Spring Newsletter 2025
Hello Friend!
This Spring has been marked with blossoming and blooming in more ways than one! Thank you for stopping by to hear some upbeat updates in Furnishing Families.
See Annabelle LIVE!
Annabelle will be a featured speaker at Red Letter Woman conference in Trophy Club, TX June 6th-7th.
All women in our network are welcome to come. She would love to see you!
To register, follow HERE.
Celebrating Our Partners
We want to honor and celebrate Ken and Roberta Eldred for their partnership.
Roberta has been a champion of Furnishing Families, spreading the word about us and giving special in-kind household gifts for client families. Ken serves as CEO of Living Stones Foundation, which has become a strategic financial investor over the last 2.5 years. Living Stones has matched funding with Lance Wallnau Ministries, and each organization now serves as our largest monthly partners.
Living Stones encouraged us to take a portion of the money they invest monthly and multiply it to create revenue streams. The Annabelle’s Treasures retail venture is a direct result! Ken serves as Chairman, CEO, and founder of various companies. He is the author of multiple books, including The Integrated Life and God is At Work. Mr. and Mrs. Eldred have a beautiful family that also has sown their volunteer time and treasure into Furnishing Families!
Annabelle’s Treasures Pop Up Launch!
On April 25th and 26th, FFOT hosted our first ever Pop Up experience! We transitioned from the first attempt in resale with the Lone Star Antique Mall at the beginning of the year. The team led by Anna Kelly converted one of the warehouses, formerly a chicken coop, into an elegant retail space stocked with treasures and decor and collectibles, art, furniture, and more! In just those two days the team processed over $3K in transactions! All net proceeds, go back into the work of Furnishing Families International.
We love meeting all you local treasure hunters.
Our next event will be May 30th (12pm-6pm) and 31st (8am-4pm) at 5600 Egg Farm Rd. Suite 430, Fort Worth, Tx 76244!
If you have any inquiries, please email anna@ffotex.com. Also, be sure to follow Annabelle’s Treasures on Facebook and Instagram for all the latest and treasure hunting tips from Annabelle.
Thank You, Sid W. Richardson!
Since early last year, the team has actively pursued alternative sources of funding, especially in purchasing beds. We want to celebrate FFOT’s first grant ever to come from a foundation outside of our network!
Thank you to The Sid W. Richardson Foundation for awarding us $1000!
This helped us secure brand new mattresses for an entire family.
Our First Outreach of 2025
On May 10th, FFOT had the first outreach of 2025. This marks the SEVENTH Grand Giveaway in partnership with the McDonald YMCA! Over 360 people were served with clothes, shoes, toys, household items, decor, and more. Greg Luce, a friend of the Kelly’s, played acoustic guitar and sang worship songs the whole event while families moved through the gymnasium. A Special Thank You also goes out to the 18 volunteers who came from the North Fort Worth Gateway Church campus to help us set up, monitor each station, and pack up to leave.
Be on the lookout for the next event date announcement coming soon!
Terri Byrd Goes To Israel
Terri, our Family Services Social Worker, has returned to Israel this May as an extension of Furnishing Families International!
She continues her heartfelt work to serve and love families, support soldiers in the kibbutzes, on the Gaza envelope, and Israel northern border, and all other organic opportunities that God creates. You can hear more about her work and how she is raising support on her Partnership Page: HERE.
Families For Furnishing?
If you live in the DFW area and know a struggling family that needs assistance with beds, furniture, and household items, we want to help.
Please have them email hope@ffotex.com with the following information: name, phone #, family member count, and what city they live in.
Our Client Coordinator Julie will then contact them with next steps and to set up an interview.
Spring Has Sprung!
We appreciate this community of families that God continues to grow! Thank you for staying in the loop and supporting us in all the ways you do. May this Spring be a blessed one for you and your family.