FRC Group Homes Create Enduring Friendships
In the beginning, they didn’t know each other. Anxiety abounded as they considered moving out of their familiar surroundings into a group home. What if they didn’t like each other? What if they didn’t like the same TV shows, but had only one TV in the house? What if they couldn’t get along? Fortunately, Holly […]
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Patrick Gulbranson
For the past 13 years, Patrick Gulbranson has been a Family Resource Center client. Over the years, he has been able to maintain a steady job, live on his own, pay for the bowling league he participates in every Thursday evening, and take part in both Special Olympics Iowa and Special Olympics World Games in […]
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Member of the Month Leroy J. Some of the qualities we think are very deserving towards making Leroy our member of the month are… Leroy is 1 of a kind. Making sure that things keep clean. He never hesitates to hold the door open for everybody. He likes to help people. Leroy makes sure the […]
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Alliant Energy Foundation Awards $2,500 Grant To FRC For Crisis Care Program Services On Wednesday, December 11, Mason Adams, Alliant Energy Key Account Manager from Ames and Andy Krieger, Alliant Energy Supervisor of Customer Operations for Perry, Jefferson, and Carroll, presented a check for $2,500 to Family Resource Center for expansion of its Crisis Program, […]
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On Wednesday, December 18, Mary Schon (center), parish representative from St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll, and Beth Glynn, Family Resource Center board member, delivered blankets and toiletries to FRC Executive Director Tim Nichols (left). The donations, made by parishioners of the combined Holy Spirit and St. Lawrence parishes, included blankets for Christmas gifts […]
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Member of the Month Leroy J. Some of the qualities we think are very deserving towards making Leroy our member of the month are… Leroy is 1 of a kind. Making sure that things keep clean. He never hesitates to hold the door open for everybody. He likes to help people. Leroy makes sure the […]
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In the beginning, they didn’t know each other. Anxiety abounded as they considered moving out of their familiar surroundings into a group home. What if they didn’t like each other? What if they didn’t like the same TV shows, but had only one TV in the house? What if they couldn’t get along? Fortunately, Holly […]
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“Hope” is a word that now has a very personal and deeper meaning for Derrick and Brittany Thygesen, both employees of Family Resource Center in Carroll. On August 26, Derrick, FRC’s Chief Financial Officer, and Brittany, a Licensed Practical Nurse in FRC’s Day Habilitation program, learned that their infant daughter, Avery, now 8 weeks old, […]
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