PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HOLY FAMILY HOME IS COMPLETE!
In March of 2022, we held a groundbreaking celebration to mark the start of construction of our new Home and the launch of our Building to Serve in Love Campaign. Phase one of construction has been completed, and our residents and sisters have now moved into our new modernized and updated Healthcare Household and Convent, but more work needs to be done.
The Residents and Little Sisters of Holy Family Home are grateful for your generous support and assure you of our daily prayers for you and your loved ones.
— Sister Celine Thérèse. Lsp Mother Superior Little Sisters of the Poor
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Holy Family Home’s newly constructed Healthcare Household and Convent.
COUNTING ON YOUR HELP
We have secured more than $35 million in pledges, commitments, and loans despite fundraising challenges during a pandemic, but that isn’t enough. We must now urgently raise $10 million more to keep up with our ongoing construction costs for phases two and three, including renovations to the existing building for the independent living apartments, community spaces, and a pristine new chapel.
$10 million more needed to complete construction
$35 million raised in pledges, commitments, and loans
The brand-new and modernized Healthcare Household dinning area.
BUILDING OUR FUTURE
The long-term sustainability of Holy Family Home depends on the success of this project, which will create a new operating model for the Home that reduces our expenses and makes our operations more efficient. The project will enhance the Home’s aging-in-place model, allowing residents to remain in their familiar family setting as long as possible, with increased support brought to them as needed.
Facility Highlights
• A redesigned Healthcare Household with 18 private rooms with bathrooms. Completed!
• A new, modest convent of 15 bedrooms for the Little Sisters of the Poor caregivers. Completed!
• Independent Living Apartments, including 20 studio and 17 one-bedroom apartments, with updated and upgraded fire safety, security, and communications technology infrastructure.
In Progress
• A beautiful new chapel and generous community and activity spaces to encourage socializing among our residents and their family and friends who visit. In Progress
Please help us ready our Home for its next 150 years of caring for our elderly poor—as family, in God’s Loving Presence. As we continue to embrace the future of our new Holy Family Home, we give thanks to all our cherished benefactors, without whom this would not be possible.
Residents enjoying some fresh air in their new and improved courtyard!
WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT AS WE STRIVE TO RAISE $10 MILLION FOR OUR CAMPAIGN
Pledge Gift - A gift to Building to Serve in Love can be paid over a period of five years. If possible, please include your first gift installment when you return your pledge form. You will then receive a reminder in accordance with your indicated installment schedule.
Gifts of Cash - Checks can be made payable to Holy Family Home. Please send checks to The Holy Family Home Campaign Office, P.O. Box 71224, Philadelphia, PA 19176. Please complete and return your pledge form along with your check. Please do not send cash through the mail.
Credit Card Gifts - You can use your MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express cards to make your campaign gift. A credit card gift or pledge can be made online at BuildingtoServeinLove.org.
Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) - This can be arranged through your bank or online at BuildingtoServeinLove.org.
Gifts of Securities - A gift of appreciated securities is one way to make a significant contribution at a reduced cost to you. Federal tax laws allow a charitable deduction for the full market value of securities on the date of your gift. To make your gift of appreciated securities, contact us at 215-587-5650 or at holyfamilyhome@thecfgp.org.
Planned Gifts - Planned giving integrates personal, financial, and estate planning goals with lifetime or testamentary charitable giving. For more information about making a planned gift to the campaign, contact us at 215-587-5650 or at holyfamilyhome@thecfgp.org.
WHERE RESPECT AND LOVE MAKE HOME
The Little Sisters of the Poor is an International Congregation of Roman Catholic Religious Women founded in 1839 by Saint Jeanne Jugan in Brittany, France, to care for and serve the elderly poor as they are Christ Himself. At Holy Family Home, we prioritize serving the most vulnerable members of our community. Continuing the mission of Saint Jeanne Jugan, we offer the neediest elderly of every race and religion a home where they will be welcomed as Christ, cared for as family, and accompanied with dignity until God calls them to Himself.
The Building to Serve in Love Campaign is powered by The Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia, an independent, nonprofit community foundation. All gifts to the campaign are restricted solely for the use of the Little Sisters of the Poor-Holy Family Home and this rebuild project and are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. To learn more about this partnership, please visit theCFGP.org or littlesistersofthepoorphiladelphia.org
The Little Sisters of the Poor Holy Family Home Campaign Office P.O. Box 71224 | Philadelphia, PA 19176 215.587.5650 HolyFamilyHome@thecfgp.org BuildingtoServeinLove.org
“Making the elderly happy is everything.”
—St. Jeanne Jugan
