ADDRESS

807 SW 64th Terrace
Gainesville, FL 32607

Phone: (352) 505-6823

EVENT CALENDAR

Click HERE to download the October 2020 Calendar.

Children raising their hands from their seats during a children's program inside the FRC

ABOUT

In 2010, the Board of County Commissioners, Partnership for Strong Families, SWAG, and dozens of local businesses began working together and joined forces (both financial and manpower), to create a bricks and mortar community center. The county ultimately purchased a building the center of the SWAG neighborhoods, and through the hard work and generous contributions of both the public and private sectors, it was renovated to serve as a Family Resource Center. The Resource Center’s doors opened in June of 2012. Soon thereafter, a playground was built on an adjacent lot.

The Family Resource Center functions as a three way partnership: it is owned by the county; Partnership for Strong Families is the operating partner; and is supported and advised by SWAG and the SWAG volunteers.  Currently, SWAG and Partnership for Strong Families – through the SWAG Family Resource Center – offers computers and internet access, printing & copying, faxing, books, games and toys for children, and referrals for services. Examples of specific programs that have been offered in the short time the resource center has been opened include: after-school tutoring programs, summer programs for kids, food pantry, health and exercise programs, free notary services, counseling services, parenting supports, regular Bookmobile visits, regular hours at our clothing and donation room, codes enforcement information, SWAG’s monthly dinner, social services, and much, much more.  The programs offered at the Resource Center are frequently being updated and expanded, so please consult the monthly calendar for the most up to date information about what is going on this month!

  • Two SWAG board members sitting behind the front desk of the SWAG Family Resource Center
  • Three children smiling and wearing backpacks in front of a SWAG Family Resource Center sign
  • Children playing on the playground next to the FRC
  • Four children playing basketball on the FRC playground with four adults in SWAG tee shirts
  • Three children painting pumpkins at a craft table during an outdoor event at the SWAG Family Resource Center
  • Six children and youth wearing helmets and standing next to new bikes
  • A child and a SWAG volunteer demonstrating the two-finger rule for wearing bike helmets safely
  • Seven children building with wooden blocks of various shapes and colors and a camp counselor helping one of them
  • A teen and an adult carrying a young child smiling for the camera during an event inside the SWAG Family Resource Center
  • Three smiling children posing with Santa Claus during a Christmas event at the SWAG Family Resource Center
  • Two children excitedly looking at a stack of gift-wrapped boxes during a Christmas event at the SWAG Family Resource Center
  • Two SWAG Family Resource Center staff and a volunteer standing in the Resource Center with boxes of food for the community
  • Five children and two adults sitting around a table in the SWAG Family Resource Center eating pizza and holding new backpacks
  • 34 new backpacks sitting next to 7 boxes of new school supplies
  • A child carrying a stack of four books under her arms and three colorful activity books in her hands
  • The inside of the clothing closet at the SWAG Family Resource Center, with clothes folded on shelves and hanging on hangers
  • Family Resource Center manager Kristy Goldwire standing in the fully stocked food pantry inside the SWAG FRC
  • The toiletry area of the SWAG Family Resource Center, fully stocked thanks to support from Sunday Assembly of Gainesville
  • A SWAG board member wearing an apron and gloves in the FRC kitchen during a Community Dinner
  • A child carrying a paper plate with pizza and a juice box, having just been served by an adult at an outdoor event
  • Two SWAG volunteers under a tent distributing meals during an outdoor community event
  • Five people, most of them wearing SWAG tee shirts, smiling for the camera in front of the SWAG Family Resource Center
  • A person with a flower tattoo snuggling a young, happy-looking puppy to their face
  • A volunteer smiling at the camera while giving a small dog a haircut outside the SWAG Family Resource Center

Please contact the current manager, Kristy Goldwire, at (352) 505-6823 or Kristy.goldwire@pfsf.org, with any questions.