fig® - Downtown Lancaster

Announcing our Social Mission Partners for 2012

The Power Packs Project
Assets Lancaster
Girls on the Run

At Fig^®, we believe in the power of a community who works together to identify needs and find solutions — one that creates community connections and is passionate about helping their neighbors.

We believe in the missions of these three local non-profits who are making a difference in our community. Individually, they offer opportunities for enrichment and education. Together, they strengthen the fabric of our city.

Power Packs Project partners with eligible families to provide weekend food and nutritional education so that families are empowered and children thrive. Power Packs started in 2005 in Lancaster with the recognition that many children and their families were having trouble making ends meet through the weekend. Power Packs has grown from one school to twenty-one schools today.  Ingredients, recipes and tips are packed by volunteers for about 620 families per week, 2,200 people in five local school districts.

Get involved at www.powerpacksproject.org

Assets Lancaster provides business support services to aspiring entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal of helping to change lives and promote economic development through business ownership. Established in 1993, Assets has worked with over 1,300 entrepreneurs and has helped clients start hundreds of businesses and create hundreds of local jobs. Assets’ approach centers on the involvement of volunteer mentors who are small business owners in Lancaster.  All services are provided in English and Spanish.

Get involved at www.assetslancaster.org

GIRLS ON THE RUN is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls in 3rd-8th grades. The programs combine training for a non-competitive 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts, the goals of which are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. Our programs instill self-esteem through health education, life-skills development, mentoring relationships and physical training — all of which are accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff and community. In the last 3 years, GOTR has impacted 1700 girls and families from 8 school districts in Lancaster.

Join us for our inspiring 5k on May 19.

Get involved at www.gotrlancaster.org