T13:28:45.630-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First Blog- Hello!</title><content type='html'>10/14/2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello to everyone... let me tell you a little about us here at the Upstate Family Resource Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are located in Boiling Springs, SC in what was once a school building. The building itself was built in 1942 and has all the charm you would expect from an older building. We are so blessed to have this site and thankful for the opportunity to serve the community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We offer lots of differecnt services here at the Center. We have an ever growing GED class, taught by Libby Evatt. Libby is a great teacher and is very commited to her students. She has a great sense of humor and will be happy to help anyone who comes into our facility. Another educational class we offer is ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). We offer a daytime and evening class. These classes are lively and every student loves to come to class. Both GED and ESOL use technology to enhance instruction, and all of the students enjoy gaining more experience on a computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Schedule:&lt;br /&gt;GED: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;br /&gt;In-takes, every Thursday at 8:30 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daytime ESOL:&lt;br /&gt;Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am through 12:00 pm&lt;br /&gt;Evening ESOL:&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30 pm through 8:30 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also offer parenting classes to parents with children under the age of five. Teenage mothers, under the age of 19 and are enrolled in school some other educational component may participate in the CARE program. You can call Liv Hayes or Angie Jones for more information. This is a great program to help young mothers achieve their educational goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our computer labs are open to the public... in fact the YMCA After School that meets here is using it to add an educational component to their program. A nearby daycare also comes here to learn about computers and enjoy School District 2 approved websites. The kids love their time on the computer-- they especially love pbskids.org!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another major part of our work here at Upstate Family Resource Center is to provide the necessary resources to empower families to reach their full potential. Through Harvest Family Ministries, we provide emergency food assistance. We also offer financial assistance to residents to Spartanburg County School District 2. HFM is a collaboration of area churches to be a centralized resource for families in need. Many churches in the area help fill our pantry shelves and offer their assistance. We are blessed to have wonderful, commited volunteers to help run HFM- especially Sandy! Sandy has become a cornerstone of HFM and she is not afraid to do anything!! Her compassion and love for her community shows in everything she takes on. Thank you Sandy!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is SO much more to Upstate Family Resource Center than this short description. You need to stop by for a visit and we can show you how we are working to grow UFRC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Till next time,&lt;br /&gt;Jessica McKinney&lt;br /&gt;Assistant&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3725727888466391233-7002493029333252539?l=upstatefrc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/feeds/7002493029333252539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3725727888466391233&amp;postID=7002493029333252539' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/7002493029333252539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725727888466391233/posts/default/7002493029333252539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://upstatefrc.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-blog-hello.html' title='First Blog- Hello!'/><author><name>Upstate Family Resource Center</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15456430381735159145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='10' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p92ceef2Jyg/SrkfhwOxNBI/AAAAAAAAAJA/gU4hlspXM-A/S220/UFRC+Logo+010.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
