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Business Strategy The goal of SFTSM transitional living program is to help single moms with the necessary support and resources they need to gain self-sufficient living in an atmosphere of spirituality, dignity, integrity and respect. Our program will support families of women and their children that are homeless now or facing homelessness. A very important part of our strategy is the fundamental basis of helping people in poverty that is laid out in the book When Helping Hurts. Chapter 10 lays this out as follows; Believing all adults have the necessary resources to achieve independent living,we call our guests into high accountability for their actions or inactions. Adults benefit from this philosophy,as does the entire community. With the increased awareness of the value community plays in helping to reshape the lives of those in need, we are working to form partnerships and strong relational ties with individuals and community organizations throughout Sun Prairie and the surrounding community. We realize that those who need us most belong to the community, and as such, it is the community joining together that is best able to meet their needs. We are hopeful that through the ongoing involvement and support of others, our guests will continue to receive the care and services they need to help enable them to fully participate in our community. We believe that the community value in the services SFTSM provides and that the ongoing support of community organizations, including churches, associations and individuals is reflective of the community's means of contributing to the joint effort required to serve the needs of members of the community, and ultimately, of humanity. Much of this support has been garnered through increased awareness of SFTSM's existence. We do this by promoting fundraisers like Praise in the Prairie (PIP). The first annual PIP was held last year in 2013. More than a dozen churches participated along with hundreds of volunteers to support the event. This event did more for awareness of the homeless problem in Sun Prairie than any other project we had attempted thus far. It also brought unity to the many church denominations in our city. This has been evident ever since then as we continue to receive donations from them in the form of money and necessities like blankets and home furnishings that we are using for our clients as we help them to find housing. We are currently finalizing our 2015 fund raising schedule which includes our GLSCRIP Program, Run for Shelter, Camp for Shelter and of course Praise in the Prairie to name a few events. We are in the planning stages to expand Praise in the Prairie in 2015 as well. Housing