About Us

History

Bland Community Families, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that was Established in 1977 and charted in 1982 by African American residents of Bland , Florida. It was organized solely for general charitable purposes.

Purpose

The general purpose of this organization is to support the upgrading of the Bland Community through the following:

1. To reunite families of Bland

2. To assist members in the search for and development of their family trees

3. To promote the development of Bland

4. To give benevolent assistance to members of the corporation

5. To make scholarships available to members of the corporation

Fundraisers and Community Involvement

Homemade Bake Sales
Bike/Walk-A-Thon
Stay At Home Tea
Gas Card Raffle Give Away
Adopt-A-Road Program of Alachua County
Improvement of two local cemeteries
Provided Christmas and necessities gifts for homeless shelters
A.L. Mebane Parade
Assisted with preserving the history of Ogden Elementary School founded in the early 1900s in Bland, Florida

Donations

United Negro College Fund
Sickle Cell Foundation
March of Dimes
Alzheimer's Foundation
Habitat for Humanities
Life Member of NAACP
Local Church

Officers

President: Terry Washington

Vice President: Collette Gardner

Corresponding Secretary: Vacant

Recording Secretary: Brandon Washington

Financial Secretary: Tyler Standifer

Treasurer: Torrey Lee

Parliamentarian: Vacant

Sergeant at Arms: Sheila DeLoach Porcher

Chaplain: Cynthia Tyson

Webmasters: Sydni and Kyndal Newsome

Facebook Group Administrator: Jordan Washington

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